The Attention Revolution

The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind by B. Alan Wallace

Abundantly Worth The Effort!

Meditation offers, in addition to its many other benefits, a method forachieving previously inconceivable levels of concentration. Author B. Alan Wallace has nearly thirty years practice in attention-enhancing meditation, including a retreat he performed under the guidance ofthe Dalai Lama. An active participant in the much-publicized dialogues between Buddhists and scientists, Alan is uniquely qualified to speak intelligently to both camps, and The Attention Revolution isthe definitive presentati on of his knowledge. Beginning by pointing out the ill effects that follow from our inability to focus, Wallace moves on to explore a systematic path of meditation to deepenour capacity for deep concentration. The result is an exciting, rewarding expedition of the mind, tracing everything from the confusion at the bottom of the trail to the extraordinary clarity andpower that come with making it to the top. Along the way, Alan also provides

interludes—complementary practices for cultivating love, compassion, and clarity in our waking and dreaming lives.Attention is the key that makes personal change possible, and the good news is that it can be trained. This book shows how.

Personal Review: The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the FocusedMind by B. Alan Wallace
It often seems as if half the population has a problem with paying attention. Apart from the different types of attention deficit disorder, a former Apple and Microsoftexecutive called Linda Stone has identified another problem: continuous partial attention. We have all been multitasking since before our ancestors came down from the trees, but now people's attention isconstantly being distracted by an array of new inputs: email, text messaging, instant messaging and a hundred other things. Just think of the way in which many television programs now have multiple...