wherein the whole of attention, with all available energy and talent,
is being applied upon the one thing that we are doing now.
The real purpose of concentration
is to draw all the available forces of the system
into that faculty that is required
in the promotion of the object at hand.
We concentrate in the full meaning of the term
when we give ourselves completely
to the thought or action of the present moment;
and this is true whether we work with muscle, brain or mind,
or express ourselves through thoughts, words or emotion.
In concentration, attention is always under complete control
of the conscious desires of the mind,
and can be focalized anywhere for any length of time,
or changes to any other point instantaneously,
with out the slightest use of forced mental action.
To concentrate successfully
we must direct and focalize all the creative energies of the mind
upon the subject of concentration.
Concentration implies undivided attention,
and full mental action where the attention is directed.
When we concentrate well
we may, at will, cause all the available energies of mind and personality
to work together, with full capacity, upon the work at hand.
The act of concentration tends not only to apply effectively
all available energy of mind and personality;
but tends to draw forth latent energies.
Real concentration becomes in the mind
a remarkable force of attraction -
attracting to itself unused and latent energies
from all sources in the mental world.
In the art and science of concentration,
it is the deeper forces and the finer energies of mind and personality
with which we deal directly;
and therefore we increase the power of concentration
as we acquire the ability to take up and control those forces at will,
and according to our purpose or desire.
We literally turn on the full current of mental and personal energy -
not only the full current of what we may feel on the surface of thought -
but all that we can arouse in deeper consciousness,
and bring forth from the great self within.
We can, through a highly developed concentration,
turn the full light of the mind
on any subject, circumstance or situation.
Concentration develops a penetrating tendency -
a tendency to lead the mind out of the usual
and on into the unknown.
Mental action, when perfectly concentrated,
tends to go farther and farther into the life, substance and principle
that is acted upon at the time.
The solution of any problem is locked up in that problem;
and concentration is the key.
Concentrate the mind upon any problem,
and if you concentrate wonderfully well,
you will find the solution.
Real concentration has the power
to break through the shell;
to get beneath the surface;
to get in behind the scenes;
to enter into the very life of the thing,
and thus get hold of bed-rock information.
Positively, we can, through a highly developed concentration,
cause Nature to give up her secrets,
and cause the mysteries of Life to be revealed.
We can through concentration
clear the way for almost any achievement, attainment or discovery
within the range of human life and power.
We can reach any goal, or realize any ideal
when we concentrate perfectly,
and with the full force of a perfect concentration.
The more fully we can concentrate the whole of attention
upon that which we desire,
the sooner it will be realized.
Every individual mind can reach the goal in view,
and accomplish what is desired
if all the power of that mind
is concentrated upon the one thing to be done.
Where we concentrate
we give our life, our thought, our ability and our power.
The moment we lose interest in the subject before us,
that moment we cease to concentrate.
To be able to master the elements and energies of the mind
sufficiently to bring them all together anywhere any time -
this is an advantage for which we would pay almost any price;
but it comes as a natural emolument with the development of concentration.
is to draw all the available forces of the system
into that faculty that is required
in the promotion of the object at hand.
We concentrate in the full meaning of the term
when we give ourselves completely
to the thought or action of the present moment;
and this is true whether we work with muscle, brain or mind,
or express ourselves through thoughts, words or emotion.
In concentration, attention is always under complete control
of the conscious desires of the mind,
and can be focalized anywhere for any length of time,
or changes to any other point instantaneously,
with out the slightest use of forced mental action.
To concentrate successfully
we must direct and focalize all the creative energies of the mind
upon the subject of concentration.
Concentration implies undivided attention,
and full mental action where the attention is directed.
When we concentrate well
we may, at will, cause all the available energies of mind and personality
to work together, with full capacity, upon the work at hand.
The act of concentration tends not only to apply effectively
all available energy of mind and personality;
but tends to draw forth latent energies.
Real concentration becomes in the mind
a remarkable force of attraction -
attracting to itself unused and latent energies
from all sources in the mental world.
In the art and science of concentration,
it is the deeper forces and the finer energies of mind and personality
with which we deal directly;
and therefore we increase the power of concentration
as we acquire the ability to take up and control those forces at will,
and according to our purpose or desire.
We literally turn on the full current of mental and personal energy -
not only the full current of what we may feel on the surface of thought -
but all that we can arouse in deeper consciousness,
and bring forth from the great self within.
We can, through a highly developed concentration,
turn the full light of the mind
on any subject, circumstance or situation.
Concentration develops a penetrating tendency -
a tendency to lead the mind out of the usual
and on into the unknown.
Mental action, when perfectly concentrated,
tends to go farther and farther into the life, substance and principle
that is acted upon at the time.
The solution of any problem is locked up in that problem;
and concentration is the key.
Concentrate the mind upon any problem,
and if you concentrate wonderfully well,
you will find the solution.
Real concentration has the power
to break through the shell;
to get beneath the surface;
to get in behind the scenes;
to enter into the very life of the thing,
and thus get hold of bed-rock information.
Positively, we can, through a highly developed concentration,
cause Nature to give up her secrets,
and cause the mysteries of Life to be revealed.
We can through concentration
clear the way for almost any achievement, attainment or discovery
within the range of human life and power.
We can reach any goal, or realize any ideal
when we concentrate perfectly,
and with the full force of a perfect concentration.
The more fully we can concentrate the whole of attention
upon that which we desire,
the sooner it will be realized.
Every individual mind can reach the goal in view,
and accomplish what is desired
if all the power of that mind
is concentrated upon the one thing to be done.
Where we concentrate
we give our life, our thought, our ability and our power.
The moment we lose interest in the subject before us,
that moment we cease to concentrate.
To be able to master the elements and energies of the mind
sufficiently to bring them all together anywhere any time -
this is an advantage for which we would pay almost any price;
but it comes as a natural emolument with the development of concentration.
Concentration is not the result of trying, but of being;
it is a mental state that is what it is,
therefore does not have to try to be what it wants to be.
it is a mental state that is what it is,
therefore does not have to try to be what it wants to be.
We concentrate naturally and perfectly
when we are vitally interested.
when we are vitally interested.
Where the heart is, there we concentrate.
When you are deeply interested in something
you naturally concentrate upon that something
without making any special effort to do so.
you naturally concentrate upon that something
without making any special effort to do so.
When concentration is natural no effort at all required.
