{"id":4084,"date":"2013-07-13T01:53:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:53:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:19","slug":"12-concentration-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14\/12-concentration-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","title":{"rendered":"-12_Concentration.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nConcentration <\/span>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The movement that stores
\nup and concentrates is no less needed than the movement that spreads and
\ndiffuses. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u00a0<\/span>13 April 1935<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Concentration does not
\naim for any effect, but is simple and persistent. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Concentration on a
\nprecise goal is helpful to development. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The more we concentrate
\non the goal, the more it blossoms forth and becomes precise. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Yogi knows by his capacity for a
\ncontaining or dynamic identity with things and persons and forces. <\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>11 April 1935<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cKnowledge can only come by conscious identity, for that is the
\nonly true knowledge,<\/span>―<\/span> existence aware of
\nitself.\u201d \u00b9<\/span>―<\/span>Sri Aurobindo<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There is always some kind of unconscious identification <\/i>with the
\nsurrounding people and things; but by will and practice one can learn to
\nconcentrate on somebody or something and to get
\n<\/p>\n

consciously identified with this person or
\nthis thing, and through this identification you know the nature of the person
\nor the thing. <\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>20 May 1955<\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


\n\u00b9The
\nLife Divine, Cent. Vol. 18, p. 213.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>
\n<\/font> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 51<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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Nothing is impossible
\nfor one who is attentive. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It is said that the
\nfaculty of concentrated attention is at the source of all successful activity.
\nIndeed the capacity and value of a man can be measured by his capacity of
\nconcentrated attention.\u00b9<\/span><\/p>\n

In order to obtain this
\nconcentration, it is generally recommended to reduce one’s activities, to make
\na choice and confine oneself to this choice alone, so as not to disperse one’s
\nenergy and attention. For the normal man, this method is good, sometimes even
\nindispensable. But one can imagine something better. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

At times I try to silence the mind, at times to surrender and at
\ntimes to find my psychic being. Thus I cannot fix my attention on a single
\nthing. Which one should I try first? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

All should be done and each one when it
\ncomes spontaneously. <\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>16 October 1964<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


\n\u00b9Mother’s
\nnote : Generally it comes through interest and a special attraction for a
\nsubject.<\/font><\/span> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 52<\/span><\/p>\n

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