Attentional practices of great spiritual traditions constitute waiting on the infinite

Evidence

You may detect in these words a familiar set of images: the Zen practitioner atop her zafu; the Catholic taking Communion; the chavruta’s weeks-long exegesis of a single Talmudic phrase. This is no mistake—the great spiritual traditions (of which we have named only a few) represent deep and rich attentional worlds realized by diverse practices of waiting upon the infinite. (If you identify with these traditions, then we believe that you already share our core commitments. What’s more, we think you have much to contribute to Attention Activism.) — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 67

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels reading of silent listening as spiritually grounded; deep attention as existing contemplative practice rather than new invention.