> To be lost strips you down to just you, in a world you no longer fully understand, and makes clear how fragile your senses of self and place really are.<p>When you really get into the unknown, you can get lost without leaving your house, but getting literally lost in the woods is probably a good way to stir up that feeling directly.<p>The most lost I’ve felt is when my cultural metaphysics dropped away, and I realized how much I was holding onto a false sense of certainty so I wouldn’t have to experience how wild this existence might actually be, or how much my sense of self and place in the universe comes from my culture’s current understanding of it.<p>So to the intrepid travelers, may your journeys be filled with adventures and wonders beyond imagination!