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Boredom, Painting, and How We Misunderstand Reality
- 2023/03/08
- 再生時間： 18 分
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あらすじ・解説
Like the dentist, boredom is painful, but only because we don't want it.
Boredom is one of the more gruelling experiences we can have. I've been bored; I didn't enjoy it. But therein lies the issue, the 'question begged' - who am I?
We refer to ourselves as "I" a lot. But what makes me me? Is it my likes and dislikes? So, when I am bored (and rejecting the experience), my identity is threatened? I do not want to be bored, mostly because I have better things to be doing. I'm a busy guy, after all. Needs to get the sh*t done!
Repeating something over and over doesn't make it true.
If we don't know who we are - or, worse still, we believe we are something that we are not - we tend to feel pain. That's because the limited-scope narrative that we call our identity is under too much pressure. Like water squirting mercilessly out of a rip in the side of a hose, when we identify with limited and contrived ideas, we don't allow ourselves to flow. We look for every opportunity to assert ourselves through an escape.
I challenge you to do the opposite of what you want to do. Just try it and see what happens. If you don't like what is happening, just know you're on the right path.
Peace and love!
Mitch