Born to be Distracted and Deceived…or Not.

Distracted…preoccupied, diverted, inattentive, vague, absorbed, engrossed, abstracted, distrait, distant, absent, absent-minded, faraway; bemused, confused, bewildered, perplexed, puzzled, agitated, flustered, ruffled, disconcerted, discomposed, nonplussed, befuddled, mystified; troubled, pestered, harassed, worried, tormented,miles away, in a world of one’s own, not with it, fazed, hassled, in a flap.

ANTONYM of distracted…attentiveness, alert, awake, watchful, wide awake, observant, perceptive, percipient, acute, aware, noticing, heeding, mindful, vigilant, on guard, on one’s toes, on the lookout; concentrating, intent, absorbed, engrossed, focused, committed, studious, diligent, scrupulous, rigorous, earnest, interested, beady-eyed, not missing a trick, on the ball.

From the cradle to the grave we are distracted by …rattles…sweets…comics…education that dumbs down…news…conforming…lacking time… mortgages… fashion… music… films…TV… internet… more news…stress….pills…side effects…more pills…illness…death…

…rebirth…and then we do it all again!

It is all a deception.
We’re either dull or excited.
Even when we are not distracted
in our attentiveness,
we are looking the wrong way.

Because of these vacant or occupied states,
we never recognise the true nature of mind…
…enlightened!

Enlightened…understanding, insight, knowingness, awareness, wisdom, illumination, light, edification, awakened, refined, liberated, open-mindedness.

ANTONYMS of enlightened…ignorance, benightedness, ignorant, unenlightened, untutored, illiterate of meaning, unlearned, unscholarly, unread, uninformed, primitive, uncivilized, unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth, unpolished, uncultured, barbaric, barbarous, savage, crude, coarse, rough, vulgar, gross, yobbish, rude, controlled by emotions.

We have a choice,
if we but knew it!