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A conversation with author Michael Murphy about golf
with Michael Murphy on Feb 4, 1998
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with Michael Murphy on Feb 4, 1998
Michael Murphy the co-founder of the Esalen Institute, a key figure in the Human Potential Movement.
On January 15, 1951, during seated meditation by Lake Lagunita at Stanford, he experienced what he describes as a “hinge moment”, after which he dropped out of the pre-med program with a new vision for the purpose of his life. He earned his B.A. in psychology in 1952 from Stanford University and after graduation, he was drafted by the US Army and spent two years stationed in Puerto Rico as a psychologist. He returned to Stanford for two quarters of graduate studies in philosophy before he quit in 1956 to go to India.
In 1960, while in residence at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Cultural Integation Fellowship in San Francisco, he met a fellow Stanford University graduate, Dick Price. In 1962, they founded Esalen Institute together in Big Sur, California on 127 acres of property owned by Murphy’s family.
Murphy is an avid golfer and has written two fictional books relating golf and human potential. His 1972 novel, “Golf in the Kingdom” has been in constant publication since its release and has become one of the best selling golf books of all time.
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Murphy_%28author%29
