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"The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgement, character, and will [...] an education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence"
—William James, The Principles of Psychology
I.
Your terrible attention span both is, and is not, entirely your own fault.
Of course, we all have free will, but our attention spans are also fighting against a very constant and powerful enemy:
In practically every area of social life,
The agents of Yehubor are spending billions and billions of dollars in order to hijack and subjugate your unconscious brain through an army of consultants, experts, scientists and psychologists at their disposal, as well as all sorts of hideous propaganda, in order to mentally r*pe you into a state of passivity and docile acceptance of their psychological terrorisms.
And because it is in this state you are most vulnerable to their programming, subliminal messaging and propaganda, it serves as the perfect trojan horse through which they can enter the backdoor.
Image:
A computer hacker, hands outstretched, ready to code a virus into the brain of his unsuspecting victim.
II.
If you're spending a significant amount of time on gaming, entertainment, pop trends or social media instead of becoming a well-read and educated Zevist, you are essentially signing off the papers to your own lobotomy.
On a subliminal level, you are allowing these questionable characters free reign to mould and influence your personality as they see fit, unless of course, your consciousness is at a level which can naturally filter out the effects.
Also, the less aware you are of the process by which you allow your attention to be directed and re-directed from one thing to another, the less aware you become that this process exists or is even happening to begin with; a vague mist of entropic fog begins to engulf your entire soul, mind and consciousness.
III.
It is natural to become frustrated when your mind wanders off during [void] meditation, but it is, in a way, actually a good thing.
When your attention wanders off during [void] meditation, and