Do you focus your mind on what you are doing, or do you do one thing, but think about something else at the same time?

Do you work, eat, dress up or do anything else, but daydream while doing so?

Do you align your thoughts with your actions, or are they two separate activities?

Doing one thing, while thinking or daydreaming on something else divides your energy, which means less energy and attention are channeled into your actions and thinking. This causes absentmindedness, tiredness, lack of attention and mistakes.

Try this exercise. Next time you have a shower, focus on the act of washing, while dressing up, focus on the act of dressing, and while preparing a meal, focus on what you are doing.

Can you keep your mind on what you are doing, or do you start thinking unrelated thoughts after a short while?  

Focusing your thoughts on your actions saves you lot energy, empty mental chatter, mistakes and errors.

Focusing your mind and thoughts on your actions enables you to work and study more efficiently, do fewer mistakes, and perform everything faster and better.

Focusing on your actions is a great way to stop the constant buzz of the mind and enjoy inner peace.

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What is a mental image? It is mental picture, scene or event that you see in your mind. You construct mental images in your mind all the time, albeit unconsciously. The mental images that you often visualize affect your life, whether you are aware of this or not. I am not talking mental images that you visualize once or twice, but about the mental images that you often repeat in your mind.

Mental images have the power to change your life. The subconscious mind accepts these images as reality, and gradually you start to believe what you imagine, act accordingly, and unconsciously work toward making them a reality in your life. This is the secret of the law of attraction creative visualization.

Mental images, if repeated often can make great changes in your life. If you visualize negative situations, difficulties and problem, and continue doing so, your moods will gradually become negative, you will alienate people, you will close your eyes to opportunities, and your self-esteem will go down. How can you achieve success if you are so negative?

On the other hand, successful people attract success, because they constantly imagine and expect success.

Mental images are like a movie or still pictures that you see in your mind. If you watch them again and again your subconscious mind will ultimately accept them as you reality. They will affect your thinking, behavior and world.

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If you ask people what is meditation, you will probably get different answers, such as:

• A method of relaxing the mind and body
• A concentration technique
• A relaxation technique
• A spiritual practice
• A form of contemplative practice
• An Eastern spiritual practice 
• A form of Yoga

So what is meditation? How can it be described in a few words?

Meditation is a term that refers to various methods for relaxing the body and mind, and which can ultimately lead to a state of inner peace and bliss. In it higher forms, meditation frees the mind from the subconscious compulsive habit incessant and compulsive thinking, and leads to inner peace, inner freedom, and to awareness of one’s real essence – The Inner I – The Spirit, which is above and beyond the mind. It also leads to serenity, clarity of mind and to bliss.

In meditation the attention is focused on a thought, idea, an aspect of God or on one’s awareness, and usually involves turning the attention inwards, away from the external world.

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If your mind is like a house with wide open windows and doors, with nothing to sort or filter out what comes in, all thoughts are free to enter, dwell there and disturb and affect your mind and life. In this situation there is lack of control over your mental house and over what goes inside it.

Under these conditions the mind allows free access to thoughts, ideas, words and suggestions coming from the outside, from people, the media or from other sources.

For most people, this is the natural state of affairs. However, some seek a way to close the doors and windows of your mind and prevent unnecessary, useless or negative thoughts from occupying their mind and robbing their time and energy.

Someone, who has the key to the doors and windows of his mind, can prevent unnecessary thoughts and worries from occupying his mind. Such a person can choose to think or stop thinking at will. Such a person can enjoy inner peace and be in a state free from worries and anxieties.

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How to improve your concentration and attention and why is it important?

Paying attention to what you are doing is one of the most important keys to success. If you are not able to hold your attention on one thing for some time, how can you accomplish anything?

Successful people are able to focus their mind on their goals day and night, until they accomplish them, be it money, fame, power, self-improvement or meditation. How can you improve your ability to focus your mind on your goals, when there are so many things that distract your attention?

Napoleon Hill said the following words about attention: 

“Controlled attention is the act of coordinating all the faculties of the mind and directing their combined power to a given end. It is an act, which can be achieved only by the strictest sort of self-discipline.”

“Learn to fix your attention on a given subject, at will, for whatever length of time you choose. You will have learned the secret to power and plenty! This is concentration.”

“Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don’t want!”

This is good advice for anyone one wishes to learn how to improve the concentration and attention. 

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