Quote from Cesko:
That looks like dead-bang proof that meditation enhances a person's underlying ability to concentrate. Of course it's also true that meditation classically aims to detach meditators from the world and get them concentrating essentially on nothing. I, personally, would rather concentrate on something. I don't want to detach from the world, I want to stay in it and get something done. I don't know of any definitive proof that the power of concentration developed by meditation can be applied, for example, to flying a plane through a thunderstorm.
Author doesn't understand that the practice of concentrating on something is exactly the same as concentrating on nothing. It has the same effect. Note about detachment proves he doesn't understand the idea of detachment in Buddhism. It doesn't mean withdrawal from the world, it means you are not affected by whatever happens to you or around you.
Yoga talks about developing one-pointed mind. Mind which is capable of perfect 100% concentration. One result is complete continuous self-awareness. When you get to that point emotions are gone (monkey mind is gone).
You want to develop concentration abilities? Sit down for 15-20 minutes every day and focus on anything (it doesn't matter what it is) with exclusion of anything else. It will take you just a few seconds to realize how impotent you are in controlling your mind.
Nitro start doing it everyday and let me know how many days it took you to quit. I've been going at it for 13 years. .
It's really simple. And besides fuck the pills it won't do you any good.
