This is Kambiz Nafisi,
Spiritual guide and meditation master.
Today I'm going to teach you something about the power of attention that will completely change the quality of your life.
In the ancient Vedas,
The spiritual books of yoga,
They teach that God Almighty is not a person,
That the creative force of the universe is made of intelligence and consciousness.
It's an energy field.
And if you think about all of nature,
You can quickly realize that all of nature is run by something very,
Very intelligent.
Look at the way the planets revolve around each other,
How the coral reefs provide shelter to the fish,
How the various fish feed on each other,
The migration of the fish based on changes in the water temperature.
Everything in nature is perfectly coordinated through a deep,
Powerful field of intelligence.
And that is what yoga calls the God force.
Coming back to you,
If we subtract out your name,
Your passport number,
Your job description,
What is left for you as a living being is an energy field.
You are a moving energy field.
And both you and the creative force that we sometimes call God,
You're made of intelligence and consciousness.
So,
When you get up on a Sunday morning to make your family eggs,
For example,
You realize that it's your consciousness,
It's your attention that is first moving to the kitchen,
Then to the frying pan,
Then to cracking three eggs into the frying pan,
Then feeding the kids their breakfast,
And then going off to your laptop to check on your email.
You see,
During that entire Sunday morning,
You're not a name,
You're not a passport number,
You're not a job description.
You are an energy field that is intelligent and conscious,
And that your consciousness is moving from point A to point B to point C.
So,
What if your entire life were to be seen through that perspective?
In other words,
All of your life,
You've been a field of energy,
Made of consciousness,
Made of intelligence,
And your intelligence and your consciousness is just moving from one point to the next point,
To the third point,
All in the present moment.
Now,
Because the God force,
Because the creative force of nature is made of consciousness,
Then the steering wheel that steers the God force,
The creative force,
Your own force,
In a particular direction,
That steering wheel is attention.
Whatever you place your attention on is energized and nourished,
And whatever you take your attention off,
Loses energy.
So,
If you love your plants,
If you love your kids,
If you love your classic car,
If you love self-confidence,
You just place attention on your plants,
Your kids,
Your classic car,
Your self-confidence,
And all of that will be nourished,
Strengthened,
And they will grow.
If there are things like negative thoughts,
Addictions,
Jealousies,
Revenge,
That you want out of your life,
You don't dwell on them.
You just take your attention away from them.
How to do this practically?
The most elementary exercise for shifting attention is to place your finger on the wall,
On a particular point,
And imagine that that point on the wall is something that your attention is currently on.
With your other hand,
Get a hold of your sleeve,
Pick up the point of your finger,
And place it elsewhere on the wall,
And make that second point a second point of attention.
This is very elementary,
But you should try it.
Imagine your attention is on a very painful divorce seven years ago.
Place your finger on the wall,
And while you do that,
Think about the pain of that divorce,
And then with your other hand,
Get a hold of your sleeve,
Pick up that hand,
Place it on another point on the wall,
And that second point you're visualizing,
You're placing your attention on present friends,
Present people who are giving you love.
Going forward,
You don't need to place your finger here and there.
You actually learn the power of attention.
Therefore,
You learn that you,
As a living being,
Are an energy field.
The energy that keeps you alive is the God force.
It's the creative force of the universe,
And that creative force is made of consciousness.
So,
You are pulsing with consciousness.
You are pulsing with the intelligence of nature,
And the steering wheel that steers that power of consciousness is attention.
By shifting your attention away from what you don't want,
You de-energize what you don't want in your life,
And by shifting your attention on what you would like to have in your life,
You nourish and strengthen anything that you place your attention on.
This is very,
Very practical advice.
Instead of being consumed by regrets,
Future anxiety,
And worry,
Think of yourself as a field of energy,
And that your energy shifts from point A to point B to point C,
Depending on where your attention is going,
And then live your life that way.
You get up on a Sunday morning,
And you realize beyond your name,
Beyond your passport number,
Beyond your job description,
You're just a field of energy,
A field of consciousness,
And by steering your attention from point A to point B to point C,
You're actually steering the God force.
You're steering the creative force of nature to any point that you want.
This will make a profound change in your life.
It will empower you because you will know that attention carries a humongous life-giving power.
God bless.
Godspeed.
