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Gazing at the sky until your vision blurs

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If you stare blankly at the endless blue expanse for long enough, your daily problems start to feel completely insignificant. Certain traditions use sky-gazing to dissolve their personal boundaries into the vast open atmosphere. It is the perfect philosophical excuse for laying in the grass all afternoon doing absolutely nothing.

Gazing at the sky until your vision blurs
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