Someone asked: How to judge your own concentration? It's very simple, just have a meal by yourself. Here is a requirement: just focus on eating, don’t look at your phone, don’t listen to music, and don’t think about things. I experienced it specifically today. I went to a noodle

Someone asked: How to judge your own concentration?

is very simple, just have a meal by yourself.

Here is a requirement: just focus on eating, don’t look at your phone, don’t listen to music, and don’t think about things.

I experienced it specifically today.

I went to a noodle shop. There were five diners inside, four of them were playing with their mobile phones, one was chewing rice, and his eyes were looking at one place blankly, as if he was thinking about something.

I ordered a bowl of beef noodles. While waiting for it, I couldn't help but take out my phone. I realized that I shouldn't play with my phone, so I put it away.

The noodles came, and I seriously felt the taste of this bowl of noodles. Well...the beef offal was good, and the noodles were a bit hard and salty.

I have come to this noodle shop many times to eat noodles. In the past, I couldn’t tell whether the noodles were soft or hard or tasted salty, as long as it wasn’t too much. Because this time I just ate noodles and didn’t do anything else. So I can clearly feel the situation of this bowl of noodles.

During the whole process of eating noodles, I controlled myself not to look at my phone or listen to music, and consciously concentrated on eating noodles.

However, my mind still thought of other things three or four times, mainly about rainstorm and flood prevention and reminding myself to complete this task.

These two things made me not focus on eating noodles.

Through practice, I understand that such seemingly simple things are very difficult to do, because I can control myself not to listen to music or look at my mobile phone, but my head is always thinking about problems involuntarily.

Not only eating, but also taking a walk is not easy.

This reminds me of the lines in the TV series "Black Ice":

You may feel that you can control yourself, but in fact, you can only control your hands not to reach into other people's pockets, your feet If you don't step into the prison door, if your eyes don't awe-inspiring, you can't control how much enzymes your liver secretes, how much insulin your pancreas secretes, and you can't control your heartbeat, your blood pressure, and your brain. the subconscious inside.

We need concentration to do things, but we also lack concentration.

People's concentration is manifested in two aspects: the visible aspect (explicit) and the invisible aspect (recessive).

The visible aspect is essentially determined by the invisible aspect.

For example:

For example, if a child steals something from others, there are usually two reasons:

1. The person thinks first, and then commits the act of stealing.

This is the implicit aspect that controls the explicit aspect.

2. Without going through the brain, just "take" it out of habit.

This unconscious behavior is actually the result of long-term repetition of inner consciousness.

It can be seen from this that the result of external performance is still the reaction of the heart and consciousness.

Therefore, when a child steals something, it does not mean that he is not determined enough at the moment. Don't expect that he will pay attention next time. He must consciously educate and not take it lightly.

talks about eating noodles.

So, what is it that prevents me from concentrating on eating a bowl of noodles?

I found two reasons:

1. Previous wrong habits.

I used to think that multitasking, or even multitasking, was a powerful ability.

When I was in school, I listened to music while doing my homework. After work, I often did two or three things at the same time. After finishing the things, I felt good about myself.

later discovered that only by focusing can we do things well. Otherwise, what we do can only be at a low level, and there is no progress in doing low-level things repeatedly.

2. Failure to control one’s emotions and desires.

If the seven emotions and six desires are strong, it is easy to produce greed, attachment, and delusion. The inability to concentrate on doing things may be the cause of delusion.

When your brain can't help but think about things or you don't know what you are thinking, and you just can't concentrate, it may be because you haven't managed your greed, persistence, and delusion well.

Concentration requires us to control our mind and train ourselves to focus on the present moment by moment. By focusing on the present moment, you can enjoy life better and gain inner comfort and tranquility.