to sit under a tree.

you see, you are not educated to be alone. do you ever go out for a walk by yourself?
it is very important to go out alone, to sit under a tree- not with a book, 
not with a companion, but by yourself- and observe the falling of a leaf, hear 
the lapping of the water, the fisherman's song, watch the flight of a bird, 
and of your own thoughts as they chase each other across the space of your mind.  
if you are able to be alone and watch these things, then you will discover 
extraordinary riches which no government can tax, no human agency can corrupt, 
and which can never be destroyed.

j.krishnamurti,
this matter of culture.