What to do when the mind is very boring? 1. Observe the state of boredom 2. Observe the mind is looking for external stimulation 3. Observe it makes this 'I' or self crazy with boredom, and trying desperately to escape from it. What kind of knowledge can we get from these observations? Because of tanha and upadana, craving and clinging one cannot stay quiet, but crave for sensual objects. When one contemplates the boring mind, one can see it is a kind of thought, or a kind of mental feeling. This arises and passes away, and follows by another thought/feeling. By Vipassana practice, one can get wearied of this boredom, and get to know the impermanent nature of this boredom. What other knowledge can we get when seeing the mind bored with boredom? One can see suffering, the boring mind is a suffering by itself. One can see anatta or non-self, the boring mind comes even when this self or i does not want it, this proves that this I or self does not exist at...
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