
Creating Your Inner Landscape
When you take a quiet walk through the woods where does your mind go? Do you solve problems? Worry about the future? Or are you able to let go and enjoy the scents, sounds and sights of your surroundings? And what is the result of each of these possible mental states? Does dwelling on problems and worries create suffering? Does your attention to the details of the landscape around you create feelings of peacefulness? I will often go for such a walking meditation. For me, atte