Talk Summary

• Attention is the ground itself of the possibility you have to become a different human being. It is a rare convergence of energies that produces possibilities within you that don't exist without it.
• Exercises in attention introduce you to the fact that you don't currently possess your own attention the way you think you do.
• The true interior task of a spiritual aspirant is to first and foremost be an observer, particularly of any movement inside of you that directs you to take any kind of action.
• The answer in any moment of interior movement is not to meet the moment with more movement.
• This first exercise on attention will introduce you to how you can begin to become more aware of what you are unconsciously involved with inwardly.
• In this exercise you will first learn to move your fingers on both hands at the same time in a deliberate pattern.
• Additional stages will be introduced to connect your breathing to the movement.
• The main aim of this exercise is not to succeed at it, but to see the difficulty in doing the simplest tasks, as well as the mind's rejection of the new effort you are engaged in.

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"Attention is a kind of rare convergence of certain energies that produces in the individual possibilities that don't exist without it." ~Guy Finley