Attention means focus, it means simplicity, it means giving your attention to one thing, one person at one time. Not in a fixated compulsive addictive way, but to be able to really give yourself, at that moment, to the person you are with. Learning to meditate is learning to pay attention. It is the art of attention in the simplest purest most immediate way. When you sit to meditate you let go of all the 1001 different things that are going on in the head. But don’t underestimate how distracted you are. It’s not easy, so don’t expect it to be easy. But it is simple. And because it is simple, anyone can do it who really wishes to do it, and is humble enough to keep coming back to it and learn, day by day, little by little, how to pay attention.
Laurence Freeman, Benedictine monk
Just what i needed. Been trying to re-establish my regular meditation but what i need to do is stop trying and just let it happen.
Why is spending time alone with us, so scary for so many? The ego resists on so many levels.
The power of the breath has on the mind- body-breath connection is truly miraculous , if experienced.
Where we direct our attention can change life drastically.
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Love this , another great one from you ~Thank you for letting me share them here..