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   First step? ''Stop trying to look for what Active Focus looks like in others;'' '''The answer is within you.''' Trying to explain to you what Active Focus is like is like trying to explain the taste of a strawberry. No words in the world can explain the taste of a strawberry, you just have to eat it for yourself. Just come on aboard and drink the kool-aid.
   First step? ''Stop trying to look for what Active Focus looks like in others;'' '''The answer is within you.''' Trying to explain to you what Active Focus is like is like trying to explain the taste of a strawberry. No words in the world can explain the taste of a strawberry, you just have to eat it for yourself. Just come on aboard and drink the kool-aid.


   Second step? ''Active Focus is like sleep:'' '''you don't put yourself to sleep, sleep puts you out.''' by putting yourself to sleep. Think about this. Do you know how to sleep? Do you just press a few buttons like a computer and put yourself to sleep? Probably not. So, you may be asking how do you put yourself to sleep? You don't. You just do stuff or be places that increases your likelihood of sleep happening to you. Whether that be turning off electronics and lights an hour early, or actually being in your bed instead of the couch for once in your life.  In the same way, if you want to Active Focus: live a life that lets you do that. Do zoom in and pay attention to the details of how things look, how porous someone's beautiful skin is, how unflat-flat things are, how bird-wings flap as they fly. Do zoom out and see how your object of interest looks within the grand landscape around you. Do look at how clear you can see things as you (don't) move, and as your object of interest (doesn't) moves, as you pass things in your life and as life (things) passes you by. Do test your ability to pay attention to an object but track multiple objects as you play tag with all your friends, as you run away from who's IT but you're still low-key trying to keep your crush in view. As you look in life, notice how you see and feel. Sometimes your eyes will feel tight, sometimes unburdened. Sometimes your vision gets worse, sometimes it's better, and sometimes there's no change at all. Set yourself up to actually see what's in your life. What could go wrong? Worse thing that happens is that you find yourself seeing life differently.
   Second step? ''Active Focus is like sleep:'' '''you don't put yourself to sleep, sleep puts you out.''' by putting yourself to sleep. Think about this. Do you know how to sleep? Do you just press a few buttons like a computer and put yourself to sleep? Probably not. So, you may be asking how do you put yourself to sleep? You don't. You just do stuff or be places that increases your likelihood of sleep happening to you. Whether that be turning off electronics and lights an hour early, or actually being in your bed instead of the couch for once in your life.  In the same way, if you want to Active Focus: live a life that lets you do that. Do zoom in and pay attention to the details of how things look, how porous someone's beautiful skin is, how unflat-flat things are, how bird-wings flap as they fly. Do look at how things look at varying distances. Do zoom out and see how your object of interest looks within the grand landscape around you. Do look at how clear or blurry things appear to you as you move (or don't move), and as your object of interest moves (or doesn't move), as you pass things in your life and as life (things) passes you by. Do test your ability to pay attention to an object while simultaneously tracking multiple objects as you play tag with all your friends, as you run away from IT chasing you but you're still low-key trying to keep your crush in view. As you look in life, notice how you see and feel. Sometimes your eyes will feel tight, sometimes unburdened. Sometimes your vision gets worse, sometimes it's better, and sometimes there's no change at all. Set yourself up to actually see what's in your life. What could go wrong? Worse thing that happens is that you find yourself seeing life differently.


   Third Step? ''Finding Active Focus is like trying to find rare loot:'' '''you find rare loot by not trying to find rare loot.''' Now, don't just sit idly around. You're never going to find treasure just sitting around. This analogy may be lost on you nongamers, but for those of you that played RPGs you'll know what I mean. There's 1) '''finding rare loot''', and then there's 2) ''finding rare loot''. You with me? Finding rare loot and finding rare loot is not the same thing. If you're lost, let me try to explain. 1) In an RPG, people think you can find rare loot, but in actuality, you can't actively find rare loot. If you could actively find rare loot, the game would be too easy, too short, and unfun. 2) So, what games actually let you do is actively loot. You keep actively looting by killing monsters that drop loot. While you are actively looting, once in a blue moon, once every now and then, you will find that the monster will drop rare loot. But notice how active this process is. You will never find rare loot if you are just waiting around idly hoping that it falls from the sky in front of you. I hope this is making sense to you. When you actively find rare loot, you aren't actually actively finding rare loot. What you are actually doing is (while looting) '''finding''' those moments you ''find'' rare loot. Two very different definitions of find, and you should be doing the first kind, not the second. In Active Focus terms, it happens passively but you must be active. You have to be patient as you see, but not idly seeing. Focus on these three: 1) look at things, 2) notice changes in your vision, and 3) notice changes in your vision as you look at things. In other words, to find active focus don't try to ''find'' active focus, just do those 3 things, and maybe while doing them you'll '''find''' that you ''find'' active focus.
   Third Step? ''Finding Active Focus is like trying to find rare loot:'' '''you find rare loot by not trying to find rare loot.''' Now, don't just sit idly around. You're never going to find treasure just sitting around. This analogy may be lost on you nongamers, but for those of you that played RPGs you'll know what I mean. There's 1) '''finding rare loot''', and then there's 2) ''finding rare loot''. You with me? Finding rare loot and finding rare loot is not the same thing. If you're lost, let me try to explain. 1) In an RPG, people think you can find rare loot, but in actuality, you can't actively find rare loot. If you could actively find rare loot, the game would be too easy, too short, and unfun. 2) So, what games actually let you do is actively loot. You keep actively looting by killing monsters that drop loot. While you are actively looting, once in a blue moon, once every now and then, you will find that the monster will drop rare loot. But notice how active this process is. You will never find rare loot if you are just waiting around idly hoping that it falls from the sky in front of you. I hope this is making sense to you. When you actively find rare loot, you aren't actually actively finding rare loot. What you are actually doing is (while looting) '''finding''' those moments you ''find'' rare loot. Two very different definitions of find, and you should be doing the first kind, not the second. In Active Focus terms, it happens passively but you must be active. You have to be patient as you see, but not idly seeing. Focus on these three: 1) look at things, 2) notice changes in your vision, and 3) notice changes in your vision as you look at things. In other words, to find active focus don't try to ''find'' active focus, just do those 3 things, and maybe while doing them you'll '''find''' that you ''find'' active focus.

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If you are wondering how active Active Focus is and wondering what it looks like, then this read is for you.

 First step? Stop trying to look for what Active Focus looks like in others; The answer is within you. Trying to explain to you what Active Focus is like is like trying to explain the taste of a strawberry. No words in the world can explain the taste of a strawberry, you just have to eat it for yourself. Just come on aboard and drink the kool-aid.
 Second step? Active Focus is like sleep: you don't put yourself to sleep, sleep puts you out. by putting yourself to sleep. Think about this. Do you know how to sleep? Do you just press a few buttons like a computer and put yourself to sleep? Probably not. So, you may be asking how do you put yourself to sleep? You don't. You just do stuff or be places that increases your likelihood of sleep happening to you. Whether that be turning off electronics and lights an hour early, or actually being in your bed instead of the couch for once in your life.  In the same way, if you want to Active Focus: live a life that lets you do that. Do zoom in and pay attention to the details of how things look, how porous someone's beautiful skin is, how unflat-flat things are, how bird-wings flap as they fly. Do look at how things look at varying distances. Do zoom out and see how your object of interest looks within the grand landscape around you. Do look at how clear or blurry things appear to you as you move (or don't move), and as your object of interest moves (or doesn't move), as you pass things in your life and as life (things) passes you by. Do test your ability to pay attention to an object while simultaneously tracking multiple objects as you play tag with all your friends, as you run away from IT chasing you but you're still low-key trying to keep your crush in view. As you look in life, notice how you see and feel. Sometimes your eyes will feel tight, sometimes unburdened. Sometimes your vision gets worse, sometimes it's better, and sometimes there's no change at all. Set yourself up to actually see what's in your life. What could go wrong? Worse thing that happens is that you find yourself seeing life differently.
 Third Step? Finding Active Focus is like trying to find rare loot: you find rare loot by not trying to find rare loot. Now, don't just sit idly around. You're never going to find treasure just sitting around. This analogy may be lost on you nongamers, but for those of you that played RPGs you'll know what I mean. There's 1) finding rare loot, and then there's 2) finding rare loot. You with me? Finding rare loot and finding rare loot is not the same thing. If you're lost, let me try to explain. 1) In an RPG, people think you can find rare loot, but in actuality, you can't actively find rare loot. If you could actively find rare loot, the game would be too easy, too short, and unfun. 2) So, what games actually let you do is actively loot. You keep actively looting by killing monsters that drop loot. While you are actively looting, once in a blue moon, once every now and then, you will find that the monster will drop rare loot. But notice how active this process is. You will never find rare loot if you are just waiting around idly hoping that it falls from the sky in front of you. I hope this is making sense to you. When you actively find rare loot, you aren't actually actively finding rare loot. What you are actually doing is (while looting) finding those moments you find rare loot. Two very different definitions of find, and you should be doing the first kind, not the second. In Active Focus terms, it happens passively but you must be active. You have to be patient as you see, but not idly seeing. Focus on these three: 1) look at things, 2) notice changes in your vision, and 3) notice changes in your vision as you look at things. In other words, to find active focus don't try to find active focus, just do those 3 things, and maybe while doing them you'll find that you find active focus.

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