One can have some fantastic mind states by controlling the mind - it's like some form of entertainment.
Or one can meditate without wanting anything to happen - other that letting the mind be natural.
The mind always wants to do something and make noise and chatter and that's what it's good at. The mind does kind of get bored, in my experience of meditation, without manipulating whatever states show up. It isn't being given anything to "do" which is what it does - it "does" things.
The mind wants to do what it's always been doing and doesn't like being bored. It actually can judge itself, when being quiet, as boring. That is the mind doing something again. Let go of that judgment too - not forcing it to go away, but just let it be and take note of it and continue on.
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