tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633767611605153908.post662787433173899337..comments2023-10-31T10:00:19.380-05:00Comments on Bikram 60 Day Challenge: 104/150 - Boredom?Duffy Pratthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05160837024667969180noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633767611605153908.post-20701865112523155212009-06-01T10:54:59.315-05:002009-06-01T10:54:59.315-05:00The word verification is an image, and not charact...The word verification is an image, and not characters that a computer can read. It's to prevent computer generated spam. It insures that the person leaving the comment is a person. Without it, there would be a million sex toy and viagra advertisements following every post.<br /><br />Yes, I too sometimes get that feeling of anticipation/fear somewhere near the start of pranayama. That's not boredom, I don't think. For me, what that means is that I haven't yet fully committed to the practice. <br /><br />I think the Garcia quote I mentioned is from the Rolling Stone interview, but I couldn't tell you whether its from the Old or the New Testament. (For the rest of you out there, Rolling Stone, back when it was interesting, devoted two entire issues to an interview with Jerry Garcia. Two whole issues! I hate to be the kind of person who thinks "Those were the days." But sometimes I can't help myself.Duffy Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160837024667969180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633767611605153908.post-44182307638859304082009-06-01T09:46:13.955-05:002009-06-01T09:46:13.955-05:00Boredom has never entered my practice either. The...Boredom has never entered my practice either. The only thing that might be boredom is the thought I have a had a few times, in maybe the third or fourth breath in the opening pranayama breathing: "I can't believe this is just starting and I'm going to be going through this for 90minutes!" Come to think of it, this is really much closer to fear than boredeom.<br /><br />I love what you've said about boredom, both by Gates and by Jerry. I think maybe the point is that if your mind takes note of boredom you can either say "crap, I'm bored" (and thereby create an internal struggle over it) or just note "yeah there's some boredom here" and let it go. It's the declaration after the boredom is noticed that there's something wrong with the situtation that creates the real problem.<br /><br />Question: Does anyone know why we have to do the Word Verification below in order to post a comment?Bosconoreply@blogger.com