Look, I don't want to interfere with anyone's on-line meditations on thinking,
focusing, and looking. I just want to state that I think my origional post
"After the Ecstacy, the Laundry," taken from a book of the same title by a Mr.
Kornfield (can't remember his first name) has been misinterpreted in the
opposite direction in which it was intended.
We're all trying to find ways to go faster in an autocross, and what I'm
reading here is how others apply mental strengths acquired in other sports in
activities to autocross. And that's all fine and dandy, but it's not what I
was talking about.
I'm talking not about driving, but about the emotions. This has very little to
do about driving skills and performance. This is about how your performance
can control your moods, and that even when you think that you "have it," and
now you understand, that moment is fleeting.
In his book, Kornfield describes in a couple of examples people who've gone
through some sort of spiritual awakening, where suddenly everything connects
and makes sense, they understand the mysteries of the world, and they are
filled with a warm inner-peace. Yet, these people when they go home, once
again faced with the realities of LIFE, are real jerks. They're still
arrogant, they're still greedy, they're still human. The happiness of that
moment once experienced maybe the day before, when it all made sense, is now
gone. Back to work, back to the ball and chain, back to the laundry.
It's just like an autocross. You still have to change your tires when it's all
said and done.
This sport is so much like a drug, where you can go from feeling absolutely
euphoric at one event, where you think that you know it all, to absolutely
depressed. You can feel depressed even if you look ahead perfectly. That still
doesn't control how the others do in your class.
Isn't that just like life? You can follow your life rules perfectly, you can
lead an exceedingly good life, but you still can't control your surroundings,
only how you react to those surroundings.
Again, I've only read three pages, not enough to know what the author is
really talking about.
So, aside from looking ahead, I'd like to know how others handle good days and
bad days. Surely, not ALL of your events meet your expectations.
-Katie
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