DIAMOND
~ attention ~

What moves your mind?

It's like the bardo state of Tibetan Buddhism, the in-between world
of mental forms that your stream of consciousness enters when your physical body dies.
Everything is unfolded there, all the perceptions and experiences of your consciousness.

But unless you rest in the raw, radiant awareness of emptiness,
the nightmarish and intoxicating forms around you will capture your attention,
attracting or repulsing you,
and these reactions set your rebirth in motion.

That process doesn't just happen when you die,
it's happening at every moment you carry your 'you' into the future.

Attention is all—on the Net, in the bardo, in our hypermediated culture.
Attention cuts the furrows and sows the seeds of your own becoming.
That's why I practice mindfulness meditation—it's the yoga of attention."

selections from the notebooks of Lance Daybreak,
by Erik Davis in "Shards Of The Diamond Matrix"

 

FUTURE SHOCK: "A sense of shock felt by those who were not paying attention."
a term coined by Alvin Toffler, 1970

So?
no need to bash your head against the screeen...
linger a moment, explore...

you're the one who knows deep down
how that answers your question...
go on now, don't rush. pick it up and let it penetrate.

still no clue? then read on for a bit more:

diamond
clarity, transparence, purity
strength, resolve, attention

who is this "you" that you carry into the future?
this you determines your future
attention determines your own becoming

where is your intention and focus?

mind the essential
let the dross drop away
let not your inventions & contriving,
nor those of others,
disperse or rattle you.

what attracts & repulses ?
how are you reacting to it ?
what then are you fabricating ?
what then are you becoming ?

all these spinning, heady desires...
what captures your attention ?
how do you, or will you, respond ?

illumination, healthy babies, a garden party,
a wood parquet, a nap, weeds, grime, bouquets,
a snappy tune, a murmur, a tricky curve,
amazing grace, amazing flash
where to go...
all this movement !

what needs tending to ?

what will you treasure, squander, share, discard, let wither, release ?

let not too many wild horses drag you away
from the radiant awareness of emptiness
which fills this universe
which fills this you-niverse

let diamond light and diamond attention
be your guide

 

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