"Concentration"

by Álvaro Morales Valdés, description:

The work accompanying today's reflection is titled: Concentration. This word comes from "con-centro", meaning, whoever is concentrated has a center. This is why in the painting, alongside the illuminated face of Siddhartha Gautama, there is a circle with a dot in the middle, a solar symbol of hermetic astrology. The dot in the middle is attention, from which concentration arises. Constant attention to the present gives our lives a center. It is easy to lose our center with the noise of this material world that surrounds us; distractions or pain often cause human beings to get lost; but one can live concentrated, both in peace while performing padmasana or lotus flower poses in a garden, as well as while grocery shopping or attending to our daily work. Concentration has no limits for those who develop it. Buddha's message tells us to maintain our center, not by living in attachment, but in detachment. That is why he smiles with serenity. Below in Sanskrit it says सत्व (Satva), one of the three gunas which means balance, the middle way.

A fraternal greeting to all members of this spiritual process.