Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom
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Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom
When people talk about the value of paying attention and slowing down, they often make it sound prudish and monk-like. Attention is something we “have to protect.” We have to “pay”1 attention—like a tribute. But we shouldn’t forget how interesting and overpoweringly pleasurable sustained attention can be. Slowing down makes reality vivid, strange,... See more
Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom
The reason deep attention can’t happen the moment you notice something is that these things take time.
Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom
Almost anything that we are able to direct sustained attention at will begin to loop on itself and bloom.
To take a dark example, if you focus on your anxiety, the anxiety can begin to loop until you hyperventilate and get tunnel vision and become filled with nightmarish thoughts and feelings—a panic attack.
And you do the same thing with joy. If you... See more
To take a dark example, if you focus on your anxiety, the anxiety can begin to loop until you hyperventilate and get tunnel vision and become filled with nightmarish thoughts and feelings—a panic attack.
And you do the same thing with joy. If you... See more
Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom
Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom
Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom
If you want to know more about these sorts of mental states, I recommend José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente’s recent write-up of his experiences, Nadia Asparouhova on her experiences, and her how-to guide.