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“In meditation we let boredom itself be an object of interest to explore.\u00a0 When it arises, feel the boredom.\u00a0 Note it, feel its texture, its energy, the pains and tension in it, the resistances to it.\u00a0 Look directly at the workings of this quality in the body and mind.\u00a0 We can finally stop running away or resisting it.\u00a0 Insight, consciousness, freedom, are to be found not in some other experience, in some other moment, but in any moment in which we really learn to pay attention.”
\n– Jack Kornfield – Seeking the Heart of Wisdom <\/em>by Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“In meditation we let boredom itself be an object of interest to explore.\u00a0 When it arises, feel the boredom.\u00a0 Note it, feel its texture, its energy, the pains and tension in it, the resistances to it.\u00a0 Look directly at the workings of this quality in the body and mind.\u00a0 We can finally stop running away…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-media"],"yoast_head":"\nHeard in One City: Quote of the Day - One City<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/01\/heard-in-one-city-quote-of-the-day.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heard in One City: Quote of the Day - 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