• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
      34·
      3 months ago

      I have ADHD and am lucky enough to be able to dissocciate in certain situations instead of just going insane, but that doesn’t sound like this is what they’re going for. This is just a cultural madness and/or proof of the lizard people.

      • Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        3 months ago

        Eh, the hype around it maybe, but it can be a useful/unique experience for some - at least if you’re not the type where it’d be acutely painful, in which case do whatever gets you through the flight/whatever.

        Think about modern life - how often do you find yourself in a position where there are no acute demands, no expectations for how you need to spend your time, and you can just sit with your thoughts for a few hours? Unless you consciously carve out some time for that, IMO it’s pretty rare. Multihour travel as a flight/train/bus passenger affords that time with no special effort.

        I like at least attempting it for a chunk of the trip, if not the whole time - imagination starts running wild in cool ways, which otherwise doesn’t happen as often as I’d like it to. Though in fairness, if it’s a plane the cabin noise usually puts me to sleep during the attempt.

        I’ll put it this way - if you’re the kind of person that finds the idea of isolation tanks appealing, depending on why you may enjoy raw-dogging flights or other passenger travel. 100% not for everyone though, and that’s fine - different strokes and all that.

    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
      10·
      3 months ago

      I have never had success with meditation alone. My brain is like a bumblebee swarm in a beach ball.

      I enjoy guided meditation if the leader is soft spoken and knows what they’re doing!

      • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
        14·
        3 months ago

        My tactic when meditating specifically is to imagine myself as a mountain. Any thoughts are just like clouds. Let them pass with the wind. It’s ok to have them, but do not hold on to them. For the mountain is unconcerned by a cloud.

      • Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        3 months ago

        Have you ever tried doing a mindful activity, like mindful walking or mindful eating? You might find that one of those are your jam if you have a hard time by yourself! They give you an activity to focus on.

      • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 months ago

        One of the important things in many kinds of meditation is it’s not about stopping the bees, but noticing them.

        I remember hearing about some Buddhist monk who was famed for his meditation. Someone asked him how long he could sit before his mind wandered “oh about seven seconds normally”. He just got very good at noticing when his mind wandered and trying again.

    • fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      3 months ago

      That’s what I’ve been calling it for years, funnily. Like, I don’t practice meditation in general, but just letting time pass, chilling out, not focusing on anything to get into a state of mind that lets time flow faster, to me, has always been meditation.

      I’m kinda laughing reading about this whole “raw dogging” thing. What a ridiculously macho way of talking about it.

      I suppose they could call it “sitting to attention”, maybe? Like a palace guard you know? If they wanted to sound more macho without actually sounding like a creep.

    • x4740N@lemm.ee
      2·
      3 months ago

      More people really should meditate and none of that western appropriated sanitised stuff

        • x4740N@lemm.ee
          1·
          3 months ago

          I don’t really have any form to recomend because I don’t follow any specific form and have developed my own based on my own experience and integrating anything that works for me personally

          I’d suggest looking online and finding stuff that works for you and intergrate it into your meditation practice

    • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      101·
      3 months ago

      In the recent context of air travel, it refers to sitting idly for your entire flight. No books, movies, music, nothing.

      • cm0002@lemmy.world
        47·
        3 months ago

        That sounds… horrible, flying sucks enough as-is I have no idea why anyone would subject themselves to even more torture lol

        I could see an argument for a waiting room or being in the bathroom with nothing but your own thoughts…but a potentially multi-hour flight?

        • mossy_@lemmy.world
          8·
          3 months ago

          As long as the plane is quiet, it’s not too bad. I usually drift in and out of sleep. Then again most of my flights are around two hours.

        • gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          3 months ago

          I think the argument is, that you will only remember activities, but not idling. So if you’re busy during the flight, then you will remember that. But if you do nothing at all, then you won’t remember anything. If you don’t like flying, that’s an advantage, because you won’t remember the flight.

          • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
            1·
            3 months ago

            I remember when I waste my time. An experience so extremely boring would stay with me long after the fact.

            And I am someone who don’t sit on my phone on the toilet, because I like being alone with my thoughts.

            So that argument really would only work with people who don’t think much anyway.

            • gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              1·
              3 months ago

              well, I have experienced similar things myself. When I find myself in stressful situations, I just switch off my mind and go forward, because I know that that way I will eventually find a solution to my problems. For example when I have a lot of work to do. If I start doubting, I won’t get anywhere. So I have to switch off my mind. And in fact, in retrospect I rarely remember the difficulties that I went through. Maybe, though, that’s just my personal experience. Maybe for other people it doesn’t work that way.

        • TheFriar@lemm.ee
          1·
          3 months ago

          I do like to travel just listening to music idly, doing nothing else. That’s pretty relaxing for me. Even then, though, I hate planes and airports and the air pressure and how much you feel like a fucking piece of inanimate equipment the airline is just shuffling around for money.

      • Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        3 months ago

        Sugma kids stealing another one of my hobbies 😾😾 (srs tho how can you do any of those, I get so nauseous)

  • Sarmyth@lemmy.world
    14·
    3 months ago

    Huh I thought it was bring zero luggage. Like you walk on the plane and everything you have is in your pockets. Buy whatever you need while there and donate or trash whatever you are done with after replacements.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
    10·
    3 months ago

    Why do I keep seeing articles about this. Wasn’t it just a meme someone posted about seeing a guy on a plane with no entertainment or anything? Who cares? Good for them not requiring stimulation every moment they’re conscious. I wish I could do that.