Learning How to Focus, by Wes Penre

ALL of the following is taken from The Death Trap and How to Avoid It, by Wes Penre.

Learning how to Focus

To be begin, think of something, it doesn’t matter what. Focus on that thought and recognize it as yours. Then sit still in silence for a few minutes and listen carefully to your mind. Are there other thoughts in there that you didn’t think? Or did you divert from your initial thought and start listening to your mind to such an extent that, instead of focusing, you got involved in other thought processes?

Step one is to become aware of all the thoughts floating around your mind , but still keep focusing on the initial thought. After a while, most of the other thoughts will diminish, and some of them will disappear—perhaps only temporarily to begin with. At this point in your practice, you don’t need to…