Daily Tip - Excuses are the enemy of progress.

It’s easy to find reasons not to do the hard work. But excuses don’t get results—actions do. Be honest with yourself today: What’s holding you back? Take responsibility for your progress and commit to overcoming obstacles, no matter how small. Success starts with accountability.

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Swamiji’s description of attention as “your own property” emphasizes its personal and controlled nature. Here’s what this means:

Attention as Your Own Property

• Attention is under your direct control and influence. You have the ability to direct and focus it according to your intention and will.

2. Awareness Directed by Will:

• Your attention is essentially your awareness, which you can direct or redirect based on your choices. This means you have the power to focus on specific objects or thoughts and to bring back your mind when it wanders.

3. Responsibility for Focus:

• Since attention is a personal tool, you are responsible for how it is used. Cultivating discipline and training in directing your attention effectively is key to achieving mental stability and clarity.

4. Tool for Meditation:

• In meditation, attention serves as the tool to stabilize vrittis and maintain concentration. By directing your attention with intention, you create a conducive environment for deeper meditation and insight.

5. Ownership and Mastery:

• Recognizing attention as your own property reinforces the idea that you have the ability to master it. This perspective empowers you to take charge of your mental processes and cultivate a more focused and stable mind.

Understanding attention as your own property highlights the importance of personal agency and intentionality in meditation and mental discipline. It underscores the potential you have to shape and direct your own mental state through deliberate focus and practice.

Below is the original source video of the lecture with Swami Parvajika Devyanandaprana, from which these blog posts were inspired. Here you can explore the insightful teachings that have profoundly shaped the content and perspectives shared in this blog.

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https://youtu.be/tEK6wIanmgY?si=YUnu_NavrgGAWwRg

https://richardsilverman108.wordpress.com/2024/08/11/11th-personal-agency-and-intentionality-in-meditation/

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A crucial aspect of meditation and mental discipline: the role of attention in stabilizing mental fluctuations (vrittis). Here’s how attention affects the stability of vrittis:

Role of Attention in Stabilizing Vrittis

• Attention directs the mind towards a specific object or thought. By consistently focusing on a chosen point, you can reduce the influence of distracting vrittis and bring stability to the mind.

• When attention is well-directed, it minimizes the impact of wandering thoughts and external stimuli. This helps in preventing the mind from becoming scattered or chaotic.

• Sustained attention helps in achieving a state of ekagrata (one-pointedness), where vrittis become more stable and coherent. This concentration reduces the fluctuations and irregularities in mental activity.

• Regular practice of maintaining attention strengthens the mental faculties involved in focus and concentration. Over time, this leads to more consistent stability in vrittis.

• When attention is maintained, it creates a stable mental environment where vrittis rise and fall in a controlled manner, similar to the smooth surface of a calm pool.

• Stable attention allows for deeper meditation, where the mind is less prone to fluctuations and can experience more profound states of awareness and insight.

In essence, attention acts as a stabilizing force for vrittis, enabling the mind to move from a state of chaos to one of calm and focus. This understanding can guide your practice by emphasizing the importance of cultivating and maintaining effective attention in meditation.

Below is the original source video of the lecture with Swami Parvajika Devyanandaprana, from which these blog posts were inspired. Here you can explore the insightful teachings that have profoundly shaped the content and perspectives shared in this blog.

🙏🕊️🙏

https://youtu.be/tEK6wIanmgY?si=YUnu_NavrgGAWwRg

https://richardsilverman108.wordpress.com/2024/08/10/stabilizing-the-mind-how-focused-attention-enhances-meditation-and-calms-mental-fluctuations/

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Manifestation and Energy Work Isn’t About Control

Going as far back as the early centuries B.C.E. people have tried to control their thoughts to reduce suffering. It's natural, and when we look at the story of the Buddha, there's an aspect of "If I can do it so can you", which has carried forward to our modern times. However, there's also been a shift. Originally

https://chickenyogi.com/2023/03/03/manifestation-and-energy-work-isnt-about-control/

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