Cycling: is there a spiritual side to it?

[grantoury]

@synchronicity I like your attitude, the mechanistic world view has its merits. My question was an open one, so you are very welcome to reply. The Ultra spiritual Youtube guy is pretty funny. A mate of mine sent me this before, who has been known to think spiritual. So one doesn't exclude the other.

Rupert Sheldrake's book is meant to show that spiritual practices have benefits for humans with or without religion, and these benefits are natural and not neccesarily transcendent. Like meditation can calm you or give you concentration. Nothing floaty about it.

 

[rwm1962]

What religious/spiritual people forget is that we too are animals.

You missed the word 'some'. I'm firmly in neither camp. Bad rides - good rides. Even getting into a bit of shoving with a 'roid rager whos just driven into me releases something positive into the blood. The feel good factor from endorphins, exercise, being in nature is fairly described as spiritual. I'd class any disagreement as one of semantics.

 

[grantoury]

No spiritual side for me but its a transformative experience doing outdoor activity.

PLP sums it up nicely here

Russ is just the nicest guy

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Russ is just the nicest guy

Very astute and watchable too.

 

[dorset boy]

The joy of emptying that full bladder after miles of trying to find the right spot to have that pee.

 

[Imlach]

Food for thought.

Did Jesus walk on water or did he own one of these?



Or did he get Moses to part the waters first and did a bit of muddy sandy trail cruising? If so was his preference beltdrive or did he find the KMC B1 chains as affordably perishable as I do?

 

[Mrs GIGFY]

The joy of emptying that full bladder after miles of trying to find the right spot to have that pee.

Try being female in said situation

 

[Imlach]

Try being female in said situation

I tried but it didn't go down well with the rest of the female cyclists.

 

[dorset boy]

Try being female in said situation

It's worse this time of year with lack of leaves etc. Been on "lookout" many a time while other half do their thing !

 

[dorset boy]

I tried but it didn't go down well with the rest of the female cyclists.

Zits pinkler !