Hello and welcome to The Daily Insight.
Today's meditation focuses on building insight on the power of attention.
What is attention?
Attention is the streamline of awareness.
Your awareness is what gives birth to the world around you.
Without awareness,
There would be no way to measure reality.
Take a moment now to get comfortable in your position.
Start by taking in a few deep,
Long breaths.
Fill the lungs up full of air and exhale slowly.
Take in a long,
Deep breath and slowly exhale.
Allow the body to relax,
Let go and give your body permission to relax.
Feel a wave of easiness take over your physical form.
Now ask yourself,
Where is my attention?
Follow your attention back to its source.
Merge your attention with your body's aliveness.
Feel your body being alive right here and right now.
Keep your attention in your body.
If your mind manages to pull your attention back,
Simply bring your attention back into the sensations that you can feel.
Focus with the body's intelligence.
Where is your attention?
Now focus on your breath.
Allow your natural,
Easy breath to take place.
Stay focused.
Where is your attention?
Keep moving your awareness through the body.
Keep moving your attention back to your breath.
What does the body feel like?
What can you sense?
Go deeper into these sensations.
Feel every little cell.
Observe where your attention is.
If the mind tries to seduce your attention,
Simply bring it back immediately to your breath and then back to your body.
Stay present.
Attention is a focused channel of awareness.
Attention can also be called consciousness.
In order to be conscious,
You first must be aware.
You might like to think of attention like a spotlight.
You can shine that light upon any part of your body,
Any object,
Any moment,
And your attention draws information back into your mind.
Where your attention goes,
Energy flows.
When we channel our attention through the instrument we call the brain,
It becomes the mind.
The mind is the brain in action.
The brain is designed to process information.
It's next to impossible to stop thinking when our attention is in the brain.
This makes it easy for us to get lost in our thoughts,
Constantly identifying with the influx of thought process,
Leaving us unconscious and captive in the state of the ego.
Use the next few minutes to stay in the body's intelligence,
Feeling and embracing the sensations of the body.
Now be aware of each breath.
Breathe in and out.
As you breathe,
Feel the oxygen nourish your cells.
Where is my attention?
Allow your energy to stay within the container of your skin.
Ego will try and take your attention.
Be aware of that magnetic pull from your ego and then bring your attention back into your body.
Gently bring your awareness back into the space that your body is in.
Bring your attention into the space around you,
Into the present moment.
When you feel ready,
Gently open your eyes.
