attention

I remember hearing years ago, from someone on the alternative scene, that attention was energy. Certainly, if our attention is scattered, it reduces the possibility of discovering value. Value not so much a thing that is necessarily going to advance our status or prosperity in a material sense but, rather, the experience of appreciation of the quality of richness in our lives, others and ourselves.

Many varieties of contemplative technique, based on mindfulness and awareness, offer these possibilities in the sense they arise naturally as a by-product rather than something striven for and fabricated.

In regard to communication with others, whilst avoided some stilted application of this, simply taking one’s time and being willing to pay attention, listen carefully and express genuinely bring a value to all involved. Without this, it is all to easy for the communication to become drained, devalued and, sometimes, even dishonest.