Step Six of Meditation: Concentration; Why You Cannot Concentrate, and How to Learn

A lecture about the sixth step of effective meditation.

"Without wise concentration of thought, the experience of the truth is impossible." —Samael Aun Weor, Spiritual Power of Sound

00:00 - Start
01:12 - Concentration and Desire
06:34 - Focus
10:32 - The Purpose of Concentration
15:34 - Other Benefits of Concentration
22:10 - Stages of Concentration
22:22 - 1. Wild Mind
24:06 - 2. Forgetful Mind
25:37 - 3. Gathering Attention
27:10 - 4. One-pointed Attention
28:29 - 5. Restrained Mind
30:28 - The Biggest Obstacles to Concentration
31:05 - Ethics
31:35 - All-pointedness
33:15 - Subsiding and Arising
34:42 - The Best Methods to Develop Concentration
35:03 - Practice 1
37:03 - Practice 2

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