“You're gonna die. You're gonna die. And nobody's gonna care which version of the iPhone you used to make something on Twitter, or to go and post about your bowel movement on Facebook. And I'm not even talking about legacy; I'm talking about the fact that I personally feel most alive when I'm making something, and I feel least alive when I'm being led around by some obnoxious use of my attention that I wasn't aware of. To me, that's the thing. You can buy the jogging shoes and you can buy the Runner's World, but until you put them on and walk out the door every day, you're just a fat man.” MenWorldFeelsFactsUseCareUsedDiesWalksAttentionTalkingAliveDoorsMovementShoesVersionsFatsPostsLegacyRunnersIphoneObnoxiousJoggingFat ManBowel Movements Author:Merlin Mann
“We live in a supermarket of ideas, faiths, practices, theories, ideologies, and much else besides. Never in human history have there been so many movements and ideas struggling to attract our attention. Added to this, the Western world is swamped by material goods and the Western mind is dominated by the goal of material success. In all this confusion, Zen stands out as a voice of sanity. It represents a different way of seeing the world, one based upon the rediscovery of who we really are and have always been, through revealing to us our true nature.” WorldWayMindHumansIdeasDifferentGoalVoiceAttentionPracticeStruggleSeeingMovementMaterialsTheoryWesternConfusionIdeologyDifferent WaysGoodsSanityStanding OutRevealingHuman HistoryTrue NatureSupermarketsWestern WorldSeeing The WorldRediscovery Author:David Fontana
“Self-reflection is a desire felt by the body, as well as the soul. As dancers, healers, and saints all know, when you turn your attention toward even the simplest physical process - breath, the small movements of the eyes, the turning of a foot in midair - what might have seemed dull matter suddenly awakens.” KnowsWellsSoulSelfMatterBodyMightEyeDesireTurnsFeltProcessAttentionFeetMovementReflectionBreathsSaintDullDancerSimplestSelf ReflectionHealer Book:The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues Source: The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues
“People tend to box little girls in. They teach them to sit properly and stand quietly and not attract attention. Sports is one place where girls can be free and enjoy the exhilaration of movement.” PeopleLittlesGirlSportsEnjoyAttentionTeachMovementBoxesExhilaration Author:Tenley Albright
“Victor Serge died in exile and obscurity, apparently no more than a splinter of a splinter in the Marxist movement. But with the passage of the years, he looms up as one of the great moral figures of our time, an artist of such integrity and a revolutionary of such purity as to overshadow those who achieved fame and power. His failure was his success. I know of no participant in Russia's revolution and Spain's agonies who more deserves the attention of our concerned youth.” KnowsYearsArtistAttentionMoralFiguresMovementYouthRevolutionIntegrityFameDeserveConcernedDiedRussiaRevolutionaryOur TimePurityPassagesAgonySpainExileObscurityParticipantsMarxistSplinters Author:I. F. Stone
“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
“Small acts can drive reforms. What appears minor can actually be vital and fundamental. Generating 20,000 MW of power attracts a lot of attention. That is important. At the same time, 20,000 MW of power can be saved through a people's movement for energy efficiency. The second is more difficult but is as important as the first. Small indeed, is beautiful.” PeopleFirstsImportantBeautifulEnergyDifficultAttentionMovementIndiaFundamentalsSavedReformMinorsEfficiencyGovernanceSmall ActsEnergy Efficiency Author:Narendra Modi
“Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality. As careful attention shows, thought itself is in an actual process of movement.” ThinkingShowsRealityProcessAttentionMovementCareful Book:Wholeness and the Implicate Order Source: Wholeness and the Implicate Order
“Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality. As careful attention shows, thought itself is in an actual process of movement. That is to say, one can feel a sense of flow in the stream of consciousness not dissimilar to the sense of flow in the movement of matter in general. May not thought itself thus be a part of reality as a whole? But then, what could it mean for one part of reality to 'know' another, and to what extent would this be possible?” ThinkingKnowsFeelsMayMeanMatterWholeShowsRealityProcessAttentionConsciousnessMovementFlowCarefulStreamsStream Of Consciousness Author:David Bohm
“When a Pueblo Indian does not feel in the right mood, he stays away from the men's council. When an ancient Roman stumbled on the threshold as he left the house, he gave up his plans for the day. This seems to us senseless, but under primitive conditions of life such an omen inclines one at least to be cautious. When I am not in full control of myself, my bodily movements may be under a certain constraint; my attention is easily distracted; I am somewhat absent-minded. As a result I knock against something, stumble, let something fall, or forget something.” MenFeelsMayDoeSeemsCertainFallHouseLeftForgetResultsAttentionPlansConditionsMovementAncientMoodIndianPrimitiveCouncilDistractedAbsentConstraintsCautiousGave UpThresholdInclineOmenBe CautiousAbsent Minded Author:Carl Jung
“I really want the audience to place close attention to the movement, possibilities of movement, possibilities of trespassing boundaries and observe what's possible in different social settings, and different settings of class designation as well.” WantWellsDifferentSocialAttentionClassAudienceMovementPossibilityBoundariesSettingSettingsDesignationTrespassing Author:Todd Haynes
“Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.” CountryUsePurposeCommunityResultsAttentionMovementPositionDecidedInternationalColleaguesComradeInternational CommunityUsing Me Author:Nelson Mandela