Exploring boredom can enhance meditation practice.

Evidence

Whatever comes up in your mind can be co-opted and turned into the object of meditation. It’s like in judo, where you use the force of your enemy against him. — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 1145

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 1145
• XREF: connects to: Meditation can lead to continual self-improvement and exploration. — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 1100; Total abandonment and isolation can register as pleasure rather than dread — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 506; Total sensory absence can feel generative rather than merely frightening — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 496

Broader Connections

• Total sensory absence can feel generative rather than merely frightening #expands (0.75) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 496
• Total abandonment and isolation can register as pleasure rather than dread #expands (0.65) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 506