Concentration

Concentration is a skill.It requires focus and stillness.Sloppy concentration equalsa sloppy life.Certain tasks require your concentration.Driving is one, and these days your focus is challengedby radios and phones, etc.This is an example of external focus.Prayer is a form of focused concentration.Silently reciting words and using prayer beads,help to maintain your focus.Meditation is a form of concentration.It is relaxed focusing.Your mantra and your breath help youmaintain that focus.Both prayer and meditation keep you internally focused.they extract you from outside influences.You are under the misconception that external concentrationand focus determine your life,but it HAS to start within.Just as you can see the adverse consequences of losing yourconcentration while driving.If you find yourself inside a life that you don't like,chances are you lost your internal focus, your concentration,and your life is reflecting that back to you.It is very easy to become distracted and lazy.If you develop that skill of internal concentration,thru prayer or meditation,you are better able to make corrections that are needed.You will get to the place of higher awareness whereall the answers are available, and miracles take place.Practice your internal focus daily,and you will no longer be subject to the choppyenergy of the external world.Your practiced internal concentration,will take you thru chaos and turmoil,into the calmness and serenity of lifelived not just in the world,but of the world.