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Benjamin, Walter - Illuminations - The Need for Mental Relaxation
Identifier
014859
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Walter Benjamin – Illuminations – The Task of the Translator
If sleep is the apogee of physical relaxation, boredom is the apogee of mental relaxation.
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.
His nesting places – the activities that are intimately associated with boredom – are already extinct in the cities and are declining in the country as well. With this the gift for listening is lost and the Community of Listeners disappears…. The more self forgetful the listener is, the more deeply is what he listens to impressed upon his memory.
The source of the experience
Benjamin, WalterConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Overloads
Sleep deprivation, insomnia and mental exhaustionSuppressions
Sensory deprivationSuppression of learning