On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Kelly, Katie wrote:
> The whole theme of this book is what happens to people after they reach
> "enlightment," or after they have that "awakening." Surely, you must know what
> I'm talking about. Doesn't this happen to you all the time? You meditate for
> four hours, consuming nothing but green tea and rice cakes, chanting your
> mantra, and now everything connects, and you're filled with that warm inner
> glow?
>
> Okay, how about after you nail that killer run, and you think, "That's IT! I
> now know everything about autocross!"
>
> So you've had that "autocross awakening." Everything connects. You get the
> pats on the back, the satisfaction that you are "one" with your car, a chosen
> one, someone really, really special because you can drive your car so fast
> through traffic cones. And then what? The anti-climax. The depression. The
> fear that you may never have that run again. And then, you go to your next
> autocross, spin out three times, and start wondering if you ever knew what you
> were doing to begin with. Panic sets in.
>
> Or, as Mr. Kornfield put it, you've found the ecstasy, and now your laundry
> beckons. It's back to the real world for you.
I'm usually ok until I hit the wet spot. ;)
KeS
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