Conscious Attention is both
An Altar and Throne.
[Rich Note: A recurring theme in the writing, and something I realized more than 20 years ago, is that "attention" is an operative definition of "love," at a number of levels. In other words, as a center of conscious attention I am actually giving (sacrificing) myself to whatever I pay attention to; and, if I pay a "whole lot of attention" to the "object of my mental affection" over time,this transaction becomes "love and/or worship."]
[Rich Note: The throne in the companion image is of particular note because it depicits an "eagle" (one's spiritual nature) at the top and a "serpent" (one's material nature) at the bottom; which is a cross-cultural motif found in both England's "St. George and the Dragon," and Mexican coinage that depicts an eagle killing a snake.]
[Rich Note: Obviously the eagle's visual perspective while soring in the sky is "high and broad," while that of the snake crawling on the ground is "low and narrow"; thus the use of these "seemingly polar-opposite creatures" to metaphorically represent "non-relative (unitary) versus relative (fragmentary)" states of mind and consciousness.]
[Rich Note: Biblically speaking, "Where your treasure is, there will be your heart* also" (Matt 6;21). (* The Center of Conscious attention I Am).]
(c) 2007 RFHay
