Concentration and Relaxation

The key to succeeding in any practice is Concentration. We must practice and struggle until we achieve it.

If during the day we walk around concentrated, at night we will continue concentrated. If during the day we wander, at night as well.

There are two types of Concentration: one in the Inner World and the other in the Outer World. Both are very important.

We find ourselves concentrated when only one thought is sustained. When we sustain full attention on something we can reach Inspiration, and an instant later, Success.

Concentration is the opposite of distraction, Concentration belongs to the Consciousness, distraction belongs to the Ego. If we study distraction we will end up in concentration.

If we can discover all the defects or distracting elements we will reach Concentration.

Learning to center Consciousness on action requires much practice, since the sense of psychological Self-observation is atrophied in almost all human beings, and through this sense Consciousness is centered on action.

The Master Jesus taught us that we had to "Vigil and Pray".

"Vigil" is doing things awake, in a vigil state, in self-observation. Or concentrated.

"Pray" is the desire to Be or Self-Remembrance. And this is the same as relaxing. Pleading to the Divine Mother to eliminate the defect that does not let us concentrate.

If we carefully observe the multiple activities of our daily living we will realize that each one of them is done in a mechanical form, given that when we execute them we are thinking about other things. That same fact prevents us from being centered, it also prevents us from seeing all the defects that manifest.

We wake up, we get up, we walk toward the bathroom, we undress, shave, shower, dry off, dress, put on shoes, make the bed, eat breakfast, brush our teeth, say goodbye, go out to the street, etc. But we do not self-observe from instant to instant, which means that we have our consciousness asleep due to lack of use. We do things asleep. And due to the foregoing, there is no self-discovery.

If we begin to self-observe we will discover each one of the defects that participate in each action, that act mechanically committing errors, cause us tension, originate worries, distract, prevent concentration.

When we begin to observe all this, we realize in a direct way the chaos in which we find ourselves. And that we can only order it through permanent relaxation.

If we plead in those moments to our particular Divine Mother to eliminate the defect that is producing tension in such center we will notice that She acts immediately, relaxing for us the place where we have observed the defect.

It is necessary to understand why we are tense so that the Mother acts.

Tensions are produced for many reasons:

* We do something we do not like.

* We are afraid that something will turn out badly for us.

* We want to do something we like more.

* What we are going to do later worries us.

* What we did before did not turn out well.

* What we did before turned out very well for us.

* We do not know how to do what we are doing.

* We are worried about something we will have to do.

* We are distracted by something.