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It's more of a essential way of being that I find myself always needing to be reminded of and often trying to challenge with my more logical cognitive mind. Right? So you know, even the first line, you know, we hurry through the so-called boring things in order to attend to that which we deem more important and interesting. And my logical cognitive mind likes to try and justify that and think through it and go, well, doesn't that kind of make sense? I mean, why not? Why not live a life?

Sort of just hurrying through the boring things so that we can get to the more interesting things, the important things, the problems were trying to solve the vacation that we're looking forward to getting through the Workday to see a family or getting through the emails in order to get to the end of the day and relax and meditate or go for a walk. I mean, isn't it, isn't it fine to do that? What's wrong with that and why should we pay so much attention to the boring things?

And you know, some , sometimes it just feels like nice mindfulness talk. You know what I mean? It's just like all this stuff is ideas of like be present for every single moment. You only have this moment of your life to live. And it's like, okay, yeah, sounds good. But the pushback is, well, I don't really want to be in this moment. It's kind of boring. It kind of sucks and let me just rush through it to get to the one that I actually want to get to.

And so this is, this is a very real thing that my mind goes through and as I've said in this podcast, and if you've followed my teachings for some time, like I really don't care about whatever the doctrine of mindfulness or meditation or Buddhism or presences, I really don't care. I don't care what it's telling me I need to do. I'm interested in how to live a good life. I'm interested in what it means to be deeply fulfilled and all the facets and dimensions of that.

And I've , I find mindfulness and meditation and even the Buddhist framework and contemplative traditions to be an amazing map for that, which is why I come back to them. But I'm always challenging it through my skeptical mind. And this is one of those things that I've, I've tried to think through and pushed back on and said , why not just live a life where you're not as present for the boring things and you are anticipating those future exciting moments and pushing to get there.

And where I currently land on this is that you can, and you can live a good life in that way. You could have things that you're excited for in the future projects you're working on, milestones you're looking toward, goals you have. And you really can organize your life around the enthusiasm for getting to those things. And then the mundane moments, you know, w whatever you zone out , uh, and then get some energy to get where you're going.

And then you get there and then you create a new goal and you work toward that. And, and I, I think you can actually live a good life that way. You can have a lot of positive emotion. You can have a lot of connection. You could get into flow States, you could feel a lot of enthusiasm and excitement. But what I keep finding for myself is that there's something about that cycle that I find, what's the word? Um, hollow and not fully hollow.

Like there's, there's still a lot of substance and enjoyment there, but there's this part of me, I don't know what part, my soul, my mind, whatever. That's just like, is that it? You know, is that the whole thing? We just, you know, rush to that next, get it, and then rush to another moment and get it and rush to another moment and get it and then it's over. Maybe.

Maybe that's the cycle of life and you have some love and enjoyment along the way, but whatever that feeling is for me, that feeling of like doesn't quite feel right for me. It is the thing that kickstarted me on this path. Looking for something deeper and that deeper thing keeps pulling . Being back to the mundane moments, the boring things, the experiences that I overlook or I'm trying to bypass or push through to get someplace else.

In those moments of striving, there's this voice in my background that goes, wait, this is your life. It's happening right now. It's not going to come together in some future moment. You're not going to get to some place where you feel complete. It's right here. This is where it happens. And if you keep pushing, you're not just gonna miss the in between moments, but you're going to miss the richness and the potential you can experience in all moments.

And when I can surrender to that, when I can drop my shoulders, when I can get out of my striving mind, when I can treat this moment as essential, as essential as any other moment, something in me expands. I step out of clock time. The linear horizontal relationship of I'm here, I'm trying to get there and I drop into my life and it's deeply nourishing. I can't tell you why that might be a philosophy for a good life.

I can't really even convince you that that is something you should pursue yourself. All I know is that in those moments there's something that says this is true, this is the path. So perhaps the final freedom will be a recognition that everything and every moment is essential and that nothing at all is important.

And of course what that is saying is when you treat each moment as essential, there's no more rushing into some future important moment because each moment holds the same importance as any other. So as you go about your day today, notice if you can feel the hurrying through the so called boring things and just practice catching yourself dropping in and saying this, this is my life right now and this is essential. Thank you for your practice. I'll talk to you tomorrow and until then, take care.

So you can do it from the comfort and the privacy of your own home, which makes it just that much more applicable to your real life. So I'd love to work with you more closely there. To learn more about that retreat, just head over to Corey , miss garah.com forward slash retreat and you'll see all the details. All right . Thanks so much. I'll talk to you soon and take care.