Saturday, May 22, 2010

Developing Concentration - The Coin Technique

The ability to concentrate has become an important skill in this fast-paced society. People need to cope with work and study, both requiring the mind to work optimally in order to achieve great results. Concentration is also an important aspect of intelligence. You cannot possess a high IQ without having high concentration power. Even if you have a high processing power, you mind will slip away from your task before it can give you any fruitful results. Inversely, if you can maintain a prolonged and intense concentration, you are highly intelligent. You can sustain long and complex arguments in your brain, speak fluently and come up with ideas very quickly. Another thing about concentration is not just having zero thoughts. It is not merely calming your mind to prevent it from wondering. It is FOCUSING your mind to a specific thought or tasks. Your mind can be trained to achieve this through practicing the following coin technique.
  1. Produce a coin on the table.
  2. Get seated and adjust the distance of the coin from you where you can comfortably look at its shape.
  3. Look at the side of the coin and concentrate on it.
  4. Imagine your concentration as a force pushing on the side of the coin.
  5. Do not make images or sounds in your head while doing this. Do not allow yourself to be distracted, daydream or thinking of any other thing while performing this. Be detached from the environment, think of nothing and direct you mind on the coin.
  6. Feel that your are generating a force of pure concentration in order to move the coin. Force yourself to concentrate on this tasks as much as possible.
  7. Do not strain your eyes or tense physically. Look at the side of the coin and push it with only your mind.
  8. If you get distracted by thoughts, return to the focus and constantly maintain it.
  9. Practice for a 20 minute duration daily. Take a break once a week if you want to.
  10. You will feel as if time passes very quickly if you are doing this correctly.
This technique will bestow you with a super-focused mind. The effects of increase of brainpower can be felt after several practice sessions. After every session, you can feel yourself to be more alert and aware. In fact, long term practices can give you such powerful concentration that you can't even realise that you are so focused at that time until you've completed the task. However, remember to be committed on practicing and not straining yourself whilst performing this. You mind will wander at first but be persistent and you will reap the results.

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