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| | | | | | Hi Friend,
Do you ever feel bored? I know there have been times in my life when I have been very bored and restless. Switching from channel to channel on the TV, picking up magazines, books, or games but not really being able to get into anything. Many years ago I had a Nintendo NES and even got to the very last level of Mario Bros. (for those of you old enough to remember it) but nothing seemed to satisfy that bored restless feeling for long.
This week I came across a research paper by Dr. John D. Eastwood that associates boredom with an unfocused mind. I can really relate to that. Since I started going deeper in meditation, I can't remember the last time I felt bored.
In buddhist teaching there is a sanskrit word, 'dhukka' which is variously translated as 'suffering', 'anxiety', and 'chronic dissatisfaction'. It refers to the unpleasant state of mind that we are discussing here where,as Mick Jagger said, "I can't get no satisfaction"!
Buddha taught that our chronic restlessness and dissatisfaction is the normal state of affairs that we will all experience unless and until we tame our minds.
So when we are bored, rather than desperately searching for the next thing to amuse ourselves (which actually makes matters worse), what we need to do is go within and find the stillness that is deep inside.
Learning to relax deeply, be still, and be fully awake in the present unfolding moment, is possibly the most helpful thing that we can learn to do for ourselves, and each other, during these turbulent times.
See you next time, and in the meantime...
happy exploring!
Ruth
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