{"id":4212,"date":"2013-07-13T01:54:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4212"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:54:12","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:12","slug":"39-concentration-vol-12-on-education-volume-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/12-on-education-volume-12\/39-concentration-vol-12-on-education-volume-12","title":{"rendered":"-39_Concentration.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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 <\/span>Concentration and Dispersion <\/span>
\n<\/font><\/i><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

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\nI<\/font><\/span>n sporting activities those who want to be
\nsuccessful choose a certain line or subject which appeals more to the\u00a0 <\/span>and suits their nature; they concentrate on
\ntheir choice and take great care not to disperse their energies in different
\ndirections. As in life a man chooses his career and concentrates all his
\nattention upon it, so the sportsman chooses a special activity and concentrates
\nall his efforts to achieve as much perfection as he can in this line. This
\nperfection comes usually by a building up of spontaneous reflex which is the
\nresult of constant repetition of the same movements. But this spontaneous
\nreflex can be, with advantage, replaced by the faculty of concentrated
\nattention. This faculty of concentration belongs not only to the intellectual
\nbut to all activities and is obtained by the conscious control of the energies.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is well known that the value of a man is in proportion to his
\ncapacity of concentrated attention, the greater the concentration the more
\nexceptional is the result, to the extent that a perfect and unfailing
\nconcentrated attention sets the stamp of genius on what is produced. There can
\nbe genius in sports as in any other human activity. <\/span><\/p>\n

Shall we then advise a limit to one action in order to achieve
\nperfection in concentration? <\/span><\/p>\n

The advantages of limitation are well known, but it has also its
\ninconvenience, bringing narrowness and incapacity for any other line than the
\none chosen. This is contrary to the ideal of a perfectly developed and harmonised
\nhuman being. How to conciliate these two contrary tendencies? <\/span><\/p>\n

There seems to be only one solution to the problem. In the same
\nway as an athlete develops methodically his muscles by a scientific and gradual
\ntraining, the faculty of concentrated attention can be developed scientifically
\nby a methodical training \u2013 developed in such a way that concentration is
\nobtained at will<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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and on whatever subject or activity is chosen. Thus the work of
\npreparation instead of being done in the subconscient by a slow and steady
\nrepetition of the same movements, is done consciously by a concentration of
\nwill and a gathered attention centred on one point or another according to plan
\nand decision. The chief difficulty seems to be to obtain this power of concentration
\nindependent from all inner and outer circumstances \u2013 difficult perhaps but not
\nimpossible for him who is determined and persevering. Moreover, whatever method
\nof development is chosen, determination and perseverance are indispensable to
\nobtain success.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The aim in the training is to develop this power of concentrating
\nthe attention at will on whatever subject or activity one chooses from the most
\nspiritual to the most material, without losing anything of the fullness of the
\npower, \u2013 for instance, in the physical field, transferring the use of the power
\nfrom one game to another or one activity to another so as to succeed equally in
\nall. <\/span><\/p>\n

This extreme attention concentrated on a game or a physical
\nactivity like lifting, vaulting, punching, running, etc., focusing all energies
\non any of these movements which bring about in the body the thrill of an
\nexhilarating joy is the thing which carries with it perfection in execution and
\nsuccess. Generally this happens when the sportsman is especially interested in
\na game or an activity and its happening escapes all control, decision or
\nwill.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yet by a proper training of concentrated attention one can obtain
\nthe phenomenon at will, on command, so to say, and the resulting perfection in
\nthe execution of any activity follows inevitably. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is exactly what we want to try in our Department of Physical
\nEducation. By this process the result may come more slowly than by the usual
\nmethod, but the lack of rapidity will surely be compensated by a fullness and
\nrichness in the expression.\u00a0 <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Bulletin<\/span><\/i>, April 1949 <\/span>  <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 261<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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