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Comment on Some people are really good at concentrating their attention. (when writing software, playing games, reading etc). It's a superpower. What are other attention superpowers?

Smokeydope@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I think paying attention to your experience in the moment is a kind of superpower. So many people are wound up in their own minds constantly focused on their life dramas and current problems and what they are anxious about and all that. Learning to get out of your own head, stop the never ending flow of thoughts and impulses, and appreciate the beauty right in front of you. Not zoning out, learning to silence your mind while paying attention to the world through your senses.

Most days if weather permits around the last hour or two before sundown I will swing in my hammock, smoke some pot, and bask in the sunlight. It does wonders for my mental health.

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dope@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So you are getting silence, but you are doing it without concentrating.

Well this is exactly the kind of alternative superpower that I’m looking for in my OP question.

Concentration brings silence (and clarity etc), but it also brings some other stuff.

You are getting the silence, but without that other stuff. That’s a big deal.

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