@Vivian C; OF:I agree to all of the above. But where does one draw the line between "love for the in-animate" & "materialism"? This one question irks me no end.

Eagerly awaiting a reply.

Saw this 'heart-talk' just today. Nice. Though it does require a strong preamble of similar thoughts to really get inside it.

Yes, Vivian, the human mind does have a penchant of attaching some 'living' characteristics to his possessions. And all the more so with possessions that 'go' places with him and also seem to partner his life/death decisions. Pilots swear by their planes, drivers by their cars, sailors by their boats and of course bikers by their motorcycles.

This though could be endless. Life itself is perception and so expanding on it is like the infinite progression of multiple images when two mirrors are kept face to face. Being in love with your steed is the defining element in both the quantity and quality of your riding life. And being able to share this love for the inanimate, without fearing the 'queer-chap' label, is one of the bonuses of forums like these. Keeping it short n simple, love your bike and it will be returned in kind. Don't...and some day it will betray you when you will need it the most. (In simpler non-metaphysical way: maintain your bike and it will take you places. Miss on the 'taking care' and your brakes might fail when that car is straight in your path, the chain might break in the middle of nowhere or the engine could die on you on a cold dark night miles from help or home).

Very relevant and introspection-inducing write up. Thanks for it.

@VIVIAN C have you been in the inside of an atom? or any other fundamental unit of matter?

@Vivian C; OF:I agree to all of the above. But where does one draw the line between "love for the in-animate" & "materialism"? This one question irks me no end.

Eagerly awaiting a reply.

@VIVIAN_C, Raccoon, rachitkohli...you all are hopeless...plain hopeless...just like me

going thru your posts, I finally thanked GOD that he made some people the same way as he made me...though I have been branded as "hopeless" for the way I feel for my bikes and cars.

I feel their pain, their anger and their joy. I can sense their mood with the first blip of the warm up throttle. Others who as reading this may again label me as "hopeless", but yes, I have witnessed the living soul within my bikes.

Thanks VIVIAN_C, Raccoon, rachitkohli..,

wow,great write-up sirji...

You really have penned the feeling of a biker and his bike.Relating things with that of Quantum physics' theory is one of the best part...
but it seems that you are a pro-writer,i mean the stuff is just so amazing...
And the moral of the story- RTR180 ad...awesome dude,i don't understand why my head never hit things like that???...once again great work Mr.Vivian..

Quantum mechanics/Modern physics is slowly redefining the concept of life itself.

Everything lives ,awareness permeates even rocks and pebbles as it was .
You will get abundant references you will find in the scriptures - various spiritual traditions about the sacredness that permeates everything.
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Exactly!

I think, only Physics has the necessity to 'define' & 'redefine'. Our forefathers defined it milleniums ago. Just that we had trouble accepting it for whatever reasons.

Nice approach to biking