Concentration : 6.

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HOW TO INCREASE YOUR POWER OF CONCENTRATION :
CONCENTRATION AND PRANAYAMA :
The practice of concentration and the practice of Pranayama are interdependent. If you practise Pranayama, you will get concentration. Natural Pranayama follows the practice of concentration. A Hatha Yogi practises Pranayama and then controls the mind. He rises upwards from below. A Raja Yogi practises concentration and thus controls his Prana. He comes downwards from above. They both meet on a common platform in the end. There are different practices according to the different capacities, tastes, and temperaments. To some, the practice of Pranayama will be easy to start with; to others, the practice of concentration will be easier. The latter had already practised Pranayama in their previous births. Therefore they take up, in this birth, the higher limb of Yoga, i.e., concentration. 
IMPORTANCE OF AN ETHICAL BASIS

 Purify the mind first through the practice of right conduct and then take to the practice of concentration. Concentration without purity of mind is of no avail. 

 Some foolish, impatient students take to concentration at once without in any manner undergoing any preliminary training in ethics. This is a serious blunder. 

 There are some occultists who have concentration. But, they have no good character. That is the reason why they do not make any progress in the spiritual line. 
Sri Swami Sivananda
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