“I have the power of choice in every moment. Where will I place my attention? What do I hold sacred? Whom can I love right now?” MomentsChoicesAttentionRight NowSacredPower Of Choice Author:Fred Small
“In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.” PrayerAttentionObjectsExpressionSacredIntentionCenteringCentering Prayer Author:Thomas Keating
“Attention: a sacred energy coming into me. Be sensitive to it. Recognize again and again that it is there” EnergyAttentionSacredSensitiveAgain And Again Author:Michel de Salzmann
“Create sacred spaces in the workplace as well. Classrooms, five years ago, professors would say, I don't want be a nanny to my students. They can do whatever they want. Now professors are saying, put away that laptop, because studies show that it not only takes away the attention of the person who's on the laptop from the class, but everyone around them. There's like a circle around that person that's distracted and not paying attention.” WantYearsWellsPersonsShowsCan DoSpaceAttentionClassStudyFiveStudentsYears AgoSacredCirclesPay AttentionFive YearsProfessorsClassroomWorkplaceDistractedLaptopsNanniesSacred Space Author:Judy Woodruff
“Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.” GivingShouldMindHeartKindFeelingsActionJesusAttentionCompassionMeditationBabyMy HeartEqualMindfulnessEatingBasesSacredGreenCleanPlantTreatedBuddhistHeart And MindBathsIrritationMustardMeditation MindfulnessTeapotsTangerinesGreen Plants Book:The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation Source: The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
“Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earlthy blessings - give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else! . . . Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.” GivingMayFreedomAttentionLibertyRightsSecurityBlessingApproachSacredPressesTrialsSuspectsJealousJewelsAbandonmentJuryTrial By JuryPrecious Jewels Author:Patrick Henry
“What is saving my life now is the conviction that there is no spiritual treasure to be found apart from the bodily experiences of human life on earth. My life depends on engaging the most ordinary physical activities with the most exquisite attention I can give them. My life depends on ignoring all touted distinctions between the secular and the sacred, the physical and the spiritual, the body and the soul. What is saving my life now is becoming more fully human, trusting that there is no way to God apart from real life in the real world.” WorldWayGivingHumansI CanRealSoulBodyEarthSpiritualFoundAttentionDependsBecomingActivityOrdinarySacredConvictionTreasureReal LifeSavingHuman LifeDistinctionReal WorldSecularEngagingExquisiteBecoming MorePhysical Activity Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“There are sacred moments in life when we experience in rational and very direct ways that separation, the boundary between ourselves and other people and between ourselves and Nature, is illusion. Oneness is reality. We can experience that stasis is illusory and that reality is continual flux and change on very subtle and also on gross levels of perception . . . When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing.” PeopleWayTryingSoulMomentsRealityLevelsAttentionDivineBlessingPerceptionIllusionDirectSacredSeparationBoundariesRationalOnenessBotherSubtleGrossIllusoryFluxStasisSacred Moments Author:Catherine Ponder
“But if you've really learned how to think, how to pay attention, then you will know you have other options. It will be within your power to experience a crowded, loud, slow, consumer-hell-type situation as not only meaningful but sacred, on fire with the same force that lit the stars - compassion, love, the sub-surface unity of all things.” IfsThinkingPersonsForceStarsPayAttentionCompassionSituationHellFireTypeAll ThingsSacredUnitySurfaceMeaningfulConsumersPay AttentionLoudLitCrowded Author:David Foster Wallace
“Marriage is for committed lovers, not hostages. Marriage is a sacred relationship created for two people who complete each other spiritually. While it requires sacrificial service, it is not a call to martyrdom. In many cases of domestic violence, a therapeutic separation is necessary to gain safety and direct attention to the gravity of the need for change.” PeopleNeedsTwoAttentionCasesViolenceLoversGainsDirectAbuseSafetySacredCommittedSeparationGravityDomestic ViolenceNeed A ChangeMartyrdomHostageTherapeutic Author:Rob Jackson
“There is something about libraries, old libraries, that makes them seem almost sacred. There's a smell of paper and must and binding stuff. It's like all the books are fighting against decay, against turning into dust, and at the same time fighting for attention.” BookSeemsFightingStuffAttentionPaperSacredLibrarySmellDustDecayBinding Book:Need Source: Need
“In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized.” MomentsAttentionSilenceSacredUsualContinuingInwardSilence IsSacred Moments Author:Gangaji