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I've never meditated because I don't think I can get to that mental state

I've never meditated because I don't think I can get to that mental state

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Everytime I can. Out inna woods. Near a stream is a bonus.

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Streams and waterfalls are The Best.

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I love finding a good stream that takes a 2 foot tumble over rocks

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There's nothing like the sound of nature.

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Every morning during my morning ablutions, I hear the sound of nature. Nature kinda stinks.

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I enjoy the desert, night and day. When there's no wind, I have found what "deafening silence" means.

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Mine sounds like

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

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Agreed, the only place I feel relaxed enough my mind focuses.

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The only sound I enjoy more is found at the back of a sailboat cruising in coastal waters. On a mildly windy day the ocean makes the most soothing and satisfying sounds.

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You ever sat on the subway and really looked at a crackhead? I mean, really just look at him and try to see past that thin veneer of dry saliva and wrinkly skin that's all oily, and look at the human being occupying that crazy suit? Like yeah, that guy looks crazy and miserable, and on an instinctual level, I don't want to be anywhere near him. And it makes you wonder, why is he sitting here, on the subway, looking miserable and making me feel miserable for having to look at him. Surely he didn't decide to be a crackhead? But he definitely decided to smoke crack. Is he nothing more than an amalgamation of his previous decisions? Is that what we all are? And, most importantly, did I just miss my stop?

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I love sitting outside at night smoking a cigar. Maybe a little whisky and silence.

I spent alot of time on those short mountains in the desert. Watching nature and such. I wasnt sure if the cross legged posture with the thumb and index finger connecting to make a circle was more than a cliche or meme way to meditate but I figured it was comfortable enough to allow me to meditate so I did that alot. There was a wonderful sound of silence on the top of those hills. Well, it wasnt always totally silent. There were gentle breezes, bees buzzing, ground squirrels chittering, birds of prey could sometimes be heard as well. In rare cases, if you hold really still, lizards would perch on your feet and animals would resume their life in the surrounding area. Jack rabbits the size of small coyotes would be bouncing around occasionally in small groups. None of those sounds were very loud but, it was a nice rythm, nature in desert has a really chill rythm if you go at the right times to the right places.

I could even hear a tempo or rythm when I started attending public school but everyone thought I was crazy lol.

Recently I read the book "Fahrenheit 451" and one of the things that really stuck with me from the book was a line from the old man helping out the main character. He said something along the lines of "Having time for your own thoughts is a luxury nowa days but should be a human right" or something to that effect.

I think he's right though, and I think your question leans into that, in that we need time to be in our own heads thinking our own thoughts without outside stimulation influencing us. Perhaps nature can be considered outside stimuli but it is an important rhythm that should be allowed to help form paths in our brains, partially because we evolved in that environment and our body craves that environment to help its development.

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Great comment. Thanks for sharing

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Every morning as I watch the sunrise. Sometimes my rooster cooperates. Sometimes he doesn’t.

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you'll have to take the rooster up with

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We don't deal with vegetables, you'll need to contact the Department of Agriculture for that, or perhaps your local extension office.

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It is good for you and you should try to do it often. Its not really Silence unless you are in a depo chamber but it is worth taking time out of your day to not do anything and to just exist.

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It’s why you practice and you get better and better at it.

Every time is different, so you get used to letting things come and just go.

It’s a practice.

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Winter time on the beach at the ocean listening to waves crash. I don't think meditation is for white people. The master TM, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi the "enlighten one" was only interested in fucking Mia Farrow.

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My wife runs a bath every night before bed and if I'm tired I just crash out to the sound of the running water. It's very peaceful to fall asleep to.