The philosopher who refused to look away
What real attention actually looks like
The battle for our brains
Attention as an act of love
YOUR GOAL
Master of The power of attention
artiteacher Simone Weil's True Attention
Let it be still, let it be still, Attention is waiting, not a force of will.
artiteacher Weil taught that struggling with schoolwork is actually a way to train the soul for deep empathy.
artiteacher True attention requires suspending our personal biases and letting our own ego disappear.
artiteacher Track the slowly shifting shapes to learn how patient attention saves you from constant distractions.
The headache cure: Simone Weil believed that if studying gives you a headache, you are focusing incorrectly by straining your muscles.
The act or faculty of directing the mind to a specific object, person, or task. In her 1942 essay, French philosopher Simone Weil defined the concept as suspended, ego-free receptivity.
According to Simone Weil, what physical symptom usually shows you are focusing with forced willpower instead of true attention?
Where did Simone Weil write that human beings crave unselfish focus more than they crave material help?
According to Simone Weil, what is the main benefit of struggling to solve a difficult school math problem?
What term did Weil and her followers use to describe emptying our minds of personal ego to see things as they are?
How did Simone Weil describe the ideal physical and mental state of true attention?
What did Simone Weil believe is the ultimate moral purpose of training our attention on school subjects?
In which of her famous essays did Simone Weil argue that school studies are a way to train the soul?