Comment by ugjjhgvjb
5 days ago
So… stimulate yourself?
> Work on becoming a source of thoughts rather than a consumer of thoughts.
This is the classic “sounds deep but actually means nothing” vague statement that’s only meant to massage one’s ego and try to reenforce an unsubstantiated idea in a faux-philosophical way.
You are always “sourcing” thoughts even when “consuming”.
Being able to sit still, quietly without having to stimulate oneself is, by all means, exactly that: avoid stimulating oneself. Looking around and trying to come up with small stimulations based on your surrounding is merely replacing one object (say, your phone) with another.
In order to avoid all stimulation, there is but one recourse, and it is rather final.
Generally, I prefer just sitting quietly and not worrying about the definition of stimulation or whether I'm doing it correctly.
A session in a sensory deprivation tank isn't final so I'd recommend that over some other solution that is final.
Ah, but that isn't complete lack of stimulation. It's just minimization of external stimulation!
That said, I agree with you.