The Attention Revolution, Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind Quotes

“Meditation is a balancing act between attention and relaxation.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution, Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“A Tibetan aphorism states, “Let your mind be a gracious host in the midst of unruly guests.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“The sequence between shamatha and vipashyana makes perfect sense: first refine your powers of attention, then use them to explore and purify the mind, which can be directly examined only through first-person observation.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“Solitary meditation doesn’t cause mental imbalances, but uncovers them.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“Normally, the mind involuntarily superimposes a sense of solidity on our perceptions of visual objects, even though the eyes are not designed to detect this tactile characteristic.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“I suggest that if you were able to focus your attention at will, you could actually choose the universe you appear to inhabit.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution, Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“Again and again, counteract the agitation and turbulence of the mind by relaxing more deeply, not by contracting the body or mind.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution, Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“Remember that the main point of such attentional training is not to stop thoughts from arising. Rather, it is first to relax the body and mind, then to cultivate the stability of sustaining attention continuously upon your chosen object.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“Those seeking to escape from suffering hasten right toward their own misery. And with the very desire for happiness, out of delusion they destroy their own well-being as if it were their enemy.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“Our first act of freedom should be to choose our priorities wisely.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“When attention is impaired, it detracts from everything we do, and when it is well focused, it enhances everything we do.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“God, the soul, salvation, consciousness, love, free will, and purely spiritual causation may seem far more real to you than elementary particles and energy fields. I suggest that if you were able to focus your attention at will, you could actually choose the universe you appear to inhabit.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

“The demarcation between science and metaphysics is determined by the limits of experiential inquiry, not Nature or God.”
― B. Alan Wallace, The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind