OK, this may sound a little strange but there is something to 
this. We are constantly surrounded by man-made technology. From
the sidewalks and powerlines that hem in your neighborhood, to
all of the humming electrical devices in your home yada yada.
Try this experiment for me. Go to a place where you can't see 
anything that has been touched by the human hand of progress.
Get out in nature. Of course we can't run away from the flight
traffic of aircraft overhead but forget about that. I challenge
you to find a place in nature where you can sit by a babbling
brook, or walk through the wooded fields and let nature envelope
you. Spend at least 5 hours there. Don't read. Just be alone
with nature. It may be boring for a large amount of that time but
after a while something will begin to happen to you. Without 
the cacophony of our modern world buzzing in your ear, it all 
just falls away. A long supressed whisper can be heard over the
din. You may experience a profound revelation of LIFE, your true
place in the universe. I don't want to wierd you out but you 
might be surprised to find that the stress you are feeling and 
the pressures of your life just drop away and a calmer more 
centered and grounded you emerges. I dare you to take the 5 hour
nature challenge.
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