READERS QUESTION: Was there a representation of Amenhokit?
ANSWER: Yes, many times. Painted, carved or in totem form, Amenhokit appeared to be on the mind of other Gods. In the picture below, Amenhokit is raining communication upon ATEN, one of the greatest striker of the times. This was part of the Bowling As Lessons of Life (BALL). ATEN, became part of the origin of our concept of ATTENTION..
The picture below is Amenhokit picking up one bowlings’ more exacting spares, a baby split. Because of the divine nature of the game Gods were used in most of the Amenhokit depictions.
Amenhokit (pronounced Aim and Hook It) was not only the founder of Bowling, but inspiration to those ball games that have lead to revelatory insights into the nature of humanity and life it self.
Ball games introduced and taught concepts such as competition, sportsmanship, win/win, for me a reason to be.*
Balls were part of the grandest gift of the Gods, the pride of the muses, Attention. This was a way Amenhokit opened the child to the challenges and rewards of paying attention.
*I love baseball metaphors.
“Baseball has been very very good to me.”
I discovered baseball one spring day. It was the epiphany for life to began making sense.
There is a purpose. A reason for others-so you can play catch.
There are things you can hit without getting in trouble, even rewarded for hitting.
The lessons were many.
Baseball only exists in present time.
There is lot of time in baseball when nothing is happening so you can get prepared.
You can learn to anticipate. You can determine tendencies. You can see patterns that repeat.
You can use the feint.
You are rewarded for hustling.
Baseball is where I first built the will and attention muscles.
“Shake it off” the coach tells the batter after striking out. A lesson in self-forgiveness in a game that encourages forgiveness of others.
You must forgive the umpires calls, the opponents taunting, and your teammates errors.
Those whose attention fixes on their failures, didn’t learn the lesson of focusing attention-“keep your eye on the ball”-they failed, weren’t chosen to play, and eventually quit and made baseball wrong and boring.
Baseball was how sportsmanship and fair play lead to learning compassion.
Baseball builds buddies to buddihood on the base paths to Buddhahood.
Baseball is a game about going home.
Baseball was where I first tasted success, winning and built self-esteem. I was a very shy kid. I was scared to talk to others off the field, but my teammates and opponents respected me between the foul lines.
At age twenty-one, I read Hesse’s novel, Siddhartha, and the Brahma asked Siddhartha what skills he possessed, Siddhartha replied, “I can think, fast, and wait.” At age nine I could reply, “I can hit, throw and field,” with the same enthusiasm. Between the foul lines, I had no fears. I learned to wait on a curve ball, run the bases with speed and cunning. I could fake out infielders and bunt. I could catch on the run, set up throws, hit the cut-off man, hit to the opposite field, play any position, chatter on defense, be coachable, and encourage teammates.
Play fair, congratulate your opponent, and keep your ‘dauber up’. “No whiners allowed,” said the coaches.
In A League of Their Own Tom Hanks lays a huge curve ball on us when he says, “There’s no crying in baseball.” It is only a game, a game that offered lessons and patterns in my life and my work.
“And now batting number one Buddi…’
Play Ball!
Namaste
Gary
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