{"id":2760,"date":"2022-01-17T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relaunch.jut-so.de\/escape-from-everyday-life\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:43:18","slug":"escape-from-everyday-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jut-so.de\/en\/escape-from-everyday-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Escape from everyday life"},"content":{"rendered":"\nOur copywriter escapes to inner dimensions &#8211; and goes on a meditation retreat for 6 weeks. What he experienced? Read on and find out.\n\nThe alarm clock rings. I get up, meditate, drink coffee, and stare at a display for the next eight hours. They call it office work. Then dinner, Netflix, sleep \u2013 and back to square one.\u00a0<strong>Welcome to my hamster wheel!<\/strong>\u00a0Wonderful, isn\u2019t it? I could live like that for\u2026 oh, who am I kidding? I have had enough. I need a change of scenery. So I escape to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buddha-haus.de\/metta-vihara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meditation center for six weeks.<\/a>\n<h2><strong>Welcome to Allg\u00e4u<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe escape goes smoothly. As it turns out,\u00a0<strong>I\u2019m not only the prisoner, but also the warden.<\/strong>\u00a0But no one ever tells you that. The getaway vehicle of my choice is an ICE train from Berlin to Munich. From there it\u2019s off to a secluded alpine pasture in the Allg\u00e4u. This I where I plan to ask bigger questions than\u00a0<em>What are the deadlines this week?\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Where is this damn file?<\/em>\n\nArriving in the meditation hall, I sit down on a cushion next to the altar with the Buddha statue. Someone gently gongs a singing bowl. Its sound fades and gradually melts into the silence of the room. Breath. Relax.\u00a0<strong>No calls, no emails, no workshops.\u00a0<\/strong>Just me and my consciousness. Silence at last<em>.<\/em>\u00a0It could be so nice \u2013 if it weren\u2019t for my constant thinking.\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8130 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jut-so.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/allgaeu-1024x576.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/>\n<h2><strong>The monkey in my mind<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe first thing I learn in meditation is: <strong>A monkey lives in my head<\/strong>, hurling thoughts around non-stop.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The second thing: My thought patterns from everyday life followed me to the retreat. How charming. They seem to be glued to me. Or am I glued to them?\n\nThis is essential \u2013 for all of us. Our thought patterns color our perception of life.\u00a0<strong>We do not see the world as it is, but as we are.<\/strong>\u00a0We impose our ideas on the world and get angry when the world does not behave according to them. That\u2019s kind of funny and kind of sad. We don\u2019t even notice.\n\nI am full of expectations for the coming weeks. I want to sink into deep meditation, bathe myself in dopamine, understand life and become terribly wise. Well, if that\u2019s all, huh? In reality, it is <strong>as if I were mucking out a stable.<\/strong>\u00a0I gain nothing, but get rid of a lot.\n<h2><strong>The vet with the invasion plans<\/strong><\/h2>\nOf course, I don\u2019t meditate all day. In the morning I work. Chopping vegetables, vacuuming the corridor, building a sheep pen, planting potatoes.\u00a0<strong>Lots of bodywork, little head work.<\/strong>\u00a0A welcome change for someone like me. Just that one time \u2013 it first turns heartrending and then bizarre.\n<div class=\"wp-container-3 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-column\">\n\nOne of the sheep is sick. Its eyes are clotted with pus, the animal is almost blinded.\u00a0<strong>So we call the vet<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 an old gentleman with gray hair and more wrinkles than face. I, blissfully meditated, greet him and quickly notice the man likes to talk.\u00a0On the outside, I listen patiently. Inwardly,<strong>\u00a0I groan.<\/strong>\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8131\" src=\"https:\/\/jut-so.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheep-300x300.jpg-300x300-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\nBefore I know it, he\u2019s in on a wild explanation about how Putin could invade Turkey with his army to \u201creally clean things up.\u201d Aha, I think. So the monkey lives in his head, too. I sigh with relief as the vet packs his suitcase and drives off.\n<h2><strong>Same hamster, different wheel?<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe first two weeks are pure relaxation. The soul sighs with relief, the mind comes to rest.\u00a0<strong>In the third week, boredom starts creeping in.<\/strong>\u00a0Weren\u2019t those exciting times when I was chasing deadlines? I catch this line of thought and respectfully nod to the monkey. He almost got me.\n\nFor me, a city and office person, it takes time to get used to the quiet uniformity of the days.\u00a0<strong>Everything is so\u2026 simple. So uncomplicated.<\/strong> It\u2019s hard to bear at first. Only slowly does the mind let go of its tense goal orientation and allows more space for relaxation. I am amazed. To feel peaceful, you don\u2019t have to accomplish anything. You just have to let go. This is a revolutionary and simple secret.\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8132 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jut-so.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/hamster-1536x864.jpg-1024x576-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/>\n<h2><strong>Welcome back<\/strong><\/h2>\nAfter six weeks I leave the silence with one laughing and one crying eye. I look forward to seeing friends and family again.\u00a0<strong>I\u2019m even looking forward to working with my head again.<\/strong>\u00a0I realize that when I live in constant movement, I long for stillness. When I live in constant silence, I long for movement.\n\nI laugh out loud. Isn\u2019t this dance we perform on the stage of life wonderful? We cry bitter tears, laugh with all our hearts and make life terribly complicated for ourselves. And yet, it can be so simple.\u00a0<strong>Take a breath. Relax. Let go.<\/strong>\u00a0When I get home, even my hamster wheel doesn\u2019t seem so bad anymore. Let\u2019s see how long I can take it this time. The next escape will surely come.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our copywriter escapes to inner dimensions &#8211; and goes on a meditation retreat for 6 weeks. What he experienced? Read on and find out. The alarm clock rings. I get up, meditate, drink coffee, and stare at a display for the next eight hours. They call it office work. 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