There\u2019s a catch-22 in shooting competitively.<\/p>\n
You do it for the enjoyment and the thrill of competition and you start shooting well. Then all of a sudden you think, \u201cWell, this is why I\u2019m doing this, and I\u2019m excited about that.\u201d It\u2019s okay to end your post-shot routine and say \u201cattaboy.\u201d But we tend to want to be judgmental. And it\u2019s the judgmental thoughts that make us leave the present.<\/p>\n
If something is neither good nor bad, then it\u2019s something that you deal with and you move on. But the instant you start looking at things as good or bad, nothing good happens and you certainly leave the present. If you look at anything as good or bad, it\u2019s judgmental, and you\u2019re going to be leaving the present.<\/p>\n
You can\u2019t consciously be in the present. That\u2019s an impossibility. You just can\u2019t consciously be there, because by the time you think about being there, you\u2019re not. The conscious brain works behind reality, and you can\u2019t doubt it by yourself. You\u2019ve got to have somebody to doubt it with you. And that would be the conscious brain.<\/p>\n
You can\u2019t be scared by yourself. You got to have that conscious brain helping you be scared. You can\u2019t doubt it by yourself. You can\u2019t check the lead by yourself. You\u2019ve got to have somebody else in there telling you to check the lead. You can\u2019t do that by yourself. If you\u2019re by yourself, then you\u2019re in the present.<\/p>\n