It's so rare for me that it's always welcomed with open arms.
It's so rare for me that it's always welcomed with open arms.
Honestly when I'm out solo hiking deep in the woods that's where it happens the most for me.
It's bliss when I can lay there with silence in my mind while watching clouds float by.
I really need to go hiking again.
Cycling does this for me sometimes. Highly recommended.
Cycling is another great one for sure but unfortunately in my local community most of the bicycle infrastructure is best described as an afterthought at best so I'm playing frogger with my life and staying absolutely focused on my surroundings.
It's physically and mentally exhausting.
It's a different kind of bliss but still bliss for sure as if I do it enough during the week my sleep schedule is so much better.
Of course we Germans have a word for that, here you go 💖
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210314-waldeinsamkeit-germanys-cherished-forest-tradition
If you didn't think about not thinking, you could continue not having a thought
Somewhere I've read that it takes at least 45 minutes to mentally detach from work. For me, that usually just means having different thoughts, but to stop all thoughts, I'll have to exercise my body rather furiously.
I call it a "perfect moment" and I try to make a mental note when ever I experience one so that I'll be more likely to notice the next time it happens. It's most often in the nature for me as well.
I used to clear my mind when running. Unfortunately I can't do it anymore due to disabilities.
I hope I can get back to running after more surgeries.
I wish you the best of luck on those surgeries, one of my friends is currently going through the same shitty situation after he got hit by a car last year while out running.
He's hoping he'll be able to run again before the year is out.
He just had another surgery back in July and he's doing damn good after that one.
Thank you very much! I also got hit by a car last december :/
I wish a good recovery for your friend! Soon we all will be running again I hope.
That's how I feel swimming. Best part of summer.
I require substances to get there. I've experimented extensively with meditation techniques as well and they just don't work on me.
People can't just turn it off? Seriously here. If I don't want thoughts in my head, I just... don't have them.
For me basically if I can my blood pumping hard and my heartrate up then my mind gets clearer and clearer.
Not to mention the massive boost in sleep quality that night.
What? How? For me it's like when someone says "Don't think of an elephant!". If I try to not think I'd only be thinking about not thinking. And then I'd be thinking about how I'm thinking about not thinking and then... until it's thinking about thinking all the way down.
Which is weird to think about actually...
That’s so unfair :(
Not if I'm awake. It can be brutal.
This reminds me of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.