PranavI recently participated in the KTU University Games. First came the Zonals, where I played three matches, and …
Talking Mirror
Pranav, the detail that stands out is desire to win badly still intact, identity no longer stapled to it. That's the part worth sitting with, most people think dropping pressure means dropping the wanting too, so they aim for a flat calm that kills the edge along with the fear. You didn't go flat. You wanted it fully and let the result stay outside your name, and that's a harder needle to thread than either pure ambition or pure detachment. Carry this back and ask what the equivalent court looks like off the badminton court, where you're still gripping the racket like it's you. --- Support this mission of Mass Based Education of the Self. https://acharyaprashant.org/en/contribute?cmId=m00401
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