Murray’s Swift Rank Recovery, and Inner Games
There are many different ways of looking at the metaphors in tennis in order to find some common threads to the world at large. There are lots of good reasons to think of tennis in a larger framework, because it’s this kind of microcosm and macrocosm thinking that connects worlds together. Since the renaissance, we’ve understood that inner wisdom is not only a reflection on the exterior world, but it also depends on it to grow in depth. So, we can look at tennis the way mystics have looked at archery, in order to find those secret correspondences that might unlock some fascinating clues to the world right now.
It would be impossible to cover everything, or even to make a start, at understanding tennis, in a few short sentences, or even an entire book. This is only to suggest, and to illustrate, how it’s possible to find meaning in small things. We can take, for example, Andy Murray, and his swift rank recovery in the eyes of the world, and make some interesting connections. His billing at the Dubai game was a fantastic example of how the game of tennis has implications that do play out on an international scale.
Of course, the majority of the game, like any game, is interior. It’s something that is played out in the mind of the player. In the cases of superstars, like Murray, the trick here, and one that we are always forgetting, is that it does not play out for spectators in the same way as it does for the one who is moving the racket on the court. Interestingly, this is where things start to take a turn. The player has to be able to step out of the way, to move their ego aside, so that the game can be won. Any player can speak to this idea of selflessness, where they are no longer playing the game, but letting the game play through them. It’s a splendid lesson that will, no doubt, continue to unfold as this remarkable career continues to rank well on all of our lists.
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