We Need to Be Bored Again

Just chillin’. Photo by Kiril Dobrev on Unsplash

“Boredom is the desire for desires” — Leo Tolstoy

Following on from what I was saying about mindfulness, meditation, and those surges of energy we call emotions — what are we really doing when we’re meditating on these feelings? Why do we feel uncomfortable with this energy rushing through our bodies?

The problem is that our lives are so full that being bored is no longer an option.