The Power Of Attention

Attention is a key element of mindfulness and other meditation practices, often reffered to as psychic energy. Let us ask ourselves, 'Where am I putting my psychic energy?" Am I putting it into worrying, distraction, craving, judgment? Or, into cultivating joy, gratitude, love, or other beneficial qualities? This meditation invites a strengthening of the power of attention, by shifting awareness from one meditation object to another, 'changing the channel,' in order to help us cultivate a state of mind and heart that support happiness and wellbeing.

Reviews

I like the changing of the channels metaphor.

Thank you 💚 have to return bc I sorta fell asleep halfway haha

Hugh Byrne's meditations have a wonderfully calming effect on my soul. Thank you Mr. Byrne.

Thank you for reminding me of the basics of meditation, tuning into different channels away from the planing of the future or the remeberance of the past.

Deeply connecting to whole experience of body mind and heart. Thank you 🙏

Very powerful, the finishing bell was not intrusive and allowed be to go deeper into my meditation than usual. Hugh’s gentle and familiar voice engenders peaceful feelings of safety and belonging that I have longed for. 🙏🏼🕊🔔💫

Thank you Hugh, this was do helpful in reminding me that I can chose my focus as opposed to letting wild horses drag me off in all directions.

That was a precious meditation. Just lovely and effective. Thank you,

Wonderful wonderful meditation! Extremely calming!

Great guiedance. Thank you.

This is a very good practice for me. Thank you.

💙Hugh meditation always 5 atar

Serendipitous that this was featured today. I was just reflecting on a long history of having a very scattered, grasshoppery sort of mind. A very good practice to work with. The non-judgment and kindness reminders are very helpful to the process.
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Instructive. Learning to focus on whatever is present. Thank you.

Wonderful, as always...

Shifting attention to different things was insightful for me. It is possible to shift from negative emotion to something more pleasant. Thank you. I feel calm and peaceful after this meditation 🧘‍♀️

That was fantastic. In shifting my awareness through different points of focus I developed this keen awareness that what I was experiencing, what I was feeling, or thinking, and who I am are different things. The consciousness within me observing these experiences and the experiences themself are not one and the same, and I can approach whatever it is that arises without being caught up in its story. The stillness that perceives all of it remains unchanged. There was a point where i started trying to identify“where” I was located. Am “i” in my body or was i just experiencing it, am “i” in my thoughts or was I merely directing my attention to observing them. It’s difficult to explain but during the practice there was this deep sense of understanding that did not need to be put into words.

The poem was the perfect way to end it. Thank you for this.

Marvelous, thank you!

Wonderful! Definitely helps to come back to NOW during meditation. Love the poem at the end. I will listen to this often as I strengthen my focus and attention. Thank you so much!

I didn’t make Meditation this morning in DC (chose a moving meditation on the C&O instead😊) yet this was a wonderful practice of mindfulness and mind training- in addition to a hit of Hugh 👏🏼 I’m ready for a great week 🙏🏼Namaste