ABSTRACT
Boredom was basic to the title character of a 1759 philosophical romance by Samuel Johnson. Prince Rasselas, the protagonist, found himself restricted to the Happy Valley; an earthly Utopia nestled securely within the steepest mountain ranges. The young prince, bound in the womb of time, decided that he must escape in order to waken his slumbering senses. Boredom is more adaptive, maintaining a holding position in its wake. Boredom charts a course through the under brush while offering sub-version of its own. Although the culture hints at interesting possibilities within the shrouded "frontier of the unheard of', boredom for the Westernized person remains the evidence the ascendance mediocrity. Beck of of oning the shadowside of lost vitality, boredom maintains levels of stability. The therapist, even though puzzled in the face of each person's boredom, is nevertheless advised to assume openness to ennui. This is a collective contribution.
