- Understand what concentration is: “Concentration is taking your mind off many things and
putting it on one thing at a time.”
- Decide what you want to concentrate on. In many ways, you become what you focus on — that is,
you take on some of its characteristics. Have you ever noticed how couples
who have been married for many years start to look like each other, or how
people often come to resemble their pets, their cars, their hobbies, or
their work projects?
- Watch other people concentrating. Go see a good action movie. In the middle of it, look
around at the people in the theater. What are they doing? They are
absolutely still, eyes barely blinking, and their breath is slower. It
would take a really major distraction to break their attention stream.
These physical signs may give you a hint about ways to increase your own
concentration abilities.
- Avoid constant sensory input. Multi-tasking (trying to do more than one thing at a time),
loud noises, and visual stimulation (such as from a T.V.) make
concentration much more difficult, and being around them or doing them too
much can put you into a habit of non-attention which can be hard to break.
- Make it a point to put your full concentration on
whatever you are doing.
Don’t let anything distract you. It really helps to be in a quiet place,
but you can learn to block out noise if necessary.
- Stay calm.
Deep concentration is a matter of increasing or directing your life-force
or conscious, cosmic energy. The more of this kind of energy you have, the
better. Scattered energy doesn’t help. It must be calm, focused energy.
Learn to be calmly concentrated and be concentratedly calm.
- Learn techniques to increase and control your energy. One such technique is Paramhansa Yogananda’s Energization Exercises. Controlling your
energy is an important first step toward the ability to concentrate
deeply.
- Take breaks.
Go outside and breathe deeply or take a brisk walk. Make yourself do this
often and you’ll be able to return to your task recharged and ready to
focus more creatively.
- Learn to meditate. Meditation is the
most powerful of all concentration enhancement techniques. Learn a few
simple meditation techniques and practice them at least five minutes
daily.
- While meditating, watch your breath — don’t control it in any way, just observe. This
teaches you to focus your mind on one thing at a time. As you observe your
breath, it will slow down, along with your mind (this is scientifically
well-documented), and you move into a dynamic, peaceful (but not sleepy)
state of being. Your mind will become recharged and creatively receptive.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world
Friday, 30 March 2018
10 Ways to Increase Your Concentration
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