I engage in my own form of meditation on the bike, map. I dont want hud, fm, am, mpeg, satnav, ai, cb, ir, vr, ar...... I whistle, sing, burp, swear, laugh and applaud the moment. Just like your old man did on the farm. I teach classes of 18 to 68 yr olds and i challenge them to go somewhere isolated on their own and turn off their phone, take the earbuds out and see if they can cope with themselves for an hour not moving........just sitting looking at that lake or view. If one does it, thats my my job done.
we are so connected nowadays, we don't know how to live with ourselves only. We feel the only sense of worthiness is a like on facebook, another follower or a retweet, whatever that is.
Is it possible to be a Luddite nowadays? Bloody oath it is, get a bike and at least live in the moment while you are on it. Thats when i get my luddite fix.
Rant over. Its 2am, i have moments of great clarity at weird times of the day.