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by strken 78 days ago
I have never practiced Buddhism and it is still indescribably blissful to sit in a clearing in a forest, provided you aren't sitting on the wrong kind of anthill.
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Is there a right kind of anthill to sit on?
In my area, the wrong kind of anthill contains anything in the genus Myrmecia, and the right kind contains almost anything else.
I used to play on top of a giant (for a kid me, anyway) anthill in a nearby forest.

That's how I learned that forest ants, at least the local ones, are incredibly docile. I never got bothered by them.

Bullet ants, on the other hand, are not fun. Not even a little bit.
If you’re an ant, sure!
There's a Far Side cartoon in that

"Oh boy, look at that all that melting ice cream.. I hope he sits on our anthill!"

black ants, cuz they tickle the nethers instead of biting them
I would love to do this except I'm a magnet for bugs. My bliss only lasts 5 minutes or so.