Tuesday, August 15, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some days I wake up, and I just don\u2019t want to do anything. What are you like when you wake up? Maybe you want to get moving, check the phone, make the coffee, or go for a walk. What about starting your day with no wants and no don\u2019t wants? Have you ever slowed down enough to move beyond what you might consider being bored? Have you ever fully merged with the moment, let your jitters subside, and lose yourself in time and space? I guess the Buddhists would call that being in a state of no desire, emptiness, or being detached. Most of us would call that boredom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being bored is \u201cfeeling weary because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one’s current activity.\u201d Being weary is \u201cshowing tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion.\u201d So to be bored, you have to be exhausted from being unoccupied. Really??<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Negative space is just as important as the object within it. They cannot be broken apart. The negative space, the absence of thinking in the mind is not boredom. It\u2019s immersive in what makes a thought possible – the canvas upon which it appears. It\u2019s the space in a vessel that makes it useful. Boredom is not being unoccupied, but being preoccupied<\/em> – which means being engrossed in uselessness. Be engrossed in the usefulness of space. Must you be occupied at all times? Why not be empty? There\u2019s nothing wrong with that. Boredom is an activity of the mind – compulsive thinking about inactivity. Remove the thinking, and boredom is gone. Why not get past boredom and appreciate the emptiness of clean, negative space. Appreciate those times when there is no thought, no activity, no jitters. It\u2019s lovely. Pay attention to the background. It\u2019s just as important as what\u2019s in it. You don\u2019t always have to occupy what\u2019s empty. Enjoy the space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tuesday, August 15, 2023 Some days I wake up, and I just don\u2019t want to do anything. What are you like when you wake up? Maybe you want to get moving, check the phone, make the coffee, or go for a walk. What about starting your day with no wants and no don\u2019t wants? Have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1980],"class_list":["post-3109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-morning-motivation","tag-why-am-i-so-bored"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t