Awareness and Attention

A man asks about the relationship between awareness and attention, particularly what decides the turning away from content. Rupert explains that attention – from Latin ‘to stretch towards’ – is like a rubber band stretched from awareness to objects, and self-enquiry is simply letting go of objects allowing attention to naturally return to its source, not an effort but a relaxing back into one’s natural state.

From event 09 - 16 March, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mercy Center, 9–16 March 2025

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