Taming Your Monkey Mind

Andrea, I’ve taken the liberty to write a post inspired by yours. No obligation to read it, of course.

https://cafephilos.blog/2019/03/28/the-power-of-nature-to-combat-anxiety-dread-and-fear/

I once timed it. It’s an 18 minute drive from downtown Colorado Springs (near where I live) up Ute Pass to the nearest Colorado Wilderness. If it were not for the fact my closest friends come first, the number one reason, Andrea, that I live in this town would be it’s easy access to wilderness. The value you place on wilderness resonates with me.

Beyond that, I once read of a study done some years ago that found the amydala’s of depressed and anxious patients were firing about twice as long as healthy patients in response to the same stimuli.

Years ago, I went some months spending hours each day sitting in meditation in natural settings — such as by my favorite lake at the time. No TV, no radio for months. Just four to eight or more hours a day meditating in nature.

You know, after about two weeks, you find the flight of a single midge dramatic and fascinating. Your sense of time becomes tuned to the slowly changing colors in a sunrise. And — more to the point — you can calmly deal with anything life throws at you. Nothing makes you fearful or anxious. You can deal with anything.

Superb post! One of my favorites now. Thank you so much for it!