Spiritual Attention Span

[ricdaw]

There is but one technique for this growing or nurturing of will and faith, and that is the focusing of the attention. The attention span of those you call children is considered short.

The spiritual attention span of most of your peoples is that of the child.

Thus it is a matter of wishing to become able to collect one’s attention and hold it upon the desired programming.

This, when continued, strengthens the will. The entire activity can only occur when there exists faith that an outcome of this discipline is possible.

2 cents.

I don't think "spiritual attention" means paying attention to spiritual things or activities. I think "spiritual attention" is a skill and a kind of focus. I think Ra gives significant clues in the bolded parts of the quote. Spiritual attention is a means to an end ("desired programming" and "an outcome of this discipline").

The Adept is someone who can do magical workings. Magical workings are, essentially, focused will activities. If you have weak "will muscles" you won't be able to do the work of the Adept.

So I see the term "spiritual attention" as meaning that quality of will power that is capable of magical working. Or more colloquially, "reality creation."

Adepts get what they focus on. The rest of us don't pay enough attention and don't have sufficient "focus power" to enable the Magician into High Priestess manifestations.

If we have sufficient spiritual attention, and if we strengthened our willpower, we would be able to dip into the Deep Subconscious and become co-creators. We would manifest events.