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Attention: The
concentration on a particular part or subject
of consciousness.
Attention
may be spontaneous or automatic, as with an orientation reflex, or a sudden unexpected sound or event, or it may be deliberate, and indeed the same holds
for inattention. Also, it may have various causes and ends, and most conscious actions involve some degree of attention. Again, it is the mark of something well
learned that one can do it with much less attention
than when one was learning it.
Paying proper attention to things is considered
important in some meditative
practices.
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See also: Awareness,
Consciousness, Meditation, Mysticism,
Literature:
Huxley, James, Underhill
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