“It is no coincidence that the word religion comes from relegare, to focus the attention. All religious praxis is an exercise of attention. The temple is a place of deep attention. According to Malenbrache, attention is the soul’s natural prayer.” – Byung-Chul Han

The Real Prayers Are Not the Words, But The Attention That Comes First

The little hawk leaned sideways and, tilted,
rode the wind. Its eye at this distance looked
like green glass; its feet were the color
of butter. Speed, obviously, was joy. But
then, so was the sudden, slow circle it carved
into the slightly silvery air, and the
squaring of its