On The Trail, In The Now

On the quest for self-improvement, more miles and enlightenment on the bike, I recently came across the following passage in Eckhart Tolle’s, The Power of Now(New World Library, 1999). It eloquently describes the deeply spiritual appeal of mountain-biking; when you are in the zone, hammering down a trail, so utterly in-tune with all of existence:

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“The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, [mountain biking] 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.”

With even greater concision, cyclist’s attempt to reach the Now can be summed up by those four magical words, don’t think, just ride.