--- title: "Matches for Attention | Search" heading: "Site Search" subheading: "Seeking » Attention « ..." updated: "2026-01-08T22:15:53+00:00" words: url: https://ananda.icu/q description: "" ... 🔎︎ query — **attention***   ⁘   matches — **21** ### [Into the Zone — Peak Attention Dynamics (QD032) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd032-into-the-zone-peak-attention-dynamics) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ quick-drops](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/quick-drops) ⁘ created **2025-10-15** ⁘ updated **2025-10-17** ⁘ words **743** ⁘ **04:30** min - Zones: Domains of peak attention and efficiency. Maximum signal. What's inside will not leak out. Minimum noise. What's outside will not enter in. Perimeters of focus in awareness and environment. Zones exist both in meditation and in hands-on life. Islands of high-energy and high-definition operation. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd032-into-the-zone-peak-attention-dynamics) ### [Attention — Your Most Precious Asset (QD033) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd033-attention-your-most-precious-asset) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ quick-drops](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/quick-drops) ⁘ created **2025-10-17** ⁘ updated **2025-10-18** ⁘ words **358** ⁘ **02:18** min - Attend to your attention itself at top priority. Your attention defines the present experience. Your attention determines the future prospects. Attention is the maker and breaker of your life. Inner and outer forms are the circuit board. Consciousness is the great reservoir of energy. Attention is the connector that empowers it all. Where you direct it — there alone is your existence. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd033-attention-your-most-precious-asset) ### [Your Kind Attention Please — Alien Time Capsule ▸](https://ananda.icu/notes/posts/your-kind-attention-alien-time-capsule) - [**⊂ notes**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/notes) [⊆ posts](https://ananda.icu/cat/notes/posts) ⁘ created **2025-10-10** ⁘ **2025-10-10** ⁘ words **589** min - Drop of graphic notes to attention-deficit social media audiences on mainstream platforms. Shared — 150K words and 11+ hours of content in neat packages. Transcripts and free media packages to boot. Plenty to munch here. Take a moment and dig into it? Or let all this become a time capsule for alien archeologists. Works for me hey — does not alter actuality. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/notes/posts/your-kind-attention-alien-time-capsule) ### [Sovereign Operator in the System of Your Egos (QD022) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd022-sovereign-operator-in-the-system-of-your-egos) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ quick-drops](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/quick-drops) ⁘ created **2025-09-04** ⁘ updated **2025-10-04** ⁘ words **684** ⁘ **03:24** min - Caught up as the Mini-Me in a corner of your being? Have a look at your domains of attention as a whole. You exist across a system of interconnected planes. The basic planes for your avatars of attention: Instinctual: Your preservation. Core construct. Emotional: Your adaptation. Flow dynamics. Analytical: Your recognition. Catalytic responses. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd022-sovereign-operator-in-the-system-of-your-egos) ### [Collaborations ⁘ The Same Page — Baselines and Orientation ▸](https://ananda.icu/collabs) - [**⊂ page**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/page) [⊆ root](https://ananda.icu/cat/page/root) ⁘ created **2025-08-28** ⁘ updated **2025-09-04** ⁘ words **1388** min - If you've landed here — then I or someone in the know linked you up. Greetings. We have parallel interests and ongoing operations then. Collaboration starts with quality communication. We establish the shared baselines — aka. The Same Page — for our mutual orientation. These are simple scaffolds to reduce friction and facilitate the smooth course of our attention and efforts. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/collabs) ### [Pool of Videos → Into Direct Insight ▸](https://ananda.icu/video) - [**⊂ page**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/page) [⊆ root](https://ananda.icu/cat/page/root) ⁘ created **2024-12-12** ⁘ updated **2025-06-18** ⁘ words **30244** min - Dive into our growing catalogue of videos. Some of them short and to the point. Others dreadfully long but packed with essential musings. Browse the @Mr.Om.Ananda ▸ YouTube channel for the latest digs. Enjoy the show! [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/video) ### [Peace and Joy of Being Tired • Pouring Your Heart Into It (HC002) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/hearty-chatter/hc002-peace-and-joy-of-being-tired-pouring-your-heart-into-it) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ hearty-chatter](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/hearty-chatter) ⁘ created **2025-12-25** ⁘ updated **2025-12-26** ⁘ words **508** ⁘ **03:00** min - We will all be tired at some point. When you've poured your heart into it — full attention, full absorption, embracing the engagements of life — there is peace and fulfillment in our tiredness. Take rest then... [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/hearty-chatter/hc002-peace-and-joy-of-being-tired-pouring-your-heart-into-it) ### [Self-Inquiry — From Egg-Shells to Self-Realization (LA002) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/living-awareness/la002-self-inquiry-from-egg-shells-to-self-realization) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ living-awareness](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/living-awareness) ⁘ created **2025-10-23** ⁘ **2025-10-23** ⁘ words **631** ⁘ **03:54** min - What is real self-inquiry? Let's be very clear. It's not an affirmation repetition exercise. It's not a disconnected philosophical indulgence. It's a method of shifting attention to your source. In our quest for the source of raw prime consciousness, we discover and extract our attention from veiling shells. Go deeper, go further inward. Seek the ultimate inquirer. