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BAVARIAN ALPS

10/13/2016

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"Mountains higher than man can fly..." — Oystein G. Brun
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Berchtesgaden, Germany
I try to escape the insatiable corporate machine one month a year (or more if I can). With hope of clearing the mind and soul, I seek for different horizons and mysterious realms that satisfy the sense of meaning and belonging.

​In this quest I endeavor to explain the "black forever', the drive of motivation.
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Appenzell, Switzerland
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Appenzell, Switzerland
"...a distance of furious dreams... " — Oystein G. Brun
​I met in Switzerland with a high density soul, Ari. We stayed with some friends for a couple of days and left off to the majestic wilderness of the Bavarian Alps. Through 900km we stayed with local farmers and small scenic towns.
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Kehlstein (Hoher Göll), Berchtesgaden, Germany
Hell brings forth hell...
Some time before the trip I‘ve been experiencing “Sunday Neurosis“, the discern of how empty and meaningless my life has become. I blame it on the endless loop of; work, eat, sleep.

Every goal seems out of reach, blinding any future possibility for anything, but somehow the overwhelming surroundings seized me to a state of deep euphoria, as if I felt authentically experiencing reality for the first time in a very long time.
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View from Kehlstein, Berchtesgaden, Germany
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Kehlstein, Berchtesgaden, Germany
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"I have come as far as the end now, to an existence where my soul belongs" - Oystein G. Brun
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View from Herzogstand, Pre-Alps, Germany
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The experience with "reality" of interacting in this environment and trying to communicate with "German Volk" (authentic traditional people) gave me an awe. What I thought I had found in this magical land, I confused with pleasure, instead, the drive I found was meaning. 
​That incompatible life loop with finding "where my soul belongs" was fixed.
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View from Herzogstand, Pre-Alps, Germany
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View from Herzogstand, Pre-Alps, towards Walchensee,  Germany
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“If you live life draped in sorrow, you will destroy the path <you> follow” - Warrel Dane
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View from Jenner Berg to Königsee, Berchtesgaden, Germany
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I read that the experience of depression serves us to be aware of our mortality and freedom, so that we can recognize our true self and consequently, give meaning to our life.
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Kehlstein, Berchtesgaden, Germany
After a long trip like this it's hard to get back to a daily monotony and it's even harder to 'spice up" your routine.

But for one small moment in life you can feel free, feeling small around the imposing nature surrounding you. It puts you on a spot where even though you are insignificant in the universe, you're still a tiny part of it and that, it's just great!
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Mannlgrat Klettersteig, Berchtesgaden, Germany
"I'll always be a Hobo in my heart" - OKM
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8/12/2022 11:33:16 am

Veryy nice post

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