Taoist thinking.

Taoist thinking involved clearing my head completely. Letting everything of that day just roll off my shoulders and what I encountered was a time that where at first i felt anxious but gradually eased into a relaxed almost trance like state. After I cleared my head, just concentrating on the rhythm of my breathing (I've had some prior meditation training), my brain was soon free of the distractions and I could only think about what makes me happy. I thought about what situations could rival the clarity of meditation and realized that surfing, my favorite past time while at home, was a very meditative state. Surfing was a time when i would be by myself in the environment that cleared my head of problems. My mind was nearly empty, completely without any negative thoughts. The meditative state that i spent ten minutes under, cleared the head and relieved the stress as only surfing could do. It is an alternative for me now that I am so far from the place that I adore. What intrigued me about this was how my mind in one second could wander from emptiness to joyous memories. It revealed to me that the human mind does not want to be empty. No part of human existence wished to be empty or alone, and this transcends just meditation. I believe that this is exactly what the Taoists wrote about. It takes determination to clear your head of the infinite distractions in life.