I've seen that the wrong use of my attention can aggravate almost any problem. How do I learn to use my attention correctly so that things begin to change for the better in my life?...

In this first installment of special short talks on attention, Guy explains that attention is the ground itself for becoming a different human being. Presently, we don't see when and where we don't possess our attention, or when and where we fall asleep. But first we must see...

This special talk is another in the series of discussions on attention. In this exercise we learn a new way in which we can work to see that presently our attention belongs to mechanical, habitual patterns...

In this short talk Guy gives another exercise that expands on the work of the attention exercises to help bring us into a higher order of awareness.

This talk is a new installment in the series of discussions on attention. Guy explains that practicing to keep our attention while eating is extremely important for self-study, because when we usually eat our attention is seized exclusively by unconscious desire...

In this special short talk Guy continues his instruction on attention to include the ""Thou Art - I Am"" exercise. This deeper level of work builds on the previous attention exercises...

In this short talk Guy gives further thoughts on the subject of fixed attention and freedom.

In this special talk on attention Guy explains that we must begin to separate ourselves from interior and exterior influences because presently, we are ruled by them. We are meant to be a co-creator in using what we've been given for its intended purpose. Revelation is integration and this is discovering the relationship with what is whole. But tension separates us...

In this short talk Guy gives further thoughts on the subject of fixed and free attention.

Recently I have been wondering about how painful it is to be identified with things (people, intentions, etc) and whether it's possible to actually separate what I give my attention to and what I want from that "act?" Can attention and identification actually be separate? (From student correspondence)...

In this answer to a viewer's question, Guy talks about how we often find ourselves in situations wondering how we got there, and how that relates to the fact that we do not own our attention.

When attention is directed, it has the ability to invest an idea with energy and life. Wherever you place your attention, you give life to that seed of thought. We've all experienced how the power of attention almost seems to have a magnetic pull. This power can be used for good or bad. When we use it for practical work, or for honest self-observation, we use it to our own benefit. However, w...