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From Everyday Enlightenment
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The Quality of Focus is very closely related to the Concept of Mindfulness and the Theme of Experience The Now.

There is quite a lot of nuance to the idea of Focus. The first part is to understand some of the basic ideas, which include

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The second part is the progress through the Stages of Enlightenment. Note that these terms are arbitrary, but provide a context for thinking about the concept of Focus and how it is an essential Quality of Enlightenment.

The conceptual Stages of Focus are

  • Distraction / Delusion - While in Delusion, there is no focus, and no understanding of Mindfulness. The mind is as the mercy of fleeting thoughts and emotions, and life seems to follow along.
  • Vagueness -
  • Observation
  • Perceptiveness
  • Awareness