Deepak Chopra - Golf for Enlightenment: The Seven Lessons for the Game of Life

Praise for
GOLF FOR
ENLIGHTENMENT

An ethereal and delightful experience. Those of us who live in the game are often teased by what appears to be its specious nature. However, it is the genuine nature of what the game offers that is the very allure of this lovely book.

J EFF J OHNSON, PGA professional

Deepak Chopra has applied many of his teachings about life to the wonderful game of golf. I not only learned something about my approach to the game, but I learned how to apply these lessons so that I am able to focus my energies more efficiently in business. This is a must read for any executive.

K EN G UNSBERGER, senior vice president of Morgan Stanley

Just as we cant control many variables in the game of life, the game of golf also contains many variables we cant control. This book is a beautiful illustration of that, and shows us that many wonderful things can happen when we let go of that need for control.

K ENNETH N. M AY, CEO and president of RCI

The game of life and the game of golf are similar in that we put way too much emphasis on results instead of what we learn from the experience. This book is a wonderful reminder that the game of life and the game of golf are both a journey, and that journey is much more important than the destination.

L INDA R EBROVICK, chief marketing officer of KPMG Consulting

Golf for Enlightenment is a unique, entertaining, and thought-provoking book. The book utilizes a mans quest to conquer the game of golf by inadvertently teaching him how to see life in a different perspective. As with the game, it is apparent that Deepak Chopras lessons in life will take years of constant practice to master. Yet along the way your enjoyment of the game will improve immensely, as will, perhaps, your game itself.

T OM W ILSON, PGA professional and tournament director of the PGA Tours Buick Invitational

The literary equivalent of hitting it on the screws. Chopra makes you step back to examine the fact that your life and your game are one and the same.

J OHN F RICKE, television and radio sports analyst

This is not only a game plan for golf, but more importantly a game plan for life. Talk about a valuable yardage book! Deepak Chopra has molded and created something the Royal & Ancient never dreamed of. Its as if Chopra came back from the long session with Old Tom Morris. We are all the better for it.

E DDIE W HITE, vice president of Team Properties for Reebok

A LSO BY D EEPAK C HOPRA

Creating Health
Return of the Rishi
Quantum Healing
Perfect Health
Unconditional Life
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
Journey into Healing
Creating Affluence
Perfect Weight
Restful Sleep
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
The Return of Merlin
Boundless Energy
Perfect Digestion
The Way of the Wizard
Overcoming Addictions
Raid on the Inarticulate
The Path of Love
The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents
The Love Poems of Rumi
(edited by Deepak Chopra;
translated by Deepak Chopra and
Fereydoun Kia)
Healing the Heart
Everyday Immortality
The Lords of the Light
On the Shores of Eternity
How to Know God
The Soul in Love
The Chopra Center
Herbal Handbook
(with coauthor David Simon)
Grow Younger, Live Longer
(with coauthor David Simon)
The Deeper Wound

To my father, Krishan, who inspired me to play
the game of life,
and my brother Sanjiv, who showed me that the
game of life is mirrored in the game of golf.

Love,
DEEPAK

My deepest appreciation and thanks to my friends and family: Wendy Werley and Tina Mickelson for becoming part of my golf team through a series of synchronistic events. Wendy, thank you for being my instructor. Tina, thank you for your wisdom and insight.

Herb Moore, director of golf and general manager, and his staff at the Meadows Del Mar Golf Club in Del Mar, California, for making me feel at home.

John Steinbach, John Crisci, Will Miele, and Bob Maggiore at the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company for their help in fitting me properly in all my golf equipment. I love my clubs!

Rita and Mallika Chopra, Candice Chen, and Baby T for supporting our familys passion for golf.

Sumant Mandal, Gotham Chopra, Sanjiv Chopra, Amit Anand, and Michael Bullock for being my supportive and patient golf buddies.

Ray Chambers, Tom Barrack, and Jos Busquets for sharing my passion with me South of the Border.

Peter Guzzardi, Linda Loewenthal, and Shaye Areheart for supporting and helping with the creation of this book.

Carolyn Rangel for organizing my life!

Special acknowledgment to Mike Shannon, President/CEO of KSL Recreation, and La Costa Resort and Spa, especially Ted Axe, Vice President and General Manager, Larry Kaufman, Director of Sales and Marketing, and Jeff Minton, Director of Golf, for giving full support to the programs of the Chopra Center for Well Being, including the Golf for Enlightenment Program.

And thank you to Mitchell Spearman, teacher extraordinaire.