I was thinking of distraction this morning and how we all struggle to focus and make decisions. With too many things around and cut throat competition, we do not know what we want and cannot allow enough time to try to know what we want.
But that said, distraction is good at times. Because our mind is silly. It grieves over something and forgets about it the very next moment. All the effort taken to make it feel good would feel stupid. Routine is a form of distraction that lets one's mind divert and be ok and stay secure from things that it is obsessing with, causing harm to the person and to people and things around the person. "So how much distraction is helpful?" is a good question. An ideal amount of distraction is something that would help one pull away from obsession and function normally but when it grows in intensity so as to obstruct one from one's quest for purpose or truth or whatever larger aspect, that is when one needs to stop. This means constantly evaluating one's actions and practices and also being flexible and this I think will help to stay the course of the quest for purpose.
