Concentration exercises 1: The Dot
Concentration is a very important quality on the path. There are quite a few exercises to improve it. The Dot is a classic Yoga exercise to improve the power of concentration. There are a few variants around, but I feel Sri Chinmoy's version is the best, at least for me. Here it is.
Exercise 1: The Dot
If you want to develop the power of concentration, then here is an exercise you can try.
Preparation
First wash your face and eyes properly with cold water. Then make a black dot on the wall at eye level.
The exercise
Stand facing the dot, about ten inches away, and concentrate on it. After a few minutes, try to feel that when you are breathing in, your breath is actually coming from the dot, and that the dot is also breathing in, getting its breath from you. Try to feel that there are two persons: you and the black dot. Your breath is coming from the dot and its breath is coming from you.
Effects
In ten minutes, if your concentration is very powerful, you will feel that your soul has left you and entered into the black dot on the wall. At this time try to feel that you and your soul are conversing. Your soul is taking you into the soul's world for realisation, and you are bringing the soul into the physical world for manifestation. In this way you can develop your power of concentration very easily.
Final words
But this method has to be practised. There are many things which are very easy with practice, but just because we do not practise them we do not get the result.
-- Sri Chinmoy
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