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Lol, just when I get into a zen state with my favorite meditation guide, the city decides to repave the street right outside my window at 7 AM.
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king.victor3h ago
Your mention of the zen state being shattered by construction reminds me of my buddy Mark. He was deep into a breathing exercise with a Calm app session last Tuesday when his neighbor decided to test a new chainsaw at 6:30 AM. The sudden roar made him jump so hard he almost fell off his cushion. How do you even recover from that kind of interruption?
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margaret_robinson732h ago
Meditation doesn't really require perfect silence, contrary to popular belief. Those sudden noises (like a chainsaw at dawn) can actually be used to practice non-reactivity, if you can manage not to fall off the cushion!
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the_thea3h ago
Tell Mark I feel his pain, king.victor. My own attempt at zen last week ended when my noise-cancelling headphones died and all I could hear was my cat aggressively licking itself. Sometimes you just have to laugh and try again tomorrow.
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