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attentive to inattention

Question: "What can we do to be aware, to be attentive?" Answer: "I don't think you can do anything. All that you can do is to be attentive to inattention. If you are trying to be attentive, trying to be aware, then it becomes a conflict, a battle [Do not self-condemn, do not say, "I must be attentive, I must not allow my mind to wander", as this immediately sets up conflict in the mind; instead, simply notice]... It is only inattention that creates problems, isn't it? If I am attentive even if only for a minute, in that minute of attention there is no problem." [When we notice the antics of the mind, it is hard for the ego to create illusion for us.]

Editor's note: The mind is a quantum field of possibility and cannot be quieted, but only dulled, with detrimental side-effects. Simply notice - then follow the disturbance to source of disharmony. Noticing casts light upon the dysfunctional ego which has been operating in the dark, masquerading as the "true self"; this illumination is its undoing.