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11. Concentration Proper
Concentration proper is nothing but the putting of the mental activities together, and the continuing upon the subject is meditation, on benevolence, for instance.
The Process
The process of meditation may be roughly divided into three stages, beginning, middle, and end.
Beginning
In the beginning, collect all the energies of the mind, not allowing them to skip from place to place. Also in reference to the subject of meditation itself, "What is it you are going to meditate upon ?" Can you continue in that state for fifteen or twenty minutes? Are there other thoughts which take away the attention or disturb ? If so, remove the cause of the disturbance, or you will be disturbed.
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