Aporia Thursday
From Greek ἀπορία (aporia), “perplexity, without resources”
The Gist
Boredom is often treated as a failure. When you are bored and doing nothing, emotional brain screams “Do at least something!” and without any force you can now implement your rational desires. Use that tool, be bored!
The Declaration of Stillness
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One often treats boredom as a failure, an emptiness to be escaped. This is a misunderstanding. The emptiness is not a void. The emptiness is a space. The necessary ground for clarity. When one stops feeding the hunger for distraction, the emotional noise begins to settle. In the quiet that follows, understanding can emerge without force. One should allow and accept this stillness. It is in these unoccupied moments that one stops reacting and starts truly seeing. This is not idleness, but the cultivation of a mind capable of its own thoughts.
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