The trick of turning attention back from the mind's activity and towards the consciousness in which and by which it is taking place at all, is one that benefits from naivety. As soon as it is thought about you realise that the movement of attention is simply another activity of the mind and so the trick itself is only an illusion, a transcendental illusion what's more, about which there seems to be much that can be discussed - in place of merely carrying it out. The opportunity once offered is immediately lost. History now becomes the various attempts to justify the journey of returning to the starting point.