Distracted Mind? Listen To This!
Feb 21, 2024•9 min
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Episode description
In this recording, Bentinho helps us to reframe Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as an opportunity rather than a limitation, by challenging the conventional view that attention is a finite resource that can be deficient.
He guides us into recognizing attention as an inherent aspect of our being, not limited by external distractions or by "disorders" like ADHD. He also shares practical guidance on meditation and self-realization with ADHD, emphasizing the presence of attention and its ability to be directed.
In some ways, ADHD can be an advantage in self-realization, because it can further train someone to recognize awareness, or one's presence or attention, even in distraction.
Recognizing that distractions can never stop, lessen, or get rid of attention itself, helps us to become grounded in our awareness, which is the basis for our fundamental well-being and true nature, even in moments of distraction.
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He guides us into recognizing attention as an inherent aspect of our being, not limited by external distractions or by "disorders" like ADHD. He also shares practical guidance on meditation and self-realization with ADHD, emphasizing the presence of attention and its ability to be directed.
In some ways, ADHD can be an advantage in self-realization, because it can further train someone to recognize awareness, or one's presence or attention, even in distraction.
Recognizing that distractions can never stop, lessen, or get rid of attention itself, helps us to become grounded in our awareness, which is the basis for our fundamental well-being and true nature, even in moments of distraction.
_________
Follow Bentinho on Social Media:
YouTube
TikTok
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Subscribe to the Bentinho Massaro newsletter:
bit.ly/3rhVNhs
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