I agree, nature is a great way to get past the ego into living more deliberately, as Thoreau put it. Yoga and meditation are other great natural ways to do this. So are psychedelics, and any artistic practice that allows you to momentarily tap into a flow state. Martial arts, visual arts, music, dance, writing, sports, crafting or making anything with your hands, doing puzzles or practicing magic, learning any sort of stupid human trick that you can zone out and practice can get you out of your head in the same way sometimes. I go down rabbit holes trying to teach myself something random all the time. I think this is also what people are looking for out of communal events: whether it’s the sensation of a spirit moving in church or at a funk concert, drum circle or chanting with the Hare Krishnas, everyone’s just looking for a wave of energy to surf on and when you’re riding that tide, everything falls into place and makes sense like never before because that’s the kind of connection and creativity we crave to be apart of. The Buddhist ideal of Nothingness doesn’t mean emptiness, devoid of content. It means no “thingness” or separation between the parts of the whole. When we find some activity, tool or group to merge and flow with, our purpose in life is reinforced by its context and the comforting rhythm of the method, rather than being isolated and having time to worry about our intrinsic nature. As hippy and new age as it sounds, you’ve just gotta find your frequency n groove on it.