From August 1st 2021 to August 15th 2021, we are sharing one newsletter each day, summarising each theme of the month covered over the past year. In September 2020, we shared with you tiny newsletters on Concentration. To know more about the content on the Integral Education Portal, click here.

The stream of thoughts or restless thinking is what we call the activity of the mind, which always comes in the way of the concentration and tries to create doubt and dispersion of the energies. Have you ever seen those people who try to stop a quarrel by shouting still

So far we have seen the importance of concentration, what exactly it is and how to cultivate it. It is not enough that once in a while you concentrate, eventually the whole being must arrive at a gathered state without any scattering of energies. Eventually, it will become your natural

When you do routine activities, are you able to notice how much you are on autopilot? Or do you see how the mind is busy with its own thoughts while the body is engaged in some routine work?  Through the practice of concentration we are making the unconscious autopilot movements

Just like an athlete develops his muscles methodically by gradual training, the faculty of concentrated attention can be developed by a methodical training in such a way that concentration is obtained at will and on whatever subject or activity is chosen. It is not enough to practice concentration as a

When you concentrate on your chest area, it is a physical location. First you may concentrate on the surface of the chest to feel the sensations on the surface. Then try to move deeper inward to feel the space within the chest area. There, feel the presence of a steady

Last week we saw that without concentration one cannot achieve anything. But what exactly is concentration? Ordinarily, our consciousness is spread out everywhere, dispersed, running in this or that direction, after this subject and that object in multitude. Concentration means gathering of all the scattered movements of consciousness into a

The Three Powers of Concentration 1)  Knowing By concentration on anything whatsoever, we are able to know that thing. 2)  Acquiring By concentration, the whole will can be gathered up for the acquisition of any object whatsoever. 3)  Becoming By concentration of our whole being on one state or one

For this month, our theme is concentration! Imagine a deadline looming large. You are trying to focus on the task at hand but you are unable to do so. Unless you are able to focus your attention and keep it steady, it is impossible to succeed in your task. How