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Befriending Boredom

Name: Befriending Boredom
Uploaded: 2024-12-08T13:43:04.888Z
Duration: 26 min 23 s
Channel: Andrew Venard-Smart
Description: In this talk, Virabhava speaks of society’s pathological aversion to boredom. He offers no advice, seeks not to comfort or console, and makes no attempt to inspire. He suggests that boredom is a bridge spanning the chasm between knowledge and wisdom and concludes with a paradoxical hypothesis about the fullness of boredom.

by Andrew Venard-Smart

Rated

4.8

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talks

Activity

Meditation

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Everyone

Plays

196

In this talk, Virabhava speaks of society’s pathological aversion to boredom. He offers no advice, seeks not to comfort or console, and makes no attempt to inspire. He suggests that boredom is a bridge spanning the chasm between knowledge and wisdom and concludes with a paradoxical hypothesis about the fullness of boredom.

Boredom Existentialism Cultural Critique Distraction Freedom Wisdom Paradox Spirituality Commodification Meaning Existential Dread Busyness As Distraction Freedom And Choice Knowledge Wisdom Gap Paradox Of Void Spiritual Crisis Slow Gaze Commodification Of Experience Meaninglessness Of Modernity

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Andrew Venard-Smart

London, UK

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