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RE: Why we ride.. - ChipBeck_imp - 08-19-2015
Gentlemen,
I don't know why meditation works but it does. The result is a sense of calm and peace for a couple hours. Meditation is simply concentrating on ONE THING, with no intrusive or competing thoughts, to the exclusion of all else for a period of time. Some people can do this while sitting still and they concentrate on their breathing, or a candle flame, or ???. I can't do that, my mind always wanders.
During my years on the airshow circuit I would practice at least 5 days a week using a minimum altitude of 500 feet. It was an amazing form of meditation that kept all other thoughts at bay for an entire 30 minutes and it kept me in a zen state all day. But at the actual air shows when I would be traveling nearly 400 MPH, upside down, and 20 feet above the runway with death a nanosecond away, my level of concentration was so intense that fear was not possible, nothing was possible except for what I saw, felt, and heard while sky dancing through my aerobatic sequence. Even after landing I remained in an altered state for some time before the most amazing sense of calm would settle over me. Nothing outside of flying could go wrong because in that state nothing else existed. Then reality and the outside world would start to creep in again and I looked forward to my next escape.
Dirt biking in difficult and treacherous terrain approaches that same feeling. So does sky diving. Street biking requires great concentration but still my mind wanders. Track riding/driving gets close too. I believe this is what the author Hunter S. Thompson was talking about when he wrote, "Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed, overcomes the fear of death."
Cheers.
Chip
RE: Why we ride.. - emptysea - 08-21-2015
Just got a text message from Todd_K, an all too infrequent contributor to this forum, containing a picture of a couple eggs over medium and corned-beef hash with the caption "thinking of you". I've met, ridden, and ate (this exact breakfast) with Todd exactly twice.
The camaraderie. The friendships. The sense of community - Why I ride.
RE: Why we ride.. - the Ferret - 08-22-2015
Nice Sea!
RE: Why we ride.. - Chapomis_imp - 08-22-2015
Lol, Ferret is going to get bombarded with peach cobbler pics now
RE: Why we ride.. - the Ferret - 08-22-2015
mmmmmmm totally worth it
RE: Why we ride.. - Novice_imp - 08-23-2015
(02-27-2015, 07:25 AM)Rebel73_imp Wrote: Here is an excerpt from a book I'm reading called "The Power of Now." I think it states very well why many of us are attracted to this dangerous yet exciting activity we call motorcycling.
"The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they may not be aware of it, is that it forces them into the Now —that intensely alive state that is free of time, free of problems, free of thinking, free of the burden of the personality. Slipping away from the present moment even for a second may mean death. Unfortunately, they come to depend on a particular activity to be in that state. But you don’t need to climb the north face of the Eiger. You can enter that state now."
That's it. The need to concentrate on the now overwhelms all other thoughts. I was asked recently if I found riding to be relaxing. I said no. I went on to explain one reason I enjoy riding is the necessity to focus on the now, you get to forsake all other thoughts and focus on what is going on right now. Sitting in the recliner is relaxing, I don't find riding to be.
RE: Why we ride.. - the Ferret - 08-23-2015
Ha.. That's weird. I find sitting in a recliner stifling, I find riding relaxing. I rode 8 different motorcycles over the weekend and my wife noticed and commented on how much more relaxed and happier I was after all the riding. If I am all broiled up inside over something my wife will say " stop whatever you are doing, and go for a ride, you need to relax".
RE: Why we ride.. - Cormanus - 08-24-2015
Lovely reboot, Pterodactyl.
Google Translate was very helpful indeed. Not!
RE: Why we ride.. - Pterodactyl_imp - 08-24-2015
^^^^^. It should ask you if you mean this: σκατά
One of the meanings provided is this:
noun
something of extremely poor quality.
Yassou.
RE: Why we ride.. - Cormanus - 08-24-2015
γαμώ me! I reckon you made the whole thing up. Mrs Pterodactyl would never talk like that!