Why Are We Bored?
Then
we take a rest. And when the mind is allowed to be quiet, it renews itself.
If we stop to see boredom as it is, only then is there
a possibility of dealing with it. Why don’t we pay attention when we get bored
because we do not accept it as it is? We have never sat down to look at boredom
as it is. We always find escapes.
I want to ask you all: Where is the problem? There is
a problem only when we do not accept boredom as it is and want to change it.
People get bored with their daily activities. And most of the time, we hear people doing the same thing. But no one finds out what can be done when one gets bored. And why does it happen?
If you look at things, you may find the real reason why they happen.
Everybody finds something to engage in or do. If he gets bored with doing something, then again, he finds something else. This activity keeps you
People get bored with their daily activities. And most of the time, we hear people doing the same thing. But no one finds out what can be done when one gets bored. And why does it happen? busy all the time when you do it for so long, and then again, you find something else to gain something out of that.
Can’t we see that our body and mind are always doing something and acquiring skills to keep us engaged with that?
Is the acquisition of something leading to boredom? Then what is boredom for us?
We never try to find it deeply. Because nobody wants boredom but still never tries to inquire about it. When somebody gets bored, he finds ways to get rid of it. Don’t we do this?
We all find ways to escape our boredom. This happens because we have never paid attention to it. We always want something to catch our attention; it could be anything, such as books, activities, work, etc. We do until we come to a point when we are really exhausted.
Then we take a rest. And when the mind is allowed to be quiet, it renews itself.
If we stop to see boredom as it is, only then is there a possibility of dealing with it. Why don’t we pay attention when we get bored because we do not accept it as it is? We have never sat down to look at boredom as it is. We always find escapes.
I
want to ask you all: Where is the problem? There is a problem only when we do
not accept boredom as it is and want to change it.
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