French Philosopher Simone Weil described attentiveness as a "need of the soul".
Attentiveness is to be present deliberately and devote ones whole being to a single activity, object or person.
(For ADHDers, it is called hyperfocus ?.)
The following video is an artwork by Bill Viola titled 'Ascension'. He encapsulates the essence of "quieting the mind", a term you are familiar with in the context of BDSM activity.
What a glorious space to exist in, where everything in one's mind drops away and only sensation remains. It's the ultimate space of relaxation and peace.
This space, devoid of time and social construct, is a state of the psyche entered through various mental activities and response pathways. The gateway to transcendence/out of body experience is connected to the reward system, pleasure and attentiveness. The physical circumstances that create the mind state include but not limited to:
Meditation
Sex - intimacy, reward, power exchange, sensory stimulation, association
Near death experience
Drugs
Attentiveness applies to meditation and sex, specifically BDSM.
Activities that have taken me to that mental plane have involved that consuming of my being - all attention is directed to the present experience.
Rope - The sensual feelings, single focus, being still, and holding position
Impact - extreme focus and overwhelming of senses results in body shut down - subspace (present only in mind, but also not present.)
Holding position - presenting, slave positions, furniture play - intense focus and determination to hold still. This is attentiveness to one important and challenging task - pride and when pleased rewarded with pleasure.
Meditation or mindfulness, depending on your own understood definitions, is practicing attentiveness by focusing on sensations, including visualisation - It is totally cerebral, a quieting of the mind, a stripping, to move freely and to transcend beyond thought - to just feel.
The ultimate pleasure zone and the practice of attentiveness - so many ways to explore and receive pleasure.
Devote yourself to something or someone worthy and find this peace in your mind. ?
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