{"id":8886,"date":"2019-03-26T14:25:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T18:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linaru.com\/en\/?p=8886"},"modified":"2021-11-16T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T22:49:13","slug":"between-the-will-and-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linaru.com\/en\/between-the-will-and-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Between the Will and Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"grid kcm\">\n<div class=\"grid__item one-whole portable--auto lap--auto palm--auto top-no-padding bottom-no-padding center  \"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/326629692\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid__item one-whole portable--auto lap--auto palm--auto\">\n<pre> \r\nThe mind is a little crow,  \r\na double sided sword, \r\nwhere will and attention\r\nplay, while agape feeds \r\nthe rarest crow, desire \r\nfeeds the common crow.\r\n\r\nTrapped by passions\r\nwe feel that attention \r\nserves its master, will, \r\ntrapped by a quest \r\ntoward the freedom \r\nof our will begins until\r\nthere&rsquo;s the realization \r\nthat attention is prior\r\nto the will, little crow\r\nfinds itself confused\r\nas to why we&rsquo;re using\r\nonly one colour of itself,  \r\nas if it were a katana, \r\nsuffering pierces winds\r\nas desire escapes limits,\r\ninattentive to the mind&rsquo;s\r\nlabyrinth, surrounded \r\nhelpless, what guides \r\nthe will is my desires,   \r\na sword dripping blood, \r\na little crow crowing out\r\nloud: why haven&rsquo;t you seen \r\nthe purest side of me yet?\r\n\r\nThe fire of the will burns \r\nmy mind until it seems \r\nthere is no attention, only\r\nwill, lost in the passages \r\nof will, the mad hatter \r\nstarts playing with swords\r\nI&rsquo;ve never seen before, \r\nhatter drinks the question:\r\nbut where is the good?\r\n\r\nSwords burn the hatter&rsquo;s \r\nthroat as if what is, is pain, \r\nbut suddenly the hatter \r\ncoughs, a feather floats, \r\nthe rarest crow escapes \r\nthe hatter&rsquo;s mouth, pain\r\nas a traveler&rsquo;s scabbard,  \r\nstays, pays attention to it, \r\nnotices the double sword, \r\nnotices the bloody sword, \r\nnotices the common crow, \r\nnotices the rarest crow, \r\nthere is no will, attention \r\nis blinking instants where\r\nthe will isn&rsquo;t able to exist,  \r\nattention is that bright but\r\nas all hatters know, what is \r\nimportant is not freedom \r\nfrom the will, if we&rsquo;re free \r\nto blink, eyes won&rsquo;t get\r\ndry, blinking, it&rsquo;s a rare \r\ncrow, blinking, blinking,\r\nit&rsquo;s a common crow, what \r\nwas used as a single edge \r\nsword is no longer true, \r\nfrom now on attention is \r\nmoved by what I love \r\nas the will is moved by\r\nwhat I feel, because if what \r\nI love is not a feeling, it is\r\nthe wind, mountains, lakes, \r\nwaves and the good itself \r\nuntil I can dissolve myself\r\ninto a silence&ndash;in-between \r\nattention and the will:\r\n\r\nIntermission (video)  {\r\n\r\n&#31179;&#65306;&#31282;&#22971;&#12434;&#36890;&#12377;&#25105;&#12364;&#31992;&#12398;&#20809;&#12399;\r\n&#12356;&#12394;&#12378;&#12414;&#12434;\r\n&#12392;&#12362;&#12377;&#12431;&#12364;&#12356;&#12392;\r\n&#12398;&#12402;&#12363;&#12426;&#12399;\r\n\r\nthrough lightning bolt&#8203;s \r\nmy threads, my yarns  \r\nof gleaming light&hellip; are?  \r\n\r\n&#22799;&#65306;&#12459;&#12521;&#12473;&#24231;&#12391;&#32218;&#39321;&#33457;&#28779;&#12434;&#32016;&#35299;&#12367;\r\n&#12363;&#12425;&#12377;&#12374;&#12391;\r\n&#12379;&#12435;&#12371;&#12358;&#12399;&#12394;&#12403;\r\n&#12434;&#12402;&#12418;&#12392;&#12367;\r\n\r\nat Corvus constellation...\r\nincense sparkling toy fireworks  \r\nunraveling, discovering\r\n\r\n\r\n             [.....(myself).....]\r\n\r\n}\r\n\r\nWhat I am no longer\r\noperates not on what\r\nI want, but on a delicate \r\ndance between what I will\r\nand what I attend, what I will\r\npushes, what I attend pulls, \r\nwhat I attend &lsquo;defends&rsquo;,\r\nwhat I &lsquo;will&rsquo; attacks, \r\nthis realization dissolves \r\nthe Kogarasu Maru into \r\n&#21512;&#27671;&#36947;<span id=\"easy-footnote-1-8886\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linaru.com\/en\/between-the-will-and-attention\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-8886\" title=\" &#21512;(&#12431;&#12377;) to match the rhythm and speed \r\n&#27671; of our mind, feelings, heart \r\n&#36947;  with the path of growing our capacity to be attentive \"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> as the crows sing\r\nas if yesterday hadn&rsquo;t ever, \r\ntomorrow won&rsquo;t ever be born, \r\npoly-phonically whispering: \r\n\r\nLet go of the tapping, \r\nfrom raven here\r\nto raven everywhere, \r\nfrom raven there \r\nto raven nowhere,\r\nfree from (n)evermore \r\nto be forevermore.\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<div class=\"important\">What at first felt as a weapon of the mind, now is &#21512;&#27671;&#36947; of the mind where what I attend is prior to what I will. The quality of attention defines the ability to mould the will toward the good\/love. The more attention, the greater good\/love is placed upon the will. There is a point where what I attend and what I will rest in harmony, that&rsquo;s peace. In order to reach a balance between them, one&rsquo;s awareness shifts from being a slave to what I feel and desire to the freedom to be ocean waves upon sunshine eyes. If I only do as I will without paying attention to what is beyond what I define as myself, what one does is violent to what surrounds us. Paying attention is what dilutes our will into the good\/love. Without attention, the will becomes selfishly driven. Paying attention liberates us from the strength of the will. The more we cultivate our capacity to pay attention, the greater our capacity is to love and share goodness all around. Once we are free from the forcefulness of the will, we float around it and blink attention to it and to what is beyond it. However, the brain can impede our ability to pay attention as well as interfere with our ability to will. When that happens, we are on the mercy of those who surround us and the consequences of our ill-conceived actions. Society needs to evolve to understand that the brain doesn&rsquo;t work appropriately for all. We need to illuminate with care our capacity for attention as a society, and thus, we will be able to bring our stability and love toward those who most need it&hellip; Those whose brains chemically or otherwise trick them into disguising the song of truth through a veil of suffering.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mind is a little crow, a double sided sword, where will and attention play, while agape feeds the rarest crow, desire feeds the common crow. 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