Why Master the Mundane?
Is there something wrong with ordinary or mundane? If so why
is that? Why does everything have to be spectacular, amazing or phenomenal? In this
world of ‘instant’ there is the constant need for stimulus. That endless search
for stimulation overrides the gentle moments that take place in the ordinary. In
the meantime our endeavours need to be posted for the world to see them. The
validation comes from likes and external sources. Wow! So you want to spend
your next eighty years in that constant motion with the need for people to like
pictures of the next spectacular thing that has been done. We must be aware
that we are conditioned by society yet one of the subliminal messages suggests
we should always be working and aspiring. There are a couple of clever catch
phrases you may recognise ‘you can be anything if you have…’ and ‘treat
yourself.’ This is all consumerist propaganda to make you buy pointless items
to keep an economy in motion. Of course
being satisfied and content does not make you buy.
You may wonder where this has come from. Well one of my big
things to understand this year is contentment and satisfaction. On the journey
to satisfaction, over the last couple of weeks I have been on couple of
meditation retreats. It had a rather profound affect. When you remove all the
external expectations you have space and time to reflect. In that time of
reflection it became apparent how fast life is. Without the constant
bombardment of advertising there is time to appreciate yourself and be with who
you really are. It was during this time I recognised the ordinary. I know, I
had been so busy with work, aspirations and writing that I had not noticed the
ordinary. In the quiet time I saw that the mundane was actually beautiful. I
realised the underlying issue was that the mundane became boring because I was
over-stimulated. The irony is that wherever you are, it is you that you that
you are taking to the situation. So by enjoying the meditation and being in
deep relaxation my perspective shifted. No matter where I was, depending on my
inner state, determined how I responded. Now imagine you are in a peaceful
tranquil state experiencing life rather than in a fast state of inner anxiety.
It is funny how your inner state completely changes everything. Since the
retreat I have been amused by my work environment, which at times falls into
utter chaos. When my state was internal chaos the situations would make me
stressed. Now that I am doing the regular meditation, the situations that erupt
no longer affect me in the same way and I now can see calm and effortless
solutions. In addition, I can now fully experience the situations rather than ‘get
them done’ and move onto the next random event. Of course it is early days;
however, the endless need to aspire, chase and be fast is something we all
become caught up in. It is as if everyone is trying to out busy each other
through fear of not appearing to live an exciting life. Everyone is rushing but
where to? Death?
Have you realised the big secret that the economic world
does not what you to know? The best experiences are with friends, family and
take place in the quiet moments between chasing ideals. When you realise this
you then wonder why you bother chasing. When you step into your stillness and
experience each day for that day you open up a whole universe of beauty in the
mundane. That is why, in my opinion, it is worth mastering the Mundane.
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