MIND : ITS MYSTERIES & ITS AND CONTROL - 31.1.6.15 & 16. Swami Sivananda
06/06/2019 Chapter-31.1. 1.Concentration - 6. 6. How To Concentrate -15 & 16. 15.An Illustration Of Single-Minded Concentration There was a workman who used to manufacture arrows. Once he was very busy at his work. He was so much absorbed in his work that he did not notice even a big party of a Raja with his retinue passing in front of his shop. Such must be the nature of your concentration when you fix your mind on God. You must have the one idea of God and God alone. No doubt, it takes some time to have a complete Ekagrata of mind. You will have to struggle very hard to have a single-minded concentration. Sri Dattatreya made the above arrow-maker as one of his Gurus. 16. A Common Blunder Some medical students leave the medical college soon after joining it as they find it disgusting to wash the pus in ulcers and dissect the dead bodies. They make a serious blunder. In the beginning, it is loathing. After studying Pathology, Medicine, Operative Surgery, Morbid Ana...