Attention is the secret reason and power in all situations

Each of us perceived the reality of Life in a unique way according to various factors - what we have previously perceived, what we want, what we fear, what we expect. These factors are forms of thought - and emotion and thought are as mutually connected as the depth and surface of a river.

What is "real" for us inside becomes real for us outside so that physicality cements our more subtle reality into hard fact. That process of becoming real is worth consideration.

Attention given and received is what motivates the transition of the mind's reality into materiality. If attention is given to another is sufficient measure there must be a response - perhaps attraction, perhaps repulsion yet certainly an expression of preference with emotional currents. Thus atoms, animals, people and planets create bonds, which for a time bind together a form, a material reality. The absence of this bonding is chaos - absolute formlessness.

We become a reflection of what we have focused our attention on. We choose our lives in this way by focusing on security, sex, money, prestige, TV, food, music or prayer in some dynamic combination. The face, the body, the mind and heart all show clear proof of the history of where we have focused our attention throughout life.

Perhaps a gardener is more patient than an artist who is more appreciative of beauty than an accountant who is clearer minded than a drug addict who is more liberal than a gardener. Yet one person can experience all of these attitudes during one lifetime and gain a width and depth of understanding.

What is real is only real because a number of separate entities (atoms, people, etc) have joined together in a way that acts out an inherent energy field. These fields of energy are astral realities: zeitgeist, ethos, vision, hopes, dreams, fashion, fantasies, corporate image, national pride and so on (these are Neptune's forms). Without creating one of these first, nothing physical can manifest. First the idea then the reality.

A person - the person, who exactly finds words to capture the Neptunian form becomes the spokesperson for that reality and by speaking it apparently creates it. Indeed that is how it is created - by the word of this spokesperson. Historical figures, pop stars, inventors, film stars, TV newsreaders (with their carefully manicured voices) all become icons of the age because they give voice to the idea that is yearning to come into material reality.

So spiritual persons are careful to develop their astral reality out of optimism and devotion to God. They choose carefully how to allocate attention and indeed to respond indifferently to attention from unwanted sources.

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