“For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or another's, or between Christians and unbelievers, or between slave and free, or between male and female. But because he has risen above the tyranny of the passions and has fixed his attention on the single nature of man, he looks on all in the same way and shows the same disposition to all. For in him there is neither Greek nor Jew, male nor female, bond not free, but Christ who 'is all, and in all' (Col. 3:11; cf. Gal. 3:28).” MenWayLooksShowsChristianPassionChristDifferencesPerfectAttentionFemaleSlaveMalesJewTyrannyGreekFixedOrthodoxDispositionSummitOrthodox ChristianRisenNature Of ManCfsUnbelieversGalsHe Has Risen Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Wherefore a monk's whole attention should thus be fixed on one point, and the rise and circle of all his thoughts be vigorously restricted to it; viz., to the recollection of God, as when a man, who is anxious to raise on high a vault of a round arch, must constantly draw a line round from its exact centre, and in accordance with the sure standard it gives discover by the laws of building all the evenness and roundness required.” MenGivingShouldWholeLawLinesAttentionBuildingDrawsStandardsRaisesRoundsCirclesFixedAnxiousCentreMonkRecollectionArchesVaults Book:John Cassian Collection [4 Books] Source: John Cassian Collection [4 Books]
“While the mind remains so fixed in its own personal affairs, be they little or large, it has no chance to open up its higher levels. When attention and emotion are kept so confined, the chance they offer of this higher use is missed. The peace, truth, and goodness which could be had are untouched.” MindLittlesUseTruthPeaceChanceLevelsEmotionAttentionHigherOffersGoodnessRemainsAffairFixedPeace Of MindConfinedHigher Level Book:The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: The ego. From birth to rebirth Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: The ego. From birth to rebirth
“We are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip of self-centered thoughts. The more we give attention to that which is upsetting, the more strength it has to rule our lives.” ThinkingGivingPersonsSelfAttentionSituationOur LivesStrengthCaughtFixedUpsetSelf Centered Author:Brenda Shoshanna
“When soured by disappointment we must endeavor to pursue some fixed and pleasing course of study, that there may be no blank leaf in our book of life. Painful and disagreeable ideas vanish from the mind that can fix its attention upon any subject.” MindMayBookIdeasCoursesAttentionStudySubjectsPainfulDisappointmentPursueFixedMelancholyEndeavorBlankLeafsDisagreeableBook Of LifePain In Life Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
“If we release our fixed ideas about how the world should appear, desires can simply fall away. Our attention is paid to releasing, not wanting to release.” IfsWorldShouldIdeasDesireFallAttentionAngelPaidReleaseFixed Author:Angelina Love
“Inwardness is the characteristic feature of the vegetable rather than the animal approach to existence. The animals move, migrate and swarm, while plants hold fast. Plants live in a dimension characterised by solid state, the fixed and the enduring. If there is movement in the consciousness of plants then it must be the movement of spirit and attention in the domain of vegetal imagination. (...) This is the truth that the shamans have always known and practiced. Awareness of the green side of mind was called Veriditas by the twelfth century visionary Hildegard Von Bingen.” IfsMindStatesMovingSpiritSidesImaginationAnimalExistenceAttentionConsciousnessKnownCenturyAwarenessMovementApproachGreenPlantEndureFeaturesFixedCharacteristicsDimensionsVegetablesDomainVisionariesHold FastSwarmsMigrate Author:Terence McKenna
“Modern physics has taught us that the nature of any system cannot be discovered by dividing it into its component parts and studying each part by itself... We must keep our attention fixed on the whole and on the interconnection between the parts. The same is true of our intellectual life. It is impossible to make a clear cut between science, religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the sum of its various parts.” ArtWholeAttentionStudyClearCuttingImpossibleModernTaughtEqualIntellectualVariousPhysicsFixedComponentsTaught UsDividingScience ReligionInterconnectionIntellectual LifeModern PhysicsReligion And Art Author:Max Planck
“Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord. If we look only at ourselves, with our own limitations and sins, we quickly give way to sadness and discouragement. But if we keep our eyes fixed on the Lord, then our hearts are filled with hope, our minds are washed n the light of truth, and we come to know the fullness of the Gospel with all is promise and life.” IfsKnowsWayGivingMindLooksHeartLightEyeTurnsPrayerSinAttentionLordSadnessPromiseFilledLimitationFixedChanging Your LifeFullnessDiscouragement Author:Pope John Paul II
“But millions at one time, beyond gender or race, had their attention fixed on her, and with that power, she chose to flash the word "feminist" all over our TV screens. If that don't do nothin' but make people Google the word, then that should make every feminist in the world proud.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldRaceAttentionMillionsTvsProudFeministGenderScreensFixedOne TimeFlashGoogle Author:Lizzo