Reply #14: Calming technique I use... took longer to work this morning. [View All]

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I guess one could call it a form of meditation...

I imagine pulling away, out of my body, and floating up away from the earth. I see my surroundings fall away, and the activity around me dies down as I float higher and higher. I see the city disappear as I float out above the atmosphere. I see the earth recede, a small blue-green marble, getting smaller and smaller. I pass though the asteroid belt, and often imagine passing by one of the gas giants in the solar system on the way out. I imagine travelling faster and faster, and start passing by stars, seeing them recede as i pass out of the galaxy.

From this vantage point, nothing bothering me seems consequential.