{"id":39127,"date":"2026-08-11T17:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/?p=39127"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:34:21","slug":"spotlight-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/en\/2026\/08\/11\/spotlight-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight attention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">Spotlight attention <br>nurturing a focus <br>or then opposite <br>deny any attention <br>suppress what&#8217;s off <br>and on will light up <br>most basic choice <br>practice every day <br>moment by moment <br>listening to the silence <br>so sounds harmonize <br>too low or too high <br>settle for octaves <br>as anchor points <br>though replacing <br>is not acceptable <br>as so often seems <br>but what else is here <br>in the sound of silence <br>than this calm abiding <br>breathing in and out <br>listening and looking <br>the eternal harmony <br>in everything and all <br>sentient beings <br>now awake <br>see and hear <br>a rainbow bridge <br>Beringia frozen dry <br>connecting continents <br>for human life migration <br>leaving a deep memory <br>in the sound of drums <br>accented by the horn <br>and cymbals crash <br>while chants pray <br>to harmony in all <br>fragile, strong <br>silent and calm <br>the core of breath <br>overtones, harmonics <br>reverberate of origins <br>through transmission <br>lines reach way back <br>and forward in time <br>past now and future <br>relish what&#8217;s common <br>let go of the differences <br>together is the strength <br>while the divisions fall <br>short of wholesome <br>spotlight attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">&#8220;Happiness is the key&#8221; &#8212; homage to Khandroma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-02-HASXSOGO.mp3\" preload=\"metadata\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/tonalities\/hexatonalities\/hexamixla\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"648\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f7b320\" class=\"has-inline-color\">HexaMixLa<\/mark><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f7b320\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> on B\u266d &#8212; harmonium, bamboo mini sax, sopranino recorder, gong &#8212; 8:09<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">Meditating earnestly and attentively<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">&#8220;If you meditate earnestly, pure in mind and kind in deeds, leading a disciplined life in harmony with the dharma, you will grow in glory. 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