attention
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The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real. It is the same with the act of love. To know that this man who is hungry and thirsty really exists as much as I do — that is enough, the rest follows of itself.
To know that something is ugly is to know that it is true.
The wrong way of seeking. The attention fixed on a problem. Another phenomenon due to horror of the void. We do not want to have lost our labour. The heat of the chase. We must not want to find: as in the case of an excessive devotion, we become dependent on the object of our efforts.
We need an outward reward which chance sometimes provides and wh
... See more“Sometimes life feels a certain way that we call “absurd”: nothing matters, all efforts are for naught, everything seems random and perverse, positive intention is perpetually thwarted. This stance communicates darkness and edginess, which can feel like wisdom. But we don’t live as if life is absurd; we live as if it has meaning and makes sense. We
... See moreWe are the curators of our own thoughts, active effort is needed to maintain innocence and hope.
Attention and Will by Simone Weil
Link“Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love” Simone Weil
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