Lens of Attention: Presence

Presence is about being fully here and now, not lost in thoughts of the past or future. It involves directing your full attention and consciousness to the activities and experiences of the current moment. Cultivating presence is key to living each moment to its fullest.

Beacon: Presence
Beacon: Presence
Beacons	Attention

Landmarks

The Realms of Everyday Enlightenment each have some noticeable Landmarks which show the likely alignment someone within that Realm has with each of the Beacons and their various Lenses. These Landmarks are things that need to be noticed and explored in the context of those Lenses and Beacons. And then through working on the Trails and Guides these Landmarks will serve as markers toward the next Realm where new Landmarks await.

Landmarks of Training

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Landmarks of Mastery

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Shadows

The Beacons of Everyday Enlightenment provide powerful guidance through the Realms. The Lenses represent different facets of those Beacons, which provide further focus or illumination of that Beacon. On the other hand, Lenses are also accompanied by two types of Shadows which tend to obscure our journey to Enlightenment. The first kind of Shadows are the Looming Shadows, which are the obvious opposite of a given Lens, and should hopefully be easy to avoid and train against once we understand them. The second kind are the Flickering Shadows, which could be confused with the associated Lenses, because they are quite similar to the Lens, while actually being a harmful or negative counterpart. Both types of Shadows should be understood in the context of the Lens and Beacon, and reviewed periodically to ensure our view is not obscured.

Lens	Presence	Being fully here and now, not lost in thoughts of the past or future.
Looming Shadow	Absence	Being mentally lost in thoughts of the past or future, not being grounded in the present moment
Flickering Shadow	Obsession with the Now	When being fully present in the current moment becomes an obsession that rejects the importance of planning for the future or learning from the past

Resources

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