Concentration by Acharya Vimal Kirthi ji

hi frnds,
In this post I want to share with u about the divine teaching by Acharya Vimal Kirthi ji (Director,Oneness University) on CONCENTRATION.

"One can't increase concentration directly rather one
can identify distractions and after removing all identified
distractions what is left is pure CONCENTRATION".

Mind is always associated with a pool of thoughts. And, "thought is
just a THOUGHT, there is neither a good thought nor a bad thought."
Every thought is capable enough to give a psychological pleasure. This
is very important to understand that since every thought is
pleasurable, one can be diverted from PRESENCE.

What is PRESENCE? If one is doing what one is supposed to do at a
given instant of time, one is said to be in PRESENCE.
What one is supposed to do at a given point of time is highly
individual matter and that's why one can choose which thought is of
prime importance at that very given point of time. Once the thought of
prime importance is chosen, rest all thoughts are distractions at that
very moment.

For an instance, one is studying. One may get a thought of what had
happened yesterday. At the same time, one may get another thought of
doing something, which is supposed to be done tomorrow. In a similar
fashion many other thoughts would be coming. What is happening here,
one is not in present. One needs to remove the distraction one by one.
How???

Remember, "To see itself is to be free!". One need to just tell oneself
that this particular thought is a distraction. This is a kind of
trick, when one says, "this thought is a distraction for me",
awareness comes in a very natural manner, and one is free from that
very distraction (thought). There is no need to struggle with
thoughts, all attempts to push the thoughts out of the mind is futile.
It will not work, because this is how mind functions or one can say
this is the nature of the mind.

One can get rid of thought(s) only through bringing awareness and
understanding that any thought can take away from the prime business
or prime focus.

I do agree with the people who say, "there are lots and lots of
thoughts pour in... every moment and ...when there is so much of
distractions... If one tries also to see each distraction and remove
it one by one will consume a lot of time to bring the state of pure
concentration Is there any short-cut?".

The answer is "No, there is no short-cut, one need to see each and
every distraction one by one only". This is a kind of practice and
gradually one will be able do it within no time. In case, one is
unable to do so, definitely there are several other aspects, which
need to be resolved, and for such cases Oneness University is the best
place. However, I am sure, each one of us can make an attempt to apply
this knowledge here itself and see the difference.

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