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Re:Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes by BrandonM on Thursday January 20, 2011 @10:47PM (#2126368)
> I invite you to pay attention to anything -- the sight of this text, the sensation of breathing, the feeling of your body resting against your chair -- for a mere sixty seconds without getting distracted by discursive thought.

That's actually quite simple. Mushrooms, LSD, or any number of other psychedelics should do the job. For the more industrious, meditation will do it too.

Re:Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes by silentbicycle on Friday January 21, 2011 @12:43AM (#2126582)
My feet are crying! Give them back the sacred obelisk! Let the mothership fly!
Re:Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes by rsanheim on Friday January 21, 2011 @01:21PM (#2128268)
Meditation may be 'simple', but its also incredibly hard.
Re:Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes by BrandonM on Friday January 21, 2011 @09:14PM (#2129711)
I totally agree. I was saying that psychedelics are the easy (cheater's) way, and meditation is "for the more industrious."