God, Racing and Writing

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

“GOD, RACING AND WRITING (BOOK TWO)

"A/My Holy Trinity"* “

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
– Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“All traditions of culture and faith have tales of people breaking out of their limited viewpoint, suddenly seeing the universe in crystal clarity, as if they’ve unlocked the secret of life itself.”

“It is far from the exclusive preserve of those who attribute it to a personal deity. Belief about the source of these powers will always be affected by upbringing, nationality and culture. this power is far more internal and integral to every living being, accessible to everyone, ‘believer’ or not.”

"The untapped potential in every human being is limitless: we are perfectly capable of producing, all by ourselves, true magic."

– fine writing by Clyde Brolin in his fascinating* book 'Overdrive: Formula One in the Zone’

* at least it is to "fellow petrol-heads", like me, who has been studying and researching this book for many years - a "true labour of love"

•“ Your God is a ‘petrol-head’, but He/She/It does have a sense of humour.”
•– thoughts of my good micro-biologist and dentist friend, Andy
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“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”

- Franz Kafka

“Racing is a metaphor for life itself.”

“The Zone could simply be a gateway to the divine, one of God's methods of reminding us of His - and our - glorious power. Omnipresence means that power must be everywhere, everytime. Including the racetracks. Including today."

- powerful writing from Clyde Brolin in his great book 'Overdrive: Formula One in the Zone'

“People talk about the Zone as a very outward thing, but it’s not”. It’s very spiritual. To me, the Zone is when you’re operating at the intuitive level. You’re not thinking about it, so it happens naturally. You’re at the top of your job. You’ve got your emotions controlled, your energy is channelled and you’re just doing it. That’s the Zone. You’re just doing it.”
– British touring car driver (and numerous times World Touring Car Champion) , Andy Priaulx
from 'Overdrive', which inspired me to write this one, my “own series of book(s)
thanks Clyde

“I see the human being is an incredible machine, totally undiscovered in many ways. Every one of us has a hidden tank of energy that comes out when it is needed.”
- Alex Zanardi

Whilst this book focusses on sport (and especially F1 motor racing) , writing and spirituality, everyone on the planet has some, their own Everest to climb.

“The greatest mountain we need to climb lies in our our own minds”. It’s not the highest mountain that we conquer, but ourselves, our own mentality. Overcoming perceived limits to reach (attain) the pinnacle of our own minds.”
– craig (as inspired by the words of Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand conquerer of Mount Everest (1919-2008)

"The untapped potential in every human being is limitless: we are perfectly capable of producing, all by ourse;ves, true magic."
- Clyde Brolin

And It’s up to each one of us to find, then access the magic within. That’s ‘true winning in the game/race of life’.

“Down here (in the Antipodes at the bottom of the world – my words), we can experience life ‘out of the Zone as well. This may just be the real heaven, the sweetest spot of all.”
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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."
- Leonardo da Vinci

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

John Gillespie Magee, Jr

PPS

“Our talents are our gifts from God, but what we do with them is our gift TO God.”