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Ep. 137 – The Nature of Struggle

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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The Nature of Boredom

Boredom has nothing to do with a particular object or experience. It's not the experience that's boring, we're boring. A walking meditation exercise can be used as a way of arousing interest through closeness of attention. See how slowly you can walk and still move. You'll see immediately how much interest comes from the awareness of movement in that context. Working with restlessness, working with boredom, not being afraid of it, but exploring it.

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