Meditation

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Whatever the author mentions is part of meditation. But observing the mind requires concentration too otherwise it will wander away with thoughts.

Anyway, if you feel connected with such kind of things then I'll heavily recommend to do meditation.

Concentration is a loaded word. It is not black and white, but feels like you're talking about a value that goes from zero to one possibly? How do you think about it?

I came to think of it in terms of attention. In a model where your awareness of time, or of change is conditional on shifting your spotlight of attention it can be defined usefully, I think.

So, in such a model your concentration is conditional on your paying attention to where your awareness is not pointed. To the interplay of things outside your spotlight of awareness.

The processes that are you but outside of the seat of your awareness already have workable models for all of that. They have good guesses. Your sensory will enrich those guesses and flow them into your reality as givens.

If you think of it like that there is a clear difference between paying attention to something, and expanding your perception of the present moment by concentration.

Sometimes I hear people use the c-word to describe uninterrupted time dedicated to a task. That is to say focus. Exclusionary attention.

How do you think about it?

Yes, concentration is attention. There are levels of concentration. With the final being Exclusive attention to the object.

Again meditation goes more deeper into the model.

If you are curious about it I'll suggest you to read the book. The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa.

That's a new one, to me.

Thanks!

Is that an issue with willpower or concentration?

I think it's the latter. I would suggest you to do some meditation.

Throwing an arrow in the air but it might be the case that your mind is wandering too much when you start reading. Doing some concentration practice will help.

I don't think that's problem. My problem is getting gist by learning.

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Anyone read a book that helps with headaches? I get lot of them and I meditate too. I sleep well, and eat well too.

Seen an optician lately? You should see a doctor after that. Take care of yourself.

Your question intrigued me so much that i searched for books on Amazon dealing with "Headache" and to my surprise, there is a whole lot. You might want to try a couple; the book Splitting: The inside story on Headaches by Amanda Ellison (https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/amanda-ellison/) seems promising.

Not a book, but I've had recent success with eating a diet high in omega 3 and low in omega 6.

The anxiety is pretty random or I would say it's an amplified worry. Worry that's shouldn't be a deal but it becomes.

The problem is sooner or later I lose the motivation to do anything. It's a feeling of deep dullness.

I think this is the worst time to try to learn how to be alone: pandemic is messing up everyone with lack of social interaction.

At the same time, it might be most critical if you've got no other option, when I suggest you look up some professional help.

I have tried that but I had to be meditative whole day and time. That gets tiring... Is there an easier way?

Not really.

Don't judge things. Things are just as is, it's your opinion that makes them good or bad. Remember this and whenever you make a judgement then just remove that opinion of yours.