Comments on: Enrich Your Life – Part 1

By: Avani-Mehta

Avani-Mehta — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:27:53 +0000

Your hubby does sound sweet. And you can’t blame him for enjoying his bachelorhood for some days

You make a good point – that the action doesn’t need to be something huge – even a small action well done is enough to break the inert feeling.

By: jannie Funster

jannie Funster — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:45:23 +0000

I love the part about Taking Immediate Action. If I feel a little down or inert, then I get up and do something and I feel so refreshed and accomplished. And it could be something as simple as sweeping the floor (which I do need to do.) My hubby did not sweep or vacuum in the 2 weeks Kelly and I were away. He did a lot on the house remodeling, tho. He’s a real sweetie.
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By: Avani-Mehta

Avani-Mehta — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:32:58 +0000

Davina, sometimes we want things to be so perfect that we miss out on everything – since it’s a rare scenario when we will find everything just the way we want. The fun is to run along and adapt the plan.

By: Avani-Mehta

Avani-Mehta — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:31:17 +0000

Tess, monthly passion sounds awesome. Do let me know how things turn up. I remember many times when I said I am bored in my childhood, I got a reply saying ‘Then do something’. Was irritating to hear that but it really worked.

By: Avani-Mehta

Avani-Mehta — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:28:32 +0000

Little action without planning never hurt anyone. It’s difficult to work opposite to the stay safe, plan etc philosophy. But being too serious with life doesn’t work well either.

By: Avani-Mehta

Avani-Mehta — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:26:16 +0000

hmmm that makes sense. Let boredom be, accept it and observe it with detachment. Allow it to pass away. & It will pass away.

By: Davina

Davina — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:25:11 +0000

Hi Avani. That’s great what Dayne said: “I read once that boredom is simply lack of attention.” Makes a lot of sense. And what you say about taking what is there rather than waiting for something better got me to thinking that when we are bored we are being too self-indulgent and nothing is good enough.
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By: Tess The Bold Life

Tess The Bold Life — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:10:59 +0000

My grandson told me yesterday he was bored. I told him that wasn’t my problem. I like what you read and will help him to understand how he can do something outrageous!

I like also the idea of picking my passion. I think I’ll go with the monthly because I am passionate about many thing!
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By: Srinivas Rao

Srinivas Rao — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:46:50 +0000

Really enjoyed this post. I think you’ve made some great points that are easy to implement, no matter what your circumstances. I like the idea of taking action without planning (not very Indian of you J/K. I sometimes think my parents and most older Indian people spend their entire lives planning and saving for the future. IN fact I had heard countless times when I was a kid “you have to work hard now, and enjoy later. Later is the time for enjoying life”.
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By: Kaushik | beyond-karma.com

Kaushik | beyond-karma.com — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:25:39 +0000

Boredom can be a kind of anxiety.

Here’s Tolle on it:

The mind exists in a state of “not enough” and so is always greedy for more. When you are identified with mind, you get bored and restless very easily. Boredom means the mind is hungry for more stimulus, more food for thought, and its hunger is not being satisfied.

When you feel bored, you can satisfy the mind’s hunger by picking up a magazine, making a phone call, switching on the TV, surfing the web, going shopping, or — and this is not uncommon — transferring the mental sense of lack and its need for more to the body and satisfy it briefly by ingesting more food.

Or you can stay bored and restless and observe what it feels like to be bored and restless. As you bring awareness to the feeling, there is suddenly some space and stillness around it, as it were. A little at first, but as the sense of inner space grows, the feeling of boredom will begin to diminish in intensity and significance. So even boredom can teach you who you are and who you are not.

You discover that a “bored person” is not who you are. Boredom is simply a conditioned energy movement within you. Neither are you an angry, sad, or fearful person. Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not “yours,” not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go.

Nothing that comes and goes is you.
“I am bored.” Who knows this?
“I am angry, sad, afraid.” Who knows this?
You are the knowing, not the condition that is known.
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