Where could i go to meditate for a year?

where in the world could i go, where i could live in a forrest for about a year, and be able to grow food, and just meditate out in the woods and not be bothered?

 

perhaps join a monastery, many accept guests.

 

Thailand, New Zealand, Siberia, Mongolia, Peru, Tibet.

 

I know there is federal land where you have to move camp every six months. I don't think you have to move very far, either. It could be BLM or National Forest. I don't remember right now but there should be information on their respective web sites.

 

What is the purpose of your meditation? The realization of which is often service to humanity.

Each person is different. At 19, I'll assume you have many arguments with the way things are? This is best changed by interaction with what you see as a problem.

My best advice to you at your age is to go out and experience the world for a few years. You'll be better equipped to make judgements as to depth.

Jump in. The water's fine.

As the water gets deeper, you're going to see fewer and fewer people.


x

 

xexon you kick ass with metaphors

 

First you must have purpose for what you seek from meditating, then find that what you seek. I really think you don't have to go to forests or anywhere... You can do it alone in your room... And hey, come on You are 19 years old. There is no time to meditate! It party time!

 

im on a quest to seek the truth. i would say ive come quite far on this quest. i meditate everyday at home, but i also make time to party and celebrate. the reason for going into the woods is to purify myself, to get rid of old paradigms and bad habits, and try to go farther in to the bardow of truth and self. i might not go there this year or next year, but sometime i would like to travel to a remote area where i can be at peace. there is a lot of negativity around here, and i try to keep people positive, but the negativity just seems to seep back through. this for me would be like mission, a test, a sort of can you survive in the woods for a year by yourself growing your own food and making your own shelter. what would you learn in that year period? how would your life change? if you learned how to grow mushrooms and dmt plants, and you were meditating and taking the pyschs it be quite an experience. sheer enlightenment is the true purpose here.

 

It sounds so peaceful, doesn't it?

Might be pretty cool for about a week.

But after a while, you'll come to understand why the woods aren't filled with people seeking what you seek.

The bug bites. The endless downpours. Your bedding gets wet. What food you've eaten has given you the runs. Things walking around your campsite at night, etc.

You better know what you're doing or you're going find out quickly that you don't.



x

 

i admit its probably gonna be hell for awhile, but i mean if you can get past all the bad, all the good stuff will come and it will be well worth it. just think about when youd get back to civilization, it would be a piece of cake!

 

returning to babylon is often harder than being a mountain man.

 

enlightenment is a state of awareness that knows no physical bounds if you have to be in the woods or anywhere/when then what your experiencing wouldnt be what i think enlightenment is. to the best of my knowledge one must be free from all desires to be enlightened including the desire for peace its almost a contradictory state of mind. it is the complete realization and contentment with what is and not stressing over what you want to be. enlightenment can occur anytime anywhere its up to us to become aware of it and that awareness is based not on entirely external or internal forces but a little of both you must watch your thoughts and your actions not sit cross legged in the deepest woods, its less about ending our individual suffering and more about working to end the suffering of everyone else by being entirely selfless. take my words with a grain of salt for im sure ive misinterpreted something or explained it too vaguely, this is my best understanding but feel free to criticize but please dont judge too harshly for i am but a modest ignorant human

p.s. i would definately think that after living in the wild for some time returning to civilization would disgust you a lot of why we deal with our living situation is because our desensitization to the abundant suffering all around i know i experience this every time i come back from camping, altho i would definately love to live in the woods it would be for the purpose of pleasing my senses which is definately not what enlightenment is about

 

wow, thanks for that post seeingblind.

 

i could be wrong and i apologize if i am but my sarcasm detector is going crazy right now or were you being sincere

 

whoever said you can't meditate during your everyday waking life?

 

that's what I do...

cooking, reading, sitting, music, helping, teaching . .

(((homb)))

 

no im sincere, honestly!

 

Thailand has many monasteries that would take you in.