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What activity has most consistently given you a feeling of inner peace?

Seeker3CO 8 Oct 12
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Sleeping.

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Meditation

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Playing my guitar....and READING!

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Lifelong pursuit of TV, movies, and music with a few drinks on the side and some sleeping. What I mean here is being able to bring the TV, movies, and music into my home for free.

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Listening to music, particularly prog rock.

I find the interlude in Marillion's, Ocean Cloud to be particularly peaceful. It always makes me feel like I'm on a boat in the middle of the ocean on a day with calm weather.

I discovered Marillion late in life, so I haven't covered their entire catalog, but I do like "Afraid of Sunlight".

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Doing good gives me a feeling of inner peace. For example, I spend about an hour every morning walking through a local park, picking up litter.

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Working with children, as long as adults don't come into the picture.

Funny, I like working with adults as long as children don't come into the picture...

@Paul4747 Interesting.

@NHjulie My own is okay. Other peoples', though... they make me uncomfortable. I can't figure out why kids seem to like me against all logic.

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As far as activities go, probably sailing. But my greatest peace doesn’t come from an “activity” as such; it comes from an accumulation of understanding.

skado Level 9 Oct 12, 2019

I love sailing myself! Although it is an activity that can go from calm to hustle very quickly!

@Coffeeman
That’s for certain!

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Being in nature. I very much enjoy natural beauty - flowers, trees, animals, as well as terrane. I also love the quiet and the fresh air.

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Waking up from a good night of sleep. Being on an isolated beach. Being in an an isolated woods in the Pacific Northwest.

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I used to masturbate a lot, but the older you get, the less practical that becomes... now I read a lot more.

That was my first thought. I like how Tom Waits says it. "I don't mind working, cuz I used to be jerking off most of the time, in bars..." I still don't read as much as I want to. Oh well, I'll get there

@ownworstenemy I slowed down considerably when I hit 50.

TMI, right?

do you realize all your seed that you wasted. no hope for you, you're going straight to hell.

@callmedubious The sin of Onan wasn't masturbating, it was pulling out too soon. Like Trump in Syria.

Thanks for sharing that with us Paul..........

@Paul4747 When I hit sixty, I kept forgetting what I was doing.......................

@Paul4747 it's still taboo in 2019? I don't know. The more guys I hang around the more I hear these types of conversations. I don't find it particularly Zen inducing, but can be calming. I like the reading and going for walks though, that's "centering".

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Writing poetry and/or music gives me the strongest feeling of inner peace. I don't necessarily feel it during the creative process, which can be filled with dead ends and frustration, but afterwards, when I am satisfied with what I've done.

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Writing, mindfulness practices when I judge myself too much. I like to listen to music while petting my kitties.

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Traveling and gardening.

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Kayaking in the Spring, Summer and Fall. Skiing in the winter.

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Sitting at the beach

bobwjr Level 10 Oct 12, 2019
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Any body of water ♥️

Mine is any body in water.

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A good relationship
Playing good music
Nature walks

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Well, my therapist said I should take a whole stack of paper, then write the names of the people who piss me off the most on different sheets and then burn them. I've found this to be a highly cathartic process.

But now what am I supposed to do with all these sheets of paper?

Jnei Level 8 Oct 12, 2019

Erase the names. That's evidence.

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Does weed count? FO twenty!!!

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Sleeping.

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Daydreaming on a rainy day

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A good night's sleep.

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Long distance cycling

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Empty beach.

No sand, no water?

@PondartIncbendog no people 🙂)

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