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# Re: Counting

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- To: BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Re: Counting
- From: "dato1848" <dato1848@...>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:41:27 -0000
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    Dear Rawn,

    >>Perhaps this can teach you something about the nature of one-
    pointedness and the connection between interest/significance and
    mental focus?<<

    In fact, it was more or less one of my recent one pointedness
    topics:-)
    In Step I Bardon says that we need to concentrate on whatever we do
    in our everyday lives without letting unrelated thoughts cross our
    minds. So I was thinking, "How can I really achieve this goal?"
    Briefly, I came to conclusion that since there is a strong positive
    corelation between mental focus and signifcance/interest, we should
    try to "make" our every action significant to us. We should not
    understimate our actions, even if this is something that we do every
    day. If we manage to do so than maintaining mental focus will be
    easier. And of course, it will also make life more interesting.

    Thanks,
    David

    --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...>
    wrote:
    > Dear David,
    >
    > >> I tried to count and to concentrate on the counting, on the
    numbers
    > etc. I noticed, however, that with counting my concentration
    drifted
    > away very easily compared to the previously mentioned topics. My
    > conclusion is that my concentration abilities definitly need to be
    > improved and therefore it is too early to move to the EOM
    exercise. BUT
    > this only in case that "counting" can be classified as a thought
    in the
    > context of this exerice. Would you consider it as one? <<
    >
    > It would depend upon how you approach it. Ordinarily, it can be
    very
    > "mindless", requiring no real attention. However, it can also be
    very
    > mindful *if you give it significance*. For example, if you focus
    upon
    > the meaning of each number or focus upon the succession of number,
    etc.
    > But if you're just mindlessly running through the numbers without
    any
    > thought, then it doesn't seem to me as a very useful application of
    > one-pointedness.
    >
    > Perhaps this can teach you something about the nature of one-
    pointedness
    > and the connection between interest/significance and mental focus?
    >
    > My best to you,
    > :) Rawn Clark
    > 20 Feb 2004
    > rawnclark@n...
    > rawn@a...
    > http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis
    > http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe

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