what happens when we investigate boredom or disinterest in the practice? These states seem the very opposite of pīti. But when we take interest in the boredom itself, we discover something of immense value. We see that boredom does not have anything to do with the object; it simply has to do with the quality of our attention. When our attention is half-hearted, when we’re “more-or-less mindful,” then there is disinterest, whatever the experience might be. As Fritz Perls, the founder of Gestalt psychology, said, “Boredom is lack of attention.” So instead of seeing boredom or disinterest as a
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