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Already exists, it's called "the seven habits of highly effective people".
The quiet art of attention
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Re: The quiet art of attention
#152Well written! I can relate to most of the article. However, I find that > To focus on one thing deeply, to give it your full attention, is to experience it fully. And when we do this, something remarkable happens. Time, which so often feels like it is slipping through our fingers, begins to slow. doesn't really apply to me, or to many people I know and have worked with - it is when I focus on one task that "time flie…
What you're describing is a state of flow which is good for things like work but the article seems to be talking about time metaphorically. For example, imagine you're going to your daughter's piano recital and spend the whole time thinking about work. You would be missing out on the experience of watching her perform and grow. If you become mindful of these habits and say "My mind is focusing on something that I can…
Maybe you're both right? Staying on the example of recitals. When I concentrate hard listening to the music they seem like they last forever while also being over in the blink of an eye!
Similar sensation to being in an isolation chamber
Re: The quiet art of attention
#153Well written! I can relate to most of the article. However, I find that > To focus on one thing deeply, to give it your full attention, is to experience it fully. And when we do this, something remarkable happens. Time, which so often feels like it is slipping through our fingers, begins to slow. doesn't really apply to me, or to many people I know and have worked with - it is when I focus on one task that "time flie…
I do improvized couples dancing, and have experienced time slowing down. It is an unique kind of experience, not just a different conceptualization of an everyday experience. Buddhists say that you are where your attention is. So if a sound captures 100% of my attention, I am that sound. This feels strange on the surface, but when you look deeper into it, it reveals deep wisdom about the human experience. In my under…
In sports/competition isn't what you've described the ability to both execute technically extremely precisely while having presence of mind to dictate the flow of the game?
Re: The quiet art of attention
#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly the bigger problem is probably that creating lasting habits is hard. Everyone knows that exercise is important but how many people maintain a consistent routine? With mindfulness it's even worse because there is no way to track how strong your equanimity is. You can't know if you are making progress or just deluding yourself.
My meditation book ( The Mind Illuminated ) divides everything into stages. And the strength of one’s mindfulness is discussed.
Our capacity for delusion is pretty robust. Culadasa's scandal is a good example.
Re: The quiet art of attention
#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
These contradictions (?) may be rooted in the reader’s assumptions about the world: the writer says A and B, but to the reader B implies (not A) because of their world view. In short they might not be actual contradictions. This might seem very vague but a discussion on something so first-person as the mind is ripe for that kind of thing. Which is resolved with dialogue. If the contradictions are brought up.
> Which is resolved with dialogue. If the contradictions are brought up. In my experience noting contradictions usually leads to evasive memes and anger/unhappiness.
Then mum’s the word.
Re: The quiet art of attention
#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
My meditation book ( The Mind Illuminated ) divides everything into stages. And the strength of one’s mindfulness is discussed.
Our capacity for delusion is pretty robust. Culadasa's scandal is a good example.
He wrote in the book (2015) that sufficiently advanced meditation could replace years of therapy. That turned out to be wrong.
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#157I normally am not too annoyed by it, but I'm happy to know where the browswer tab is to add a quick
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That was a bit too small and wide to read otherwise.
Anyways, some comments on the content:
Meditation helps to reclaim the attention. I currently meditate 1 hour per day on average and am definitely noticing my mind jumping anywhere and everywhere. I'm beginning to see patterns. One of the biggest patterns is that whatever I consumed for the last 2 or 3 days pops up in my mind as a thought much more often than I'd want. So whatever my inputs are, it's important. In that sense, I might want to consider doing an "input reset", i.e. just a week of mostly stillness before I continue my life.
Re: The quiet art of attention
#158Well written! I can relate to most of the article. However, I find that > To focus on one thing deeply, to give it your full attention, is to experience it fully. And when we do this, something remarkable happens. Time, which so often feels like it is slipping through our fingers, begins to slow. doesn't really apply to me, or to many people I know and have worked with - it is when I focus on one task that "time flie…
I do improvized couples dancing, and have experienced time slowing down. It is an unique kind of experience, not just a different conceptualization of an everyday experience. Buddhists say that you are where your attention is. So if a sound captures 100% of my attention, I am that sound. This feels strange on the surface, but when you look deeper into it, it reveals deep wisdom about the human experience. In my under…
you have described my experience succinctly and eloquently. it is a profound event that feels like a whole-body centering. thank you for this.
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#159Isn't parts of this quoting or paraphrasing from the book "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tibetan_Book_of_Living_a...
haven't read that book, but it's not unusual since language is finite.
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#160what a great article