Sometimes I am flowing along and dancing with whatever I am doing. It may be driving, cooking, cleaning, working or golfing. At other times each of the above may seem too slow and I am bored or too fast and I am rushing. I seem to have the same problem with too slow or rushing, in that I can’t wait for that action to get done so that I can go on to something else.
One of the summer jobs I had was folding sweaters placing them in individual plastic bags and then in a box of twelve. Then picking up the next box of sweaters dumping them out on the work table and doing it all over again and again and again. Fortunately my manager realized my frustration and moved me to another position of packaging and shipping. This position required checking the boxes, taping boxes closed, addressing, finding correct postage and applying.
I was now in heaven. With the folding I was unable to be mindful and attentive to tthe sweaters and also unable to just day-dream and mechanically move my arms and fingers. The packaging and shipping were super. I had multiple different jobs to do and the details kept changing. No boredom and with a great manager I was not rushed to work to fast. By the way it helped that the manager was my Uncle.
The point though is that depending on many factors such as complexity, repetition, ability and general interest any task might fall, for a time, into the category of boredom or rushed. In either case there is a desire to get the task finished and move on to something else hopefully more interesting.
Whether it is boredom or rushing there is a sense of speeding or wanting to get finished as soon as possible. That is where slowing down to the speed of now comes in. Time passes on its own at its own pace second by second minute by minute and
hour by hour. From a relative stand point it may seem to be going too slow or too fast. When you slow down to the speed of now you start to move with the flow of time. You are in balance like riding a bicycle not leaning too far to either side.
TRY THIS
PAY ATTENTION — The easiest shift to make is to pay attention to the details that are in front of you. If you are folding sweaters notice the color, texture, thread design, weave, weight, shape and any other details. If being rushed watch your fingers move as they are doing whatever it is that you are doing. Attention is the easiest way to automatically develop interest in the moment. Once interest is strong the sense of boredom or being rushed will disappear by itself.
Spiritual Gravity 