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**flienianO** · 06-14-2011, 04:42 AM

when I go hiking out in the country away from people, I am really calm and the best way to describe it is it "hits my reset button" Could this be a form of meditation?

You need peace and quiet in order to calm the mind, and as you say, getting away from people helps you feel more at one with yourself. If when your mind is calm you are able to pay more focused attention to your surroundings, and also you feel more in touch with what’s going on inside your own being i.e. awareness of your feelings and thoughts, then yes, I think you could call that meditating.

I’m pretty new to this as well, so I’m just expressing a view here, but I’ve read that meditation is about concentrating the mind on a object of your choosing, so you could be focusing on the sensations in your feet as you walk or on something you see - you could sit and focus on a rock for example, or just be aware of your whole moment-to-moment experience as you‘re walking in the countryside with all the sounds, smells and sights that are coming into awareness through your senses.

06-14-2011, 04:42 AM	#4
flienianO Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 440 Senior Member	when I go hiking out in the country away from people, I am really calm and the best way to describe it is it "hits my reset button" Could this be a form of meditation? You need peace and quiet in order to calm the mind, and as you say, getting away from people helps you feel more at one with yourself. If when your mind is calm you are able to pay more focused attention to your surroundings, and also you feel more in touch with what’s going on inside your own being i.e. awareness of your feelings and thoughts, then yes, I think you could call that meditating. I’m pretty new to this as well, so I’m just expressing a view here, but I’ve read that meditation is about concentrating the mind on a object of your choosing, so you could be focusing on the sensations in your feet as you walk or on something you see - you could sit and focus on a rock for example, or just be aware of your whole moment-to-moment experience as you‘re walking in the countryside with all the sounds, smells and sights that are coming into awareness through your senses.
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