Irony Of Laziness

Short notes on laziness

There is a quote in my local language ‘Malayalam’ which can be roughly translated as:

“The lazy man carries the mountain.”

It makes perfect sense when we look at the above quote with respect to conscious work.

We would rather waste a tremendous amount of energy in the act of habitual suppression, pain displacements, avoidance, resistance, etc. This is a kind of laziness. We would carry this burden for our entire life rather than opening our eyes (being conscious) to these unconscious compulsions.

We would never risk seeing whether we have the capacity to confront (or allow) what we are resisting or avoiding. We would rather fight it or escape it as soon as the bell rings for Pavlov’s dog. So, yeah, there is a price for laziness, carrying the mountain of unconscious suffering.

When we say I can’t or it is useless, what we might be secretly saying is I don't want to see it in reality (like not give it a try). I just want to play with I can-s and I can’t-s. It takes too much effort to be lazy. We aren’t pausing/escaping time, we are instead doing/obeying the compulsions out of laziness. It looks both funny and cruel when we see it in ourselves.

Note: Another irony I found when looking up for the real meaning of my local language ‘Malayalam’: “The word Malayalam originated from the words mala, meaning “mountain”, and alam, meaning “region” or “-ship” (as in “township”); Malayalam thus translates directly as “the mountain region.” — lol

“It is the least lazy who know themselves to be sluggish “—Scott Peck, The Road Less Travelled