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What I miss about my long commutes on public transportation in early 2000’s was the serenity of doing absolutely nothing. It was essentially forced meditation,
by sedatk 10mo ago
What I miss about my long commutes on public transportation in early 2000’s was the serenity of doing absolutely nothing.
It was essentially forced meditation, and it helped me a lot in reorganizing my thoughts.
I had moved next to the office later, and noticed that I’d really missed those meditative hours. I saved maybe 1.5 hours of commute every day but my net productivity had declined.
I don’t think it would be as easy to achieve the same effect today as it was back then. We now have phones and interactive ads, and that dopamine driven economy.
I miss that about those times.
- mnky9800n 10mo agoI go to the coffee shop without my phone and the freeing sensation is unreal
- gozzoo 10mo agoaren't such places too busy for meditation?
- sedatk 10mo agoFor quite meditation types, perhaps, but mindfulness meditation, for example, doesn't require stripping away nuisance, but acknowledging it while keeping a mindful state instead.
- gozzoo 10mo agoYes, but I suppose there shoudln't bee too many things happening in order to acknolege them, preferebly only the things in you mind. I've been trying somithing similar, but more active - beach walks in the in the early eavning. there are still people there but not too many. my goal was to acknoledge everything and enjoy the moment. i was not quite successfull though, it was still too much for me to acheive tranquility :)