Attention is your light, and that can build if you can keep your attention on it.  It can grow, and we can see it more truly.  Instead of increasing our attention, however, we often instead look for something that seems bright to our minds right now, what is salient, and so forth.  Do not take the world as it presents to you now.   (From our discussion “Rousseau, Happiness, & Modernity”)   Thank you for the likes! A comment and a subscribe really helps us out!     For the full video episode: https://youtu.be/V1QQJTyUlBY   Audio episode: https://benomtad.podbean.com/e/rousseau-happiness-modernity/   For more in this podcast, please go to: Podbean: https://benomtad.podbean.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-benomtad/id1748320863 YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@scissorsandpaper/videos Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4kJPGlaJjGVyLa9AKhci6t?si=8XXrX9FUT3CU71reCfA5kQ X: https://x.com/Benomtad Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benomtad   About our guest: Ian Reclusado is currently off exploring the poetic wilds of psychology, neuroscience, and spirituality.  He also offers guidance services for those interested in delving into their own inner wilderness. You can find his weekly dispatches at www.thekindknife.com or follow him on Instagram: @ian_reclusado   I plan to conduct more interviews with various guests, so please check back later for those.