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      That’s what I’ve been calling it for years, funnily. Like, I don’t practice meditation in general, but just letting time pass, chilling out, not focusing on anything to get into a state of mind that lets time flow faster, to me, has always been meditation.

      I’m kinda laughing reading about this whole “raw dogging” thing. What a ridiculously macho way of talking about it.

      I suppose they could call it “sitting to attention”, maybe? Like a palace guard you know? If they wanted to sound more macho without actually sounding like a creep.

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      I have never had success with meditation alone. My brain is like a bumblebee swarm in a beach ball.

      I enjoy guided meditation if the leader is soft spoken and knows what they’re doing!

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        My tactic when meditating specifically is to imagine myself as a mountain. Any thoughts are just like clouds. Let them pass with the wind. It’s ok to have them, but do not hold on to them. For the mountain is unconcerned by a cloud.

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        Have you ever tried doing a mindful activity, like mindful walking or mindful eating? You might find that one of those are your jam if you have a hard time by yourself! They give you an activity to focus on.

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        One of the important things in many kinds of meditation is it’s not about stopping the bees, but noticing them.

        I remember hearing about some Buddhist monk who was famed for his meditation. Someone asked him how long he could sit before his mind wandered “oh about seven seconds normally”. He just got very good at noticing when his mind wandered and trying again.

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      More people really should meditate and none of that western appropriated sanitised stuff

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          I don’t really have any form to recomend because I don’t follow any specific form and have developed my own based on my own experience and integrating anything that works for me personally

          I’d suggest looking online and finding stuff that works for you and intergrate it into your meditation practice

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    How come some ppl have the power to make Boeing planes pregnant

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      In the recent context of air travel, it refers to sitting idly for your entire flight. No books, movies, music, nothing.

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          TIL, I am a psycho.

          Who am I kidding? I always knew.

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        That sounds… horrible, flying sucks enough as-is I have no idea why anyone would subject themselves to even more torture lol

        I could see an argument for a waiting room or being in the bathroom with nothing but your own thoughts…but a potentially multi-hour flight?

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          As long as the plane is quiet, it’s not too bad. I usually drift in and out of sleep. Then again most of my flights are around two hours.

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          I think the argument is, that you will only remember activities, but not idling. So if you’re busy during the flight, then you will remember that. But if you do nothing at all, then you won’t remember anything. If you don’t like flying, that’s an advantage, because you won’t remember the flight.

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          I do like to travel just listening to music idly, doing nothing else. That’s pretty relaxing for me. Even then, though, I hate planes and airports and the air pressure and how much you feel like a fucking piece of inanimate equipment the airline is just shuffling around for money.

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        Sugma kids stealing another one of my hobbies 😾😾 (srs tho how can you do any of those, I get so nauseous)

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    Huh I thought it was bring zero luggage. Like you walk on the plane and everything you have is in your pockets. Buy whatever you need while there and donate or trash whatever you are done with after replacements.

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    Why do I keep seeing articles about this. Wasn’t it just a meme someone posted about seeing a guy on a plane with no entertainment or anything? Who cares? Good for them not requiring stimulation every moment they’re conscious. I wish I could do that.

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    Raw dogging the hostess on the plane lmao