Attention is the same thing as prayer | Are.na
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Attention is the same thing as prayer | Are.na



“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
“absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.”