Tag: attention

The Power of Attention

September 30, 2013 | 2 comments

Here’s an 8 minute TED talk worth watching. Apollo Robbins is a world famous pickpocket, and he shares in this video part of what makes him so successful. He says that it comes down to attention. Directing, misdirecting, manipulating and

The bane of subtle distraction

September 20, 2013 | 6 comments

I was practicing with my men’s doubles tennis team in Howard Amon Park a few weeks ago, and I learned a valuable lesson about not letting one’s thought get subtly distracted. The park is located on the bank of the

Use the tool correctly

October 22, 2012 | 7 comments

I had a chainsaw in the garage to saw down an unwanted cottonwood tree on the backside of our property. My wife took the saw’s chain in for sharpening, and I had to put it back on the saw before I

Prevent sickness with watchfulness

February 23, 2012 | 7 comments

One of the great benefits of practicing Christian Science is that it teaches one how to prevent disease from happening before it has a chance to form in one’s outward experience. All human experience incubates in human consciousness. The outward effect

Are you listening?

February 9, 2012 | 1 comment

Gently as Doves Great ideas, come into the world As gently as doves. Perhaps then if I listen attentively, I shall hear amid the uproar Of empires and nations, A faint flutter of wings, A gentle stirring of life and