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ATTENTION WITHOUT CONTENT

The seed of true spirituality is imbedded in our daily living itself. God, in His impartial nature, has given the spiritual potential equally to every human being. By paying true and deep attention to this gift of God, man is transformed into God instantly and with greatest ease too! How truly it is said, “God made man in His own image.”

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Look at the waking and deep sleep states. They seem to be opposites. Pay deep attention to them, individually. ‘Attention’ – which includes the discursive intellect – goes beyond intellect, logic, sensation and intuition. The totality of all these is ‘attention’. ‘Attention’ is “NOW” – it is a ‘happening’ state. It is not a state that has ‘happened’ or is going ‘to happen’. To see and accept “things as they are” is the essence of ‘attention’.

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There are various contents in walking consciousness. Deep sleep on the other hand, is totally devoid of contents. It remains purely as consciousness. Intellect can cognize only the contents. Therefore, it is baffled when looking at the deep sleep state where there are no contents at all. Shift your attention for a moment from the content filled waking state to the contentless, deep sleep state. Which is more peaceful and acceptable? Deep sleep of course! That’s why each one of us prepares our bed so carefully, every night.

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These contents are nothing but those that are thrown into our consciousness by destiny. Choose not to identify with destiny. Instead, bring the contentless state of deep sleep into the waking state. Attention is always without content. “Attention paying attention to attention” is freewill, freedom and the silence of meditation. YOU ARE THAT!

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