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Sorry but I think you missed something. You should have let the emptiness and the boredom fill your self instead of proactively and orderly going through the y
by gbog 14y ago
Sorry but I think you missed something. You should have let the emptiness and the boredom fill your self instead of proactively and orderly going through the years of your life.
- speeder 14y agoThe point of the article is that boredom spurs stuff like this guy mentioning, it is you that missed the point.
- tehwalrus 14y agoa mindful / "zen" meditation would ask you to return to the state of being (i.e. not thinking) after you've noticed that you're thinking, but that's not the technique the scientists are suggesting in the OP, nor what the parent comment is talking about. Searching for a topic to think about is the kind of creative process they're trying to encourage, and indeed it's not unlike a brief bit of mindfulness, in this case followed by a lengthy period of introspection. Assuming that the introspection doesn't fall into a negative spiral of memories and emotions, this is reasonably mindful in itself.