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/living-awareness/la002-self-inquiry-from-egg-shells-to-self-realization) ### [Focal Lengths of Awareness (K008) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/kernel-talks/k008-focal-lengths-of-awareness) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ kernel-talks](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/kernel-talks) ⁘ created **2025-07-04** ⁘ **2025-07-04** ⁘ words **823** ⁘ **05:46** min - Focal lengths of awareness. Whatever does that include? Microscope: Near and high-definition. Telescope: Far and broad-reaching. Narrow-band / Broad-band / Middle-band. These are not a mere matter of meditation. Concentration and mindfulness, yes that's there — but also relevant in our day-to-day awareness. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/kernel-talks/k008-focal-lengths-of-awareness) ### [Clarity and Alignment — The Middle Beyond Distortion (K010) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/kernel-talks/k010-clarity-and-alignment-the-middle-beyond-distortion) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ kernel-talks](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/kernel-talks) ⁘ created **2025-07-07** ⁘ updated **2025-07-06** ⁘ words **935** ⁘ **07:36** min - Clarity and Alignment, they said. Correct. However. There are realities that make or break clarity and alignment. #Clarity: Transparency. Objectivity. Absolute Attention. #Alignment: Recollection. Reflection. Selfless Adaptation. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/kernel-talks/k010-clarity-and-alignment-the-middle-beyond-distortion) ### [No Shortcuts to Self-Awareness and Inner Evolution (OM008) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/open-musings/om008-no-shortcuts-to-self-awareness-and-inner-evolution) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ open-musings](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/open-musings) ⁘ created **2025-10-16** ⁘ updated **2025-10-18** ⁘ words **1600** ⁘ **12:24** min - Were you looking for a neat short-cut to self-awareness? A magic wormhole to jolt you from here to enlightenment? So many pop vendors on the internet. Cheap options abound! If only it were that easy. Just bypassing your inner chores. When you evade the real work of your cognitive purification, there's no cosmic receiver, no vehicle for mystic journeys. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/open-musings/om008-no-shortcuts-to-self-awareness-and-inner-evolution) ### [Windows of Observation — The Metacognitive Tree (CS002) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/conscious-systems/cs002-windows-of-observation-the-metacognitive-tree) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ conscious-systems](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/conscious-systems) ⁘ created **2025-10-30** ⁘ **2025-10-30** ⁘ words **803** ⁘ **05:33** min - Walk-through of the planes of your consciousness. Windows into the facets of your cognitive architecture. Tiers of composition and deconstruction — perspectives for unbinding from our conditions. This is not metaphysical speculation. This is consciousness technology — the methodical cultivation of clear observation. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/conscious-systems/cs002-windows-of-observation-the-metacognitive-tree) ### [Operational Ego — Our Roles and Instruments (M005) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/metaloom-reviews/m005-operational-ego-our-roles-and-instruments) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ metaloom-reviews](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/metaloom-reviews) ⁘ created **2025-08-30** ⁘ updated **2025-09-14** ⁘ words **2082** ⁘ **14:17** min - Your "the ego"? There is no such monolithic ego. We are complex entities — not one-dimensional blobs. You are a rich system of concern domains in a stack. We operate in diverse contexts with our capacities. Our contextual attention directs our "incarnations". You cannot get rid of "the ego" as a whole. You can't also learn to live with "the ego". [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/metaloom-reviews/m005-operational-ego-our-roles-and-instruments) ### [Loonies on the Path — Your Face Folded to the Floor! (QD003) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd003-loonies-on-the-path-your-face-folded-to-the-floor) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ quick-drops](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/quick-drops) ⁘ created **2025-07-04** ⁘ updated **2025-10-03** ⁘ words **542** ⁘ **02:45** min - Yes. Not as easy as it sounds. Algorithm has a different path in mind for the loonies. Your faces folded to the floor — and every day the paperboy brings more! Of the same. The stuff that gets the ads out and the profits in. It's not even an organic echo chamber. It's an artificial gestation chamber that milks your attention for profit. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd003-loonies-on-the-path-your-face-folded-to-the-floor) ### [At Ease — Listening to What Is As Is (QD031) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd031-at-ease-listening-to-what-is-as-is) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ quick-drops](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/quick-drops) ⁘ created **2025-10-13** ⁘ updated **2025-10-17** ⁘ words **458** ⁘ **02:51** min - No particular topic today. None needed. At ease. A simple reflective pause. Listening to what is. As it is. Not going anywhere with it. Not making anything of it. Simply attending to whatever that presents itself. When it's time to engage — then engage with attention. When it's not — or if you're overwhelmed — then step back, neutralize, reflect and reorient to what is. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd031-at-ease-listening-to-what-is-as-is) ### [Boo Hoo Make Some Effort — This Is Not a Nursery (QD034) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd034-boo-hoo-make-some-effort-this-is-not-a-nursery) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ quick-drops](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/quick-drops) ⁘ created **2025-10-17** ⁘ updated **2025-10-19** ⁘ words **661** ⁘ **02:58** min - If some of this seems relevant or important ish? Then by all means: Stand up for the opportunity. Wake up and make real effort toward understanding. Rise from your sloth and strive hard to conquer your ignorance. There's your dull veil — now rip it, rise and shine and behold. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd034-boo-hoo-make-some-effort-this-is-not-a-nursery) ### [Is There a Pointless Point Here? (QD040) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd040-is-there-a-pointless-point-here) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ quick-drops](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/quick-drops) ⁘ created **2025-10-17** ⁘ updated **2025-11-08** ⁘ words **564** ⁘ **02:52** min - Is there a point to any of this? Anyone? Should there ever be a point to existence? Do you need a point to keep yourself together? As it is. If you don't pay attention to what is, you'll definitely miss any and all available points. Some notes on existential attitudes and imperatives. Points that will make themselves in search of resolution. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/quick-drops/qd040-is-there-a-pointless-point-here) ### [Dealing with Distractions in Meditation (P003) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p003-dealing-with-distractions-in-meditation) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ practice-series](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/practice-series) ⁘ created **2024-08-07** ⁘ updated **2025-11-14** ⁘ words **3671** ⁘ **34:05** min - We explore a range of methods and strategies for dealing with distracting thoughts and external disturbances during our practice of meditation. From non-reactivity to breathwork, to modulating mental spaces, objects of attention and modes of practice; into evaluation, deconstruction and termination when distractions still persist. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p003-dealing-with-distractions-in-meditation) ### [What's Going On Meditation — Clear Integral Awareness (P008) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p008-whats-going-on-meditation-clear-integral-awareness) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ practice-series](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/practice-series) ⁘ created **2025-05-15** ⁘ updated **2025-06-29** ⁘ words **1357** ⁘ **12:00** min - What's going on? Like — actually? If you want to know what's actually going on. You need to get into "What's Going On?" meditation. Snap out of the tunnel — reach into the lucid planes of metacognition. Doesn't cost you anything — no need to go anywhere. Clear some space in your awareness, pay attention to what's going on. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p008-whats-going-on-meditation-clear-integral-awareness) ### [Ways to Uproot the Dominion of Desire ▸](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/nb005-ways-to-uproot-the-dominion-of-desire) - [**⊂ notes**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/notes) [⊆ recordings](https://ananda.icu/cat/notes/recordings) ⁘ created **2025-07-08** ⁘ **2025-07-08** ⁘ words **1909** ⁘ **18:31** min - We are vexed and driven by desire. Is there a way out? Here are a handful of considerations. First: Acknowledge honestly, don't wrestle or suppress. Second: Recognize and reflect on your waves and cycles. Third: Origins and our field of vulnerability. Fourth: The power of your attention. Be at peace, be happy, and be free. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/nb005-ways-to-uproot-the-dominion-of-desire) ### [A Brief Meditation Guide — Breath, Soham and Reflection ▸](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/nb006-a-brief-meditation-guide-breath-soham-and-reflection) - [**⊂ notes**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/notes) [⊆ recordings](https://ananda.icu/cat/notes/recordings) ⁘ created **2025-09-22** ⁘ **2025-09-22** ⁘ words **916** ⁘ **07:30** min - A basic guide into simple meditative practice. We engage three distinct but mutually supporting modes of meditation. 1. Breath and the establishment of peaceful basic presence. 2. Mantra and the harnessing of directed attention and resonance. 3. Self-reflection and the cultivation of wisdom in witnessing awareness. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/nb006-a-brief-meditation-guide-breath-soham-and-reflection)