Nothingness and the mind

Learning how to meditate in a tent...

I mentioned that we just spent some time camping in the Inner Hebrides. And I must say it is not my favorite to stay in a tent but I had good moments. One of them was to realize how calm it can be.

It would have been beautiful to do my set outside watching the Burg and the sea but the midges and rain did not let me. I sat in a separate compartment of the tent, heard my kids playing but really noticed and felt the silence. No distraction, being on a remote Scottish Island, the phone had no signal, the closest building was our friends caravan and the sea just there by our feet.

This nothingness is amazing. I forgot that I used to live like this for 4 years. People ran away because they could not bear this nothingness.

It was weird to sit in a white space, white all around me. But it is so nice to have the full support of this incredible silence to meditate.

Obviously thoughts turn loud and I am all over the place but additionally there is this feeling that there is something bigger out there and I am of it. It feels good.

I do not remember having felt that close anywhere lately, living in a city.

I read so often, Choose a place you won’t be disturbed, feel vulnerable, or get distracted. And I understand why and what. But I don't think I really did understand until I experienced this.

My room is still messy enough and there are a lot of distractions around me but I remember this calm silent space and try to go there whenever I sit down.

And the best part of it is to pretend to have no signal and concentrate on one point.