From the bank of a river I watched my partner fly fishing with the fluid movements and rhythmic motions of a longtime fisherman. I realized then, that he was meditating with eyes open, fully present and aware. Amidst the cadence of water flowing over well worn stones and the soft whir of a rod in motion, I understood fly fishing as an ideal metaphor for conscious creation. In fly fishing, the weight of the line carries the fly to the fish. In manifestation, the weight of our focus carries our intention to the field of infinite possibility. In fly fishing, the fly rod and line (and thus the fly) go in the direction that the rod tip is pointed during the cast. Similarly when we create, it’s the clarity of our focus that determines the aim of our intention. Attention is flexible, giving us the ability to focus the mind or soften and widen it. When we center our attention on what we want and feel it in real time, NOW , we are building the ener...