Thread by @KapilGuptaMD

THE TRUTH ABOUT PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES:

The professional athlete is a sheltered human

What he is sheltered from is The Truth

Some blame professional athletes for being unintelligent

When the Truth is that the environment that they are subject to, and the coaching that they receive is unintelligent

What professional athletes tend to lack is Insight

And this is because they have been made to Follow Prescriptions for the whole of their careers

Professional athletes have never been allowed to think for themselves

They have essentially been imprisoned by a cult and a conspiracy created by the business of sport and the teaching of sport

Professional sports is an insular culture

It breathes recycled air

And the professional athlete suffers in its artificially created atmosphere

What would greatly benefit the professional athlete

Is to find Freedom

Before he attempts to find freedom on the course, the pitch, the field, or the rink

He must find freedom from the rules, the dogmas, the prescriptions, and the very culture that imprisons him

The greatest professional athletes throughout history

Have been the ones who have walked alone

They did not want their talents poisoned by the meddling hands of technicians

This allowed them never to lose themselves

The greatest professional athlete does not inspire the hearts of millions by way of his technical prowess

The world does not come to see the details of his technique

It comes to stand witness to the instinctual talent that allows him to play with wild abandon

The professional athlete is a prisoner of the culture

And if he seeks to discover who he truly is

He must first escape this culture

For it is then that he will discover his true art

And the Artist that lives within him

Namaste.