Comment by sedatk
2 months 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.
I go to the coffee shop without my phone and the freeing sensation is unreal
aren't such places too busy for meditation?
For quite meditation types, perhaps, but mindfulness meditation, for example, doesn't require stripping away nuisance, but acknowledging it while keeping a mindful state instead.
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