I may have emptied my mind a little too much...
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
October 17, 2017 3:40pm CST
Dammit. 
I decided to meditate for a bit.
To focus on complete nothingness.
The center of a vacuum, a formless void, in which nothing existed.
Not sound, nor light, nor any physical presence.
And it worked.
Too well, perhaps, because now that I decided to come write a discussion of deep philosophical significance, nothing is there.
A great method of relaxation, a terrible method to prepare for writing.
But, lesson learned.
Next time I'll just meditate on myLot or facebook or something. 
I decided to meditate for a bit.
To focus on complete nothingness.
The center of a vacuum, a formless void, in which nothing existed.
Not sound, nor light, nor any physical presence.
And it worked.
Too well, perhaps, because now that I decided to come write a discussion of deep philosophical significance, nothing is there.
A great method of relaxation, a terrible method to prepare for writing.
But, lesson learned.
Next time I'll just meditate on myLot or facebook or something. 32 people like this
23 responses
@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Oct 17
It was too dark to see from the lack of light, but it may have been ultra-neon fluorescent clear
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
17 Oct 17
@JolietJake There is your problem: the nothingness had to be without form, not dark nor light. You weren't thinking of nothing. 
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Oct 17
@pgntwo That's it. I'm sending Scar to poop your pillow.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
17 Oct 17
That's strange, I heard men are great at thinking about nothing, after all, when their wife/girlfriend asks what they are thinking about, some say "nothing" Hahahahaha
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@BarBaraPrz (49982)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Oct 17
@Carmelanirel2 I think I read that book, too, but can't think of the title or author.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
17 Oct 17
@JolietJake It was a book I read where the guy's mind is like a box, where their various thoughts are located, like one box would be for friends, another for family, etc, and that they had an empty box where they think of nothing, Then the women's mind is like spaghetti and why she is good at multitasking because her thoughts are all tangled up, like spaghetti. lol
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Oct 17
That's their sense of self-preservation kicking in 
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Oct 17
@JolietJake nooe as long asuou have Scar ioywkk akways gave si ethtghung t talk about lol lol lol
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Oct 17
One of these days I'll run out of nothing to say and then I will be out of luck. 
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Oct 17
@kobesbuddy ujat kok whie Im not inthe kow about bily orestn Im easy lol
@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Oct 17
Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' You gotta have somethin' if you want to be with me Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' You gotta have somethin' if you wa...
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@cttolledo (5451)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 17
Honestly, I am afraid to try meditation. I am afraid to totally get lost to my senses hahahha. Sounds OA but that's how I feel.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Oct 17
@JolietJake yep scar willkleep; you go ing no rest for his h ooman lol
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Oct 17
I have a cat that will bring me out of it when he decides it is time to go out or get fed 
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@GardenGerty (164711)
• United States
18 Oct 17
Oh no!! A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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@BarBaraPrz (49982)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Oct 17
Were you really meditating, or just catching up on your sleep?
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Oct 17
My sleep is always plagued by strange dreams, rarely is it relaxing
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@celticeagle (176857)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Oct 17
You could of slept right through that.
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@FourWalls (76601)
• United States
18 Oct 17
That reminds me of that announcement about Yogi Berra getting hit in the head by a foul ball and taken for x-rays: "the x-rays showed nothing."
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@toniganzon (72544)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
How to focus on complete nothingness is something that I find too difficult to do...can you teach me how to?
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Oct 17
@JolietJake lol go n c\heck y our pillow ;lop
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@KristenH (33556)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
18 Oct 17
@JolietJake Something's bothering poor Scar.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Oct 17
Scar keeps looking at me and smirking...I'm wondering what he got up to while I was meditating 
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Oct 17
Petula Clark is one of my favorite female singers. Do you by some slim chance, have any albums by her?
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Oct 17
I did have one with 'Downtown' on it but I sold it
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Oct 17
@JolietJake O.K., Petula's songs I loved, Don't Sleep in the Subway-Downtown-My Love
She's pretty old now, I'm sure of this!
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Oct 17
My sister used me as a guinea pig once, with things she had learned in a relaxation class. Clearing my mind didn't take long, because there wasn't a whole lot there! LOL Anyway, relaxation does work, it's amazing to relieve stress!
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Oct 17
People complain when I am lax about things, but if I am lax again, that means I re-laxed, right?
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@thislittlepennyearns (64784)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
18 Oct 17
Does Scar meditate too?
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Oct 17
Probably about squirrels, chipmunks, birds, mice, and kibbles&bits:)
