Avatar the movie

The Sunday Morning Church of ATTENTION  AVATAR The Movie-

We saw it at the Metereon IMAX in 3D to a full house at 9:45am Sunday morning. A sell out, all tickets pre-sold. A beautiful stunning movie with gorgeous beings, an enormous tribal tree home, floating islands, magnificent waterfalls, breath taking flight and a message of connection to all of Life.

“I see you.”

“I see you,” was the reply.

Not just vision, the full sensing of another being, and feeling the interconnectedness of all Life. They felt each other. Not a touch, a feeling of being present, the kind of present we all wanted under the Christmas tree.

            It was a Sunday Morning Sermon of Happy 2010. It was a newness of entertainment; in which the audience  may have felt when Dorothy’s road to Oz turned into color. New areas of the brain opened or reawaked into innocence. There was the battle of good and evil, with greed bulldozing the beauty and the innocent, until the heroes prevail. It was so dynamic I asked myself,

Will my hero prevail?

What are my battles for 2010?

Where could evil bulldoze my innocence?

Or better still, where can I say, “I see you.”

The questions reminds me of peek-a-boo, a favorite of us grandparent types, playing with the innocent.

It’s the great game of awareness.

The game that sets the foundation for what we can get out of life.

All we ever get is what we are aware of.

Life is all around us, inside us, hidden, exposed, charming, scary, surprising and joyful.

The game is about playing with ATTENTION. Garnering the attention of the baby and sharing your attention while creating a moment of connection.

The games of the baby become the games and lessons of the child.

We hide and seek for attention.

We play tag-“your it.” Because you are it, a magnificence beyond any movie.

We evolve and refine paying attention with the lessons of ‘Mother May I?’

Games of children are lessons of ATTENTION?

Attention is the tool that gives us the great present of life, our Awareness.

I will see you in 2010.

Namaste

Gary

The Church of Attention 2009 is now available in a bound version