You Are Your Attention

The Bridge ~ Reminder #15
Meditation

You are your attention

The greatest battles being fought are not upon the deserts,
forests and fields of Earth but within the human mind. You see, our minds
are fair game for anyone who is unscrupulous or unconscious enough to want
to take our attention away from us. We are our attention and to the extent
that another can get us to put our attention on whatever he or she chooses,
we give away a part of ourselves - the most vital part, in fact.

It's interesting that taking someone else's attention away from
them has become a widely accepted occurrence in our world today. Most people
don't mind at all; they accept that others can interrupt them, regardless of
the motivation. Indeed, many people's lives are filled to the brim by
constant distraction, and sadly, they never get control over their own
attention. That's where meditation comes in. Meditation is the tool we use
to regain control over our own mind.

Just before he took his leave, Lee Ching said that a second way
to support life is to spend some quiet time alone everyday. This idea
sounded a little odd to me at first, but the more I thought about it, the
more I realized that those who meditate daily are much less likely to become
involved in conflicts. They're calmer, less excitable, and, even more
important, they're more apt to see things from a higher perspective. Later
on, he told me that this is why those who seek to manipulate us don't want
us to meditate because it makes us more difficult to control. Meditators
aren't as reliant upon others to tell them what to do because they're
cultivating their own inner independence. Compared to most people, they're a
lot freer.

From The Code: Intentions in Action

My Intention for today is:

I Intend that I am spending some quiet time by myself everyday.
Shared with Love and Light,Rosalie xo