But as I develop more focus (samadhi, or one-pointed attention), the mental static begins to fade.
In an age where distraction rules the day, developing our capacity for one-pointed attention is invaluable.
Rather than divide our attention, it is far more effective to take frequent breaks between intervals of sustained, one-pointed attention.
But the mere fact that you could be totally caught up focusing on a person, their voice or a place means that you can create the one-pointed attention we aim for with meditation.
For example, some panellists referred collectively to "mindfulness meditation", while for others: My response …assumes that by mindfulness, the survey is referring to one-pointed attention and not the specific meditation technique called "Mindfulness".
"What I found most interesting about the report – and where we are not doing enough – was that pointed kind of attention to slum children.
He has drawn attention for pointed commentaries about politics and recent interviews with President Obama and former President Bill Clinton, but recently apologized after making a crude joke about Sarah Palin's 14-year-old daughter.
The yellow T-shirt with a similar six-pointed star also drew attention for its resemblance to a Star of David.
Though his character has been given some pointed S.O.S.-like cries for attention, this young actor never plays for pity.
Early on in his speech at the Democratic National Convention, in Philadelphia, on Monday evening, Cory Booker, the junior senator from New Jersey, drew attention to the pointed choice that William Penn, the founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, made in naming the city.
