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Is suspicion the new boredom?




I have lost count of how many fights have I triggered out of plain boredom.

I have also lost count of all the times iv had to chew my nails in suppressed reactive agitation, this happens when im on the receiving end of a line of questions , all of whose answers are readily available. The questions arise from a consciously unoccupied brain. Not to be mistaken with idle mind. There is no such thing as an idle mind! The mind isn't programmed to remain on idle mode. Its always on standby, waiting for the next line of fancy .

But when the mind isnt assigned any specific job to do, it runs on auto pilot. And hits the plateau called boredom!

How does the human mind respond to boredom? Is there a fixed norm as to how a person should respond to boredom? What is boredom in the first place?

Boredom is a state of mind when, all that which needs to be done is left pending, and all that work in hand doesn’t seem alluring enough to engage.

The limbo state as I call it.

And response to boredom depends a lot on the persons desire and ability for growth. Anything that grows is organic. If the seed of creativity is planed , the fruits born would be that of different flavors and variety. if on the other hand a person lacks the passion for right crop plantation on rotation mode then he gets lost in the web of boredom his mind weaves as a defence mechanism.

One cant get a clear picture as to what one wants to do at that moment to feel that adrenaline rush, most of us don’t even know when we need it!! Somewhere along the line we have lost the que to check ourselves from time to time. There is a bizarre state of aloofness. No action no reaction.

Since I love to get into everything layer by layer.

The outermost layer or boredom.= sarcasm, agitation, irritation, cranky. Interfering and often suggestive external demeanor.

Go deeper and you ll find the cause for most of these "reactive" emotions to be plain simple boredom.

When the mind cant make itself up , to decide what it should occupy itself with. Rather when everything seems jaded.

The idea is to connect to oneself when bored. There has to be a constant re alignment performed mentally, to bring the body , mind and soul together. Whatever is the output is your instinct :P . Aka ur intuition.

Some other day about intuition :P

Cheers!

Comments

  1. Abi NagarajanSeptember 9, 2010 at 3:35 AM

    Interesting essay. I guess I can count you as an authority of wallowing in your thoughts while sitting and not moving. Well written, good word use, and very "clean".

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