In the times gone past everything was done by hand - and manual tasks were the way things worked.
Manual tasks are a very good way to work with attention. The old times were rich in attention and maybe that is why those times produced more awakened people than now.
These modern times where everything is automated and done by a machine means less and less attention is needed. Making these modern times attention poor.
There is no wonder why now days there is more sleep of the consciousness characterised mostly by distracted attention and disconnection from reality.
Manual tasks bring us into touch with reality, with the suchness of life, with the nature of life though the commonly ignored details of life, that if we think about them they are actually amazing and profound.
In these modern times with more and more being taken care of there are less opportunities to exercise our attention.
Our attention these days is taken from us with all the dazzling and fascinating technology and the harshly negative things happening around the world and are displayed on the internet.
In the past we gave our attention to life, which is different to it being taken.
In conclusion, enjoy any manaul task as an exercise of attention and connection to the realities of life. Relish in pulling weeds, mixing and packing the cat food, cleaning the house, washing dishes...
As Mary Poppins said "every job has some fun in it". The fun is getting stronger at holding our attention and connecting to the realities of life.
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