What is boredom exactly? Are we so over-stimulated that regular activities just don’t give us sufficient stimulation anymore? Those with depression often deal with boredom but boredom is not merely being depressed; many individuals experience this phenomena despite living regular happy lives. Is boredom a side-effect of this instant-gratification culture? Is it a symptom of the culture? More and more people are experiencing boredom everyday. Direct contact with the boring, the mundane, the inescapable. Direct confrontation with the droning and monotonous; an aspect of life that many of us know all too well. Sitting in your car at a long red light, on your boring drive home from work; sitting in bed on your computer while it’s raining, with nothing to do. I am in a state of boredom while I write this post, but I am forcing myself to complete it.
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Silence
The way of not speaking
it stands before you plainly
it is begging for your attention
silently of course
It came before, and so must you return
silence in its exacting fullness
all the many mute tongues
of the sages
all who surely know
so wise yet not saying, anything
nothing at all
speaking is one step away, after another
after another
stop right now
and retrace your steps
to find that source
that sacred place
before lips move
where non-utterance is saying
all that needs to be said
come from that place
where all words have their origin
where words will align
with that great wisdom
you will then speak
from the heart and with the soul
empathy,
The Other
beware of “those people”
they are dangerous
they are a different breed
they are not like us
lets form a group
lets take a stand
they are taking our land
They do not belong here
I for one see
that they are not like me
I want them out of existence
they are not worthy
of being
of sharing the same Earth
the God that shines on me
also views them as not worthy
my mind separates, categorizes,
and forms distinctions
I don’t know them
yet I’m spinning illusory webs
in their direction
I take that as real
but in all reality
they are just like me
if I took the time
to get to know them
but hold on right there
that takes work
I’m a lazy man
plain as day
for all to see
possibly
even proud of my ignorance
a dangerous game
but why worry
it takes introspection
possibly changing
so why bother
it is much easier
to look at them
as
The Other
What is the nature of depression? Why are so many people these days depressed? First of all, there is situational depression and long-term depression. Situational depression can happen for a slew of reasons. Loss of a job, loss of friends, a traumatic event like a mugging, the fact that you like someone and they don’t like you back. I will be instead focusing on long-term clinical depression; the depression that you cannot merely shake off; that stays with you through thick and thin; no matter what. When the brief moments of good times don’t really compare to the massive black cloud always hovering over you.
In life, there is suffering; it is inevitable. Some people unfortunately experience more suffering than others.
