#concentration

Just as there’s usually a space or interval between people passing on the street, even if it sometimes seems very small, a space also exists between thoughts. In your meditation, see if you can perceive this gap between thoughts. What is it, and does it belong to the realm of time? If it does not, then it’s unborn and undying, beyond all conditioning, which is a psychological carry-over from the past to the present. Whatever thoughts or internal conflicts come up—do nothing. Do not try to force them to cease or change. And don’t “do nothing” to still the mind, quiet fears, or resolve conflicts—all of this is doing something. It only leads to more struggling and prevents you from seeing the actual nature of thought and internal conflict. Genuine attention has no motive. This observation or listening doesn’t involve effort. Effort merely distracts you from what’s taking place in the instant. A kind of concentration exists that’s not forced. We’ve all experienced listening or paying attention to something we truly enjoyed. At that moment, was effort required for concentration to take place? ↗

— H.E. Davey

#effort #ki #meditation #nakamura-tempu #shin-shin-toitsu-do

I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when I was 16 and completely lost all my concentration for academics. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#completely #concentration #did #good #good student

Hurricane Katrina exposed the harsh reality that we have been skating on thin ice when it comes to this country's energy concentrations on the Gulf Coast. ↗

— Pete Domenici

#coast #comes #concentrations #country #energy

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication. ↗

— Michael Faraday

#concentration #discrimination #entrepreneurial #essential #five

After I started getting criticism for doing 'Big Brother,' someone told me that Hugh Downs used to host 'Concentration' and Mike Wallace used to do 'The Big Surprise.' I thought, Huh, maybe that door isn't sealed shut if I want to do '60 Minutes' one day. ↗

— Julie Chen

#after #big #big brother #big surprise #brother

My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light. ↗

— Dan Flavin

#blessed #bring #cathedrals #celebrating #concentrations

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. ↗

— James Dean

#alone #being #concentration #imagination #thing

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary. ↗

— Ray Knight

#about #absolutely #absolutely nothing #concentration #necessary

But I have to add - and this answers your other question - this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel. ↗

— Hans Kung

#answers #catholicity #concentration #gospel #i

And how can you achieve such concentration? By recognizing that everything you do is important to God, and is one vital piece of the larger picture of your life. ↗

— Menachem Mendel Schneerson

#concentration #everything #god #how #important