Lao Tzu, the Great Mountain Biking Sage sez:

The trail flows on without end. Flow. Riding without fear is the way of the trail. Neither braking nor accelerating to excess, both occur naturally. Relax. Fingers float where they may, they cannot cause a crash. Only mind can cause a crash. Calm down. One cannot seek to master the brakes by subduing the levers. Subdue the mind. Tires roll, rocks crunch, turn, pedal, breathe. Infinite shades of faster and slower; man, machine, and terrain have become one.