Concentration

We live in a great world of our own creating, for what we meditate upon determines first of all our mental world, and this determines our outer world. One way to practice concentration is to see thoughts as seeds and, if you desire certain thoughts, take them and deliberately plant them in your mind. One of the easiest ways to concentrate in your daily life is mentally to bless everything and everybody. And it is not merely a matter of the lips, for when you speak these words, especially from the heart, silently radiating them, you are transforming people. You are transforming things. You are removing the curse and giving everybody and everything opportunity to express themselves in the best way. Through devotion, all your desires can be turned into declarative power, blessing God that it is so, declaring your desire to be fulfilled now. Sometimes our desires distract us, we are wishing so hard for something and fearing disappointment lest it will not come out just as we want it, and then there is agitation and disturbance. Give all your desires to the Spirit. See that everything—every single desire—is a prayer, and learn to bless God that it is now come to pass.