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I never found the need nor the disposition to meditate but I can't knock it since I've never actually tried it. I feel like my hyperactive and inattentive brain is allergic to it by default too, lol. The closest I ever get to what in my ignorance I can consider a "meditative mental space" is pacing around a room for hours thinking about things enthusiastically, a kind of flow-state in which time just flies by. 🤷
Sitting at a lake or creek can do wonders in terms of mindfulness and calming down the mind.
With enough imagination you don’t even have to be physically there
But I like my mind active, it's dynamic but peaceful! I remember back when I was in the army and I was on guard duty, I had to be static, vigilant and with no distractions for periods of 2h at a time and I just used that time to brainstorm builds in RPGs, or sing (I could sing for the whole 2h and the little guard post had great acoustics, lol), but it certainly felt like boredom torture at first. 😅
If you consider yourself someone who meditates successfully, what benefits do you think you've gotten from it, personally? Just out of curiosity btw, because I feel like I might die without ever doing it, I'm not arguing or anything, lol.
I wouldn’t say I’m good at it but I have been trying for a couple years now and every once in a while I manage to get there and it’s just very peaceful and calming and afterwards I feel a lot better and capable of doing things I’m otherwise mentally blocked from.
Mmm, that sounds healthy and productive. Thanks. 👍