Attention

Ah, attention is may be not such a revolutionary thing but what a great thing it is!!

Attention is used to scan through the body, whether it is from Yoga Nidra or the Vipassana technique from Goenka. It allows me to endure pain by strongly focussing on the pain itself. It allows me to cure or control parts of my body. It allows me to love another and let the other feel loved. Attention and love are strongly related if not the same.

I am not sure how attention and consciousness are related. Consciousness does not know any direction, attention does. But for the rest they seem to be the same. It is all about perceiving what is there. The act of looking at something and being aware of that something, also when it is everything.

What a great subject to study further!!