06-11-2013, 11:07 PM
a few people have recently complained about being 'bored'; as if there was nothing left to do, or nothing stimulating or worthwhile doing, or that it has already been done before, and nothing is 'new'.
I must admit, there have been times in my life where I arrived at a similiar point.
One occasion was when I came to the end of my book learning phase. This was around my mid-20's, and for the previous 7 years since I had left high school and had my 'awakening' in Malaysia, I had read and read, and done almost little else. Of course, I was still studying at the time, and still making my way as a young adult, but my focus was on books whenever I had a spare moment. Anything and everything. I was pretty voracious. Libraries, bookstores ... I read books, I bought books, I scanned books, I pretty much lived by books : d
inevitably, though, that phase came to an end and books were no longer 'satisfying' enough for my soul. They had done their job; informed and reformed my mind, introduced me to a panoply of ideas I had never known or suspected existed, and that was it! books no longer met the inner needs that I was feeling at that stage in my life. They had done their job basically.
I didn't know what was next in my life, where to put my focus. Of course, I still had to work, make an income to sustain myself, but what was I going to 'do'? How was my heart going to express myself if not by reading and springboarding on others' thoughts?
in short, I had come to a dead-end of my previous mode of living, and there was quite a period of 'boredom' when nothing stimulated me ... because ... well ... the previous activities had exhausted themselves. That particular catalyst had expended itself, could no longer yield further transformations.
and so there was the looking, for that next 'thing', the next practice or activity which would nourish who I was.
but yes, one phase ended, and there was the associated plateau, as if life was not 'changing' or moving onwards ...
what was needed was a change of environment, a change of social circles, a change of job, a change of past-times. All these things happened with some application and effort on my part, and yes, things moved into a new phase or mode of life.
boredom can be a signal that one is not paying attention to what is being offered in front of one ... but it can also signal a greater life change (opportunity) to become a different person in a different environment. After all, one does not stay in primary school all one's life - one moves on to a new social environment - and then the same with high school - one again moves on from that.
if the boredom is existential ... perhaps you have been stuck in your own self chosen patterns for a little too long, and its perhaps time to search for new lands, new experiences to feed yourself with. After all, the Creator is here for experience isn't it? : d
and new experience at that.
peace, plenum
I must admit, there have been times in my life where I arrived at a similiar point.
One occasion was when I came to the end of my book learning phase. This was around my mid-20's, and for the previous 7 years since I had left high school and had my 'awakening' in Malaysia, I had read and read, and done almost little else. Of course, I was still studying at the time, and still making my way as a young adult, but my focus was on books whenever I had a spare moment. Anything and everything. I was pretty voracious. Libraries, bookstores ... I read books, I bought books, I scanned books, I pretty much lived by books : d
inevitably, though, that phase came to an end and books were no longer 'satisfying' enough for my soul. They had done their job; informed and reformed my mind, introduced me to a panoply of ideas I had never known or suspected existed, and that was it! books no longer met the inner needs that I was feeling at that stage in my life. They had done their job basically.
I didn't know what was next in my life, where to put my focus. Of course, I still had to work, make an income to sustain myself, but what was I going to 'do'? How was my heart going to express myself if not by reading and springboarding on others' thoughts?
in short, I had come to a dead-end of my previous mode of living, and there was quite a period of 'boredom' when nothing stimulated me ... because ... well ... the previous activities had exhausted themselves. That particular catalyst had expended itself, could no longer yield further transformations.
and so there was the looking, for that next 'thing', the next practice or activity which would nourish who I was.
but yes, one phase ended, and there was the associated plateau, as if life was not 'changing' or moving onwards ...
what was needed was a change of environment, a change of social circles, a change of job, a change of past-times. All these things happened with some application and effort on my part, and yes, things moved into a new phase or mode of life.
boredom can be a signal that one is not paying attention to what is being offered in front of one ... but it can also signal a greater life change (opportunity) to become a different person in a different environment. After all, one does not stay in primary school all one's life - one moves on to a new social environment - and then the same with high school - one again moves on from that.
if the boredom is existential ... perhaps you have been stuck in your own self chosen patterns for a little too long, and its perhaps time to search for new lands, new experiences to feed yourself with. After all, the Creator is here for experience isn't it? : d
and new experience at that.
peace, plenum
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