I used to be a Medic and Firefighter-- in short I was an adrenaline junkie. And now I’m old and retired. And my body is bent and currently a bit broken. I seek to learn how to be dull.

Despite the enjoyment of watching the hummingbirds at my feeders and the light gardening I do. I still think I could become even more satisfied with my dullness.

Guide me to complete dullness!

  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Being Peace, by Thich Nhat Hanh

    Getting to Where You Are, by Steven Harrison

    There is a lot of value in the pursuit of self-knowledge, though I think most people hearing it described find it dull (you just… sit? for hours?). I recommend reading these in the order presented here. They will guide you in meditation without any of the mystical or religious nonsense. Learn to breathe, learn to focus, learn to be.

    • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      I think the trick with this stuff is actually being in the right frame of mind.

      I was really in a striving frame of mind at my last run-through of meditation, constantly critiquing, criticizing, wanting, and it was just a bad experience all around.

      Since then, I’ve kind of come to a weird form of self-acceptance and also an understanding that everything is ultimately meaningless (including human social progress, which I have clung to unconsciously all my life)… think I’d have a better chance at getting something out of meditation now, which raises the question of it it’s unavoidably sometimes just used as more striving by people.