Tiger Woods acknowledges the need to return to his spiritual roots

The Saturday after Tiger's apology, I heard a news commentator remark that he was surprised to hear Tiger throw in that "stuff" about Buddhism. I do not know if the tone he used or the words he used were about the fact that it was a surpirse to him that Tiger was talking religion and spirituality or that Tiger had been raised a Buddhist? Either way, why should he have been surprised that Tiger would acknowledge that his behaviors were not in sync with his spiritual upbringing.

We are not separate from our spiritual selves. We would like to live as if our choices don't matter, and that we can do whatever we want without doing harm to our spiritual self. This is not possible. Some refer to this kind of living as being unconscious. Being unconscious does not mean that we don't do harm to our spirit when we ignore it. Tiger acknowledged the great harm done to his spirit and the need to find balance, or the need to come into alignment with his source.

I would hope that our commentators would take more seriously the need for anyone (star athlete or not) to acknowledge that they are more than the thing they do or the part they play. The more that persons acknowledge their need for balance, the more the world we live in will change. Imagine if each person really listened to their spirit and chose behavior that honored their spirit, the world would be a different place. Peace!