2009 08 30

Brothers and Sisters,

The Sunday Morning Church of ATTENTION

Outlaw Attention

“To live outside the law one must be honest” Bob Dylan

           This is Attention on the edge, where the action is. Think merry-go-round, the operator stands in the middle in a slow spin and a bit of boredom, while the riders swirl with excitement on beautiful horses, their minds a whirl of sensations and imagination.

Outlaw Attention partnered with self-honesty, is about eluding the posse of habit police, those who serve and protect what has always been.  Enforcing the unconscious traps of sleep walking, the drills of negativity, the collars of having to be right, the shackles of not making miss takes, the handcuffs of already knowing.          

Children, flirt as outlaws whenever freedom offers a painted pony of presence where self-expression shows up and the rodeo show takes off.

Outlaw Attention rides that trail beyond ‘get along little doggie,’ down Forbidden Canyon to echo mystery’s, magic and forge the maps to return to find where Attention comes from.  To find where Attention goes.  To search the high mountains and Great Plains of Attention land.

Pay Attention to children and lasso those who want to keep the children jailed by the habit posse and corral them in the land of the inSAME.

Lead the habit police down a false trail and let yourself follow the free attention trail to gratitude, enthusiasm, appreciation and joy and bring the little cowpokes along.

Namaste

gary