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N_E_1 for Tennis

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3. I somewhat agree...
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:11 AM
Nov 2017

First I think I found the link and posted it for you.

https://onbeing.org/

Mindfulness has been stolen by the "spirituality" gang it does seem that the practice has been corrupted into a grand marketing scheme.

I'm an atheist but one that meditates mostly for my physical and mental health. I mainly practice a walking form of meditation. I take hikes of at least two miles everyday. During those walks my mind clears of the mundane crap of daily living to experience the world around me.

I should note that I walk in the state park that is literally in my backyard. That helps.
Having that "time out" helps coping with the daily crap. Noticing and appreciating the wonders surround us. The little things, the different calls of the birds, the mosses growing and helping decompose trees that died and have fallen. The intricacies of nature or should I say the science of nature.

I've been doing this for a very long time. I dislike the way that "Mindfulness" has been co-opted by commercialism.

Thank you for posting your take is enlighting and shared by more than you may realize.

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