Re: Counting

["dato1848" <dato1848@...>]

Dear Rawn,

>>Perhaps this can teach you something about the nature of one-
pointedness and the connection between interest/significance and 
mental focus?<<

In fact, it was more or less one of my recent one pointedness 
topics:-) 
In Step I Bardon says that we need to concentrate on whatever we do 
in our everyday lives without letting unrelated thoughts cross our 
minds. So I was thinking, "How can I really achieve this goal?" 
Briefly, I came to conclusion that since there is a strong positive 
corelation between mental focus and signifcance/interest, we should 
try to "make" our every action significant to us. We should not 
understimate our actions, even if this is something that we do every 
day. If we manage to do so than maintaining mental focus will be 
easier. And of course, it will also make life more interesting.

Thanks,
David 



--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...> 
wrote:
> Dear David,
> 
> >> I tried to count and to concentrate on the counting, on the 
numbers
> etc. I noticed, however, that with counting my concentration 
drifted
> away very easily compared to the previously mentioned topics. My
> conclusion is that my concentration abilities definitly need to be
> improved and therefore it is too early to move to the EOM 
exercise. BUT
> this only in case that "counting" can be classified as a thought 
in the
> context of this exerice. Would you consider it as one? <<
> 
> It would depend upon how you approach it. Ordinarily, it can be 
very
> "mindless", requiring no real attention. However, it can also be 
very
> mindful *if you give it significance*. For example, if you focus 
upon
> the meaning of each number or focus upon the succession of number, 
etc.
> But if you're just mindlessly running through the numbers without 
any
> thought, then it doesn't seem to me as a very useful application of
> one-pointedness.
> 
> Perhaps this can teach you something about the nature of one-
pointedness
> and the connection between interest/significance and mental focus?
> 
> My best to you,
> :) Rawn Clark
> 20 Feb 2004
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