up:: Philosophy MOC X:: Learning to Pay Attention tags::#on/simone-weil#on/attention#on/presence novelty::
Link to Reference
url: How I’m trying to see everything with fresh eyes again
Key Ideas
For Simone Weil, when something is deserving of attention, it does not mean that I direct my present energy and focus to figuring out what I should look at and focus on it
Attention is more of a preparation. It’s being ready to attend to something that may come across my reality today.
When someone comes to my front door, and I send them away because I am busy with things that are imagined. I fail to attend to the reality in front of me
Attend to the demands of reality, and not a fantasy you imagine
That’s interesting because I think we are all called to live this way and to be present to the reality around us.
That reminds me of how Social Media Hijacks Attention
It’s similar because we live in a world where our attention has been completely hijacked
It’s different because social media is new, but our ability to be hijacked is not
It’s important because this is necessary for a meaningful life