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| Timeless Thoughts “Love is paying attention” --- Thomas Hora, M.D. One of Metapsychiatry's definitions of love is "paying attentiion." Dr. Hora asks the question: "What is the payment that is being payed in paying attention?" The answer, summed up, is that the payment that is being paid is certain mental content: it is our cherished assumptions, our "should" thinking, the clutter of our darting thoughts, which distract consciousness from open-minded confrontation with the moment. This is the "mental currency" we must sacrifice in order to pay attention -- this is the "price to be paid" to realize the loving state of consciousness. Attention is a state of mental receptivity to whatever is. "Since love is complete attention, it must be undivided... Love listens to hear: love is concerned with understanding." The ability to pay attention manifests in a loving presence which is fully present and, therefore, available to divine inspiration for its response. |
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