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In my early years, my dad used to take myself and my brother fishing. What I found to be the best is that it's an excuse be busy doing nothing. Sure, you're wai
by ZenoArrow 9y ago
In my early years, my dad used to take myself and my brother fishing. What I found to be the best is that it's an excuse be busy doing nothing. Sure, you're waiting on a sign that a fish has taken the bait, but most of the time you're just in a relaxed state, surrounded by nature. The fishing line gives you something simple to focus on, and by doing so it frees up your mind to appreciate your surroundings.
I didn't understand the connection between fishing and meditation when I was younger, all I knew is that it was both relaxing and interesting, and a way to bond with my family, but even though I don't go fishing much now I still feel like I "get it" because of those early experiences.
- bitwize 9y agoYou put, rather succinctly, into words the idea that the article's author seemed to struggle with. Or rather, he seemed too in love with the sound of his own head-voice reading back his words to choose his words carefully.
- mbrock 9y agoAs a son of a dad who loved taking me fishing, I find it all very beautiful and meditative right until the part when an animal gets caught on your meat hook and you have to break its neck and flay it.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoWhen I went river fishing, we used to keep the fish alive in a keep net, and put them back in the river to swim off as we were leaving. You wouldn't want to eat the fish from the river closest to where I grew up. On the other hand, we did use to keep and eat the fish we caught in the sea, and seeing the fish die wasn't very pleasant. I just want to emphasise that it's optional.
- rubidium 9y agoWhat wasn't beautiful about that?