Looking at health and the body in a holistic way can start to open up in many multiple and unexpected ways.  The profound realization that all of the body’s systems is nothing less than a reflection of some very old principles, and these principles are at the foundation of a number of spiritual traditions.  It may be news to most drivers to discover that their nankang tires are a demonstration of the principles of desire and attraction, but it’s probably obvious to anyone who has spent time learning about the more vital aspects of nutrition.  The connection is not a new one, either.  Any object that serves as an extension of the body or the mind is a reflection of the body and the mind.  Hair and skin can demonstrate balance, and clothing expresses inner states, and vehicles for locomotion become larger versions of all of these things.  Just as the choice of scents one puts on one’s body can greatly influence mood and thought, the choice of tires on the car will surely influence speed and accuracy.  These subtle enhancements make a very palpable difference, and can even aid in survival.  The internal and the external do come together here in very profound ways, and harmony is always a possibility in any given moment.

Some holistic organizations, like Veritas, have people who are very familiar with car racing on their staff, and the connections between the car and the driver are already radically apparent.  The notion that a body cannot operate efficiently without balance, and a car has a better chance at winning a race with weld racing wheels is already apparent.  For others, the body is always a thing that holds a hundred metaphors, and the connections between machinery and fuel are part of the literature of holistic medicine.  There are also those who take things even further, making a mark in the world of racing by agreeing not to leave a mark in the form of a carbon footprint.  Ecologically-sound racecars sound like something from a very distant future, but there are examples that are already here, and already competing in races in this lifetime.  Everything that adorns a body and marks a vehicle becomes an outward expression of an inward state.  But those things that affect the core systems tie the inner to the outer in a very powerful way, suggesting that things are connected in ways that we still cannot possibly fathom.

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