Concentration

Concentration

Meditation consists of holding the brain rigidly upon the divine light and the power you wish to attain. To do this, you can picture yourself as standing in the center of the sphere of incredible, luminous white glow, allowing everything else to grow fainter….away from your awareness. 

By Remez Sasson

"The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun. When they are concentrated, they illumine." - Swami Vivekananda

When I was a child, I saw how a magnifying glass could burn a piece of paper, when the rays of the sun were focused through it on one point. The fire could only be ignited, when the sun's rays were concentrated on a small point. When the magnifying glass was moved too far away, or too close to the paper, the rays were not focused enough, and nothing happened.

This experience, describes vividly, how the power of concentration works. It is a skill, which enables you to fix your attention on one single thought or subject, while at the same time excluding from your awareness everything else.

"The power of concentration manifests as focused attention and as a one pointed mind."