World Wide Web Offers Distractions of all Kinds

The effort of settling the mind in the here and now often requires reducing the amount of input and taking a friendly attitude toward boredom. 

This constant stream of titillating ephemera can pose challenges for people who are trying to live in a more conscious way. 

“The practice of meditation can be described as relating with cool boredom, refreshing boredom, boredom like a mountain stream,” wrote Chögyam Trungpa inThe Myth of Freedom.

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