All posts by: tomasz kopec
tomasz kopec
I enjoy helping people and doing my small part to make the universe a happier place. Luckily, I work as a doctor, so being helpful is not just encouraged, it’s part of the job. I’ve been teaching Open Focus Attention for 15 years. I love it because it calms my mind and relaxes my body in a very short time. It also helps dissolve pain, reduce anxiety, support sleep, and generally makes life a lot easier. A healthy lifestyle includes regular physical activity, a good diet, restful sleep, and practising flexible attention.
A good mother doesn’t just feed the baby, clothe the baby, keep the baby safe. She keeps the baby at the centre of her attention. The baby knows the difference. Not intellectually. In their nervous system. A good teacher doesn’t...
Freddie Mercury used to describe it as electricity. A current moving through his body the moment the crowd connected with him.Not metaphorically.Physically.Shivers of energy running through him while he performed. Every major performer says some version of this.The stadium gives...
Nobody talks about attention as a desire. We talk about money. Power. Status. But watch what people actually want. The crowd of people waiting for auditions at X Factor. The ocean of children attending Saturday theatre school, dreaming of being...
Every partnership, whether a marriage, a long-term relationship, a business collaboration, or a close working duo, has its own collective attention. The two people in it bring different ways of seeing, feeling, and engaging with the world. Sometimes those differences...
BEFORE YOU BEGIN Attention is not just concentration. It is the way your mind is organised to meet the world. While most people assume that attention is something you apply or withhold at will, the truth is more interesting than...
She was in her early fifties.Busy.Capable.Respected at work. Her days were full,emails, meetings, decisions,responsibility that never quite switched off. By late afternoon,something in her would tighten.Not hunger.Something else. On the drive home,she would already be thinking about it the salty...
Her mind had always known how to travel.It created scenes she had never seen,places she had never been,as if imagination were her native language. At night, her dreams were rich and colourful.She flew through the air,walked through glowing landscapes,felt emotions...
She always liked to talk.And she liked it even more when people listened. She felt alive only thenwhen someone’s eyes rested on her,when someone nodded, smiled,when someone’s attention confirmedthat she existed. When others paused to think,she filled the pause.When someone...
He had lived with pain for years.A slow, steady ache in his backnot sharp, not screaming,just there. In company, it pulled him inward.At dinners, he nodded and smiled,but a thin wire tugged at his spine,reeling him back from laughter. In...
She got illand the illness kept her in bed.At first, she thought it would passBut the days kept folding into each other,slow and heavy,each one a little quieter than the one before. The same walls.The same window.The same light moving...
For years, life was a blur —emails, deadlines, dinners, and plans for tomorrow.They loved each other,but somewhere between the noise and the routine,they lost touch with themselves. Then their son left for university.The house became quiet.Too quiet.And in that silence,...
Something happened. A sharp word, a look, a mistake and suddenly your whole body is tight. The world shrinks to one small knot inside your chest. You walk away for a moment. Somewhere quieter. Not to escape, but to breathe....
It’s 9 pm.You’ve finished dinner two hours ago.You’re not hungry.But the fridge calls. You open the door.The light shines bright.There’s cheese, cold cuts, yesterday’s cake. You feel that familiar pull.But instead of grabbing something, you notice your body. There’s a...
It’s Tuesday.You’ve had a stressful morning at work.Deadlines, emails, pressure. Now it’s lunchtime.You walk into the cafeteria.The smell of pizza and fries wraps around you.Your stomach growls, your mind shouts: Eat now, eat more, you deserve it. You sit down with...
It’s late evening.You’re sitting at the kitchen table.In front of you lies a chocolate bar.Still unopened, but shining with temptation. You reach for it, almost without thinking.Then you pause.You remember what you’ve learned recently. You don’t need to fight it.You...
It’s a sunny Sunday afternoon Easter time You’re walking your dog in a neighbourhood park The trees are still leafless, but the grass seems greener than it was a few days ago There are people and dogs around Walking, running,...
A man and a woman at a small booth near the beach ‘Which one did you buy?’ – she asked ‘The little one. I’m not very good with kites ‘- he smiled They are already soaked in the holiday atmosphere...
There is an easy way you can practice space awareness.You can use your phone. Just stay aware of space....
It is Saturday night; you are sitting in a cinema The film is just about to start People talking, the smell of popcorn and dimmed lights. Your chair is comfortable Your partner sits next to you, relaxed The film is...
It is a hot, sunny morning in a faraway location, holiday time. You’ve rented a car and started driving. A curly road through the mountains. It’s beautiful everywhere. Sharp edges, valleys, small lakes, trees hanging from the slopes and rocks....
Abstract In this article, I present dissolving pain mind exercises created by myself on the basis of the Open Focus theory. I explain the Open Focus theory and I relate it to some aspects of current theories describing neurophysiological processing...
Everything is separated and connected at the same time. The reality is simultaneously divided, broken into small pieces and completely unified. It depends on how you see the World and live your life. To be more precise, it depends on...
Many people are interested in how Open Focus relates to Mindfulness. They feel these systems should somehow overlap since they both promote attention training to achieve similar goals – improving health and general well-being. I had a short encounter with...
I guess you know, a good diet, regular exercise and a good sleep every night can keep you reasonably healthy. However, not many people are aware of another important element of a healthy lifestyle which is balanced attention. In this...
I used to say – ‘Empty space is present between solid objects and permeates them. It does not stop where a physical object starts, it goes thought it. Space is borderless, timeless, featureless and unifies the whole reality. It is...
Do you know you are equipped with a sense which helps you to create more harmony, peace and love in your life. A sense which underlies all other senses and gives you the ability to choose happiness. You are relying...
I have many years of experience with meditation. I went through a fairly typical path, I think. First, sitting on a soft pillow in my student room trying to follow my breathing, reading books and striving for intellectual understanding of...
Paying attention makes you more productive and efficient, I’m sure most people would agree with this statement. But can it also cause harm? And if so, what would be the remedy for it? Can you remember your parents and teachers...
This is another post which, I hope, will help you to understand the potential hidden in the four attention styles theory and Open Focus practice. Please, read a following story and notice attention style changes on the attention graph. ....
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