Thoughts arise in our consciousness and something gravitates towards them. Our attention. Whatever our attention touches registers as our experience.
We identify strongly with this power of attention through a sense of free will. When we experience an uncomfortable situation our attention really determines our reaction or non-reaction to the situation, which impacts our state of consciousness (relaxed or contracted).
We identify strongly with this power of attention through a sense of free will. When we experience an uncomfortable situation our attention really determines our reaction or non-reaction to the situation, which impacts our state of consciousness (relaxed or contracted).
When our minds become agitated we get consumed with thoughts and feelings, reacting to everything or even overreacting, causing our focus to become scattered. Because the mind is consumed by this scattered flow it lacks incisive power and becomes diffuse. If we can become aware of these scattered thoughts and how they influence our behavior then, like channeling the rays of the sun through a magnifying glass for greater heat, we can transform our mindset for greater clarity and focus too.
By identifying with patterns of thinking through embedded processes of attaching to whatever we place our attention on, we form a belief system. If we're not conscious of how we act out the limitations of this belief system, it can cause anxiety, anger or frustration because we invariably push-up against this sense of limitation to try and control it.
However if we observe where we place our attention at times when we feel frustrated and begin to report something of how this impacts our behavior, then we can begin to transform it.
Key to mindset transformation is being able to transform limitation in order to build intuition and trust. Part of this process is awakening to and discovering a sense of purpose.
How then can you use the inner power of attention to transform conditioned limitation?
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