Boredom is a common experience for humans. Everybody at some point in their life has experienced boredom. Some suffer from it only occasionally, and for others, it might be the biggest single problem they have. From Creator’s perspective, can you share how big of a problem boredom truly is for humanity, and what percentage of the population is experiencing it at a “crisis” level?

We would say boredom is a serious problem because it is, first of all, a consequence of manipulation, that people are constrained, they are subjugated, they are suppressed, they are manipulated, they are dimmed down, they are dumbed down, and they are subjected to relentless subliminal programming in the deep subconscious mind to keep them complacent about many, many things going on around them. The world is highly varied, highly volatile, and highly dynamic under normal circumstances. This gives everyone an opportunity to experience novel things and to have many opportunities for learning and growth which, after all, is a fundamental objective of life itself. Why create soul-based beings of consciousness if there is nothing for that consciousness to do? So boredom, we would say, is an abnormal state of being that is symptomatic of a deeper problem of disconnection. It could be a disconnection that is profound, as with the manipulations external to the human we have recounted, or it can be relatively minor stemming from a person’s own laziness, or a lack of passion for things that has led them to an existence of quiescence with little changing and little stimulation to provide things of interest happening to engage the mind and the being, to carry out something of purpose. Everyone needs things like that to make living worthwhile. People can give in to their own laziness, but often that is secondary to a deeper limitation of some kind. We would say that more than three-fourths of the world’s population is living an existence largely accompanied by a state of boredom. This can coexist with a person working hard, or even furiously, to have some kind of goal or requirement met, but that does not mean they are happy simply because they have something to do and have a role in life. That can be said of slaves and prisoners behind bars as well—they have a routine they must follow and they have obligations they must conform to with many rules and limitations. And in the case of those who believe they are free, but nonetheless are slaves to a humdrum job they must engage with in order to make a living and survive, there may be very long periods of time when all they can do is little more than work and then sleep at night and then go back to work again when they are working two jobs, or when they are so exhausted there is little they can do. And there is often so little money one cannot support any kind of creative endeavor that requires materials, or perhaps travel to obtain information and access to things needed for the pursuit, and so on. That relentless humdrum existence of the worker is enshrined in cultural lore as a noble effort and, indeed, on one level it is, because it does contribute to the survival of the whole, but it does so at great cost. It is soul-numbing to be a drone, to be a cog in a wheel that must keep turning and little freedom of choice is involved—one must work or perish. So the idea of freedom and liberty extends only as far as the physical demands of life intrude and then tough choices must be made about how one spends one’s time. Few have the luxury to stop and smell the roses, so to speak, and have hobbies and pursuits that are uplifting and inspiring. This is seen to by the interlopers, largely in feeding you corrupting influences, through the media, of all kinds. These are disguised as entertainments but are really a kind of propaganda to create false expectations, false impressions, and false teachings about many things, especially morality. There will be little that is uplifting spiritually or encouraging a spiritual perspective—that is no accident either. So we would say boredom is, first of all, a consequence of a lack of choices, so people have no good role models, nor a cultural framework with a kind of structure that promotes the idea of learning and growth on a lifelong basis, and the implementation of creativity and doing things that are uplifting and inspiring as the highest priority—that would create a quite different world than the one you inhabit.