[Advaita-l] concentration

[balagopal ramakrishnan]

Namasthe Sunil-ji & others,

Very true. The key is to develop that 'stamina'and it is heavily loaded on to the 'desire' part. Unless and until one figures it out any amount of logic, persuasion etc will only work as external. The moment those pressures are withdrawn it will go back to its original state like a rubber band. 

Regards

Balagopal


--- On Thu, 5/2/09, Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] concentration
> To: rbalpal at yahoo.co.in
> Date: Thursday, 5 February, 2009, 6:08 PM
> Dear Balagopalji,
> 
> If the physical health is good and there is no excessive
> mental stress then practice do hold the key. In medical
> parlance, to keep something in memory, a pathway has to be
> formed and that formation requires practice and the amount
> of practice required will depend on several factors
> including the age of the person.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sunil K. Bhattacharjya
> 
> --- On Wed, 2/4/09, balagopal ramakrishnan
> <rbalpal at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> From: balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal at yahoo.co.in>
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] concentration
> To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta"
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 11:34 PM
> 
> Namasthe,
> 
> 'Concentration' per se is the most inportant
> requisite in achieving
> success in any venture-mental, physical, intellectual,
> devotional and spiritual.
> So it will be easy once the mind agree to succeed.
> 
> Essentially it is all about controlling the mind and
> keeping it focussed. This
> is what Arjuna said' VERY VERY DIFFICULT' to which
> his mentor too agreed
> but with a string-CAN OVERCOME WITH PRACTISE &
> DETACHMENT.
> 
> PRACTISE is an activity repeated. One will do it only if:
> 
> 1) forced (like in jobs with bosses/ business with capital
> involved/ other risk
> & liability carrying activities)
> 2) with a strong purpose
> 
> First is easy because external forces motivates (in a
> negative way and hence
> not sustainable overtime) whereas the second is what
> requires a definite
> clarrity on the 'WHY'.
> 
> Figure out the 'WHY' and this will help to adopt
> and practise the
> suitable and sustainable method of developing
> concentration.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Balagopal
> 
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