Post-industrial Buddhism is what it is. Yeah like it'd be great to do that in a cave or forest or open prairie but who the fuck can afford those things?

Abandoned buildings are free as long as you don't fuck with the native inhabitants' meth.

Uh... that isn't normal.

Honey, there hasn't been an ounce of "normal" anywhere since at least 2001.

He can afford to disappear for a week every month?

I bet his friend is never worried about stupid shit.

https://kfoundation.org/it-is-no-measure-of-health-to-be-well-adjusted-to-a-profoundly-sick-society/

Umm, hello, is this the Based department? I'd like to report someone...

This is a bit intense but praxticrs like this have been used not only by the Buddhists but also the internet's favourite emperor Marcus Aurelius for example. It seems to be really good for you. For a more feasible exercise just tape a square onto the floor and only leave that box for hygiene, work, food and walks. You sleep in the box you meditate in the box and you exercise in the box.

Weird only to a mind that's used to being constantly bombarded with low quality entertainment, lulled into comfortable numbness with mostly unnecessary material goods. While this is overly extreme (and potentially hazardous... though that being 4chan it's probably exaggerated, if even true), most people would do well to take periods of disconnecting entirely and have minimal entertainment available. Zen Buddhist retreats are great by my experience. Yoga Retreats are nice but you need to weed out the ones that are really just masturbatory Wellness holidays for rich white women. Vipassana retreats are probably good too tho I personally haven't been to one of those. But just starting meditation would be great. https://www.wakingup.com/ is a low bar access point with guided meditations but also a lot of great philosophical discussions from several different branches of thought (notably Stoicism and Buddhism but others too). And you can get it for free (request scholarship) if the price seems steep.

Sounds like buddism to me

Fake: Anon has friends

Gay: Imaginary friend is a guy

Open and shut case.

but in this crazy crazy world, is normal so good?

As a practicing Buddist, I do this often. Smoke enough weed, and an empty shack becomes a temple of delight.

Sure it's not normal. He's chosen the Hermit path. Fair play to him.

My initial reaction, the socially acceptable one, was akin to "oh, wow, that's weird." After I gave it a minute, though... Gotta say, if I could be certain of the fact that I wouldn't be interrupted in any way and had full control over the situation... yeah, that actually sounds like a nice getaway...

Edit: or in a bunker! I would not mind not seeing the light of day (or anything else, for that matter) for a month! Would be a nice RAM purge at the very least!

silent hill protagonist

That’s about the scariest shit I can imagine, but I admire him.

Anon's friend is just Batman going through his early training montage.

what part of that isnt normal? The area in which we sleep can be what ever, is it just that he is alone with his own thoughts and does minimal food (most would just do rice only during these things)?

just like me fr