A special place

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Have you ever had a very special place which you would visit? A place of solitude. To re-energize and to find balance. A place where you felt safe and at peace. A place to heal. It could be any place with an important meaning to you.

I have a few. For now, I will start with a great one I've experienced many years ago.

When I was child, I lived in the Northeast and there was a forested area behind the house. It was an amazing place. The rays of sunlight which made it through the tree canopy granted an ideal atmpsohere, as the lighting blended well with the shadows of the forest. And in that forested area was a creek with the clearest water. I would often sit next to this creek and listen to the water flow. It was this place which worked with me and through me to help me cope with much pain and trauma I experienced as a child. The clarity of this memory remains to this very day. It was a powerful experience and a beautiful memory.

It used to be this (now, since I live alone, it's the whole place):

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Yes. A water closet next to our upstairs bathroom as a kid. It held the house's upstairs water heater. It was small, insulated (warm & quieter), and the only light was indirect (if I closed the door, it was only a sliver of light getting in under the bottom.)

I haven't lived there for over 30 years, and it's still the image I focus on when beginning meditation. It is also the image I invoke when I'm in public and need a calming stimulus.

Even describing it just now calmed me noticeably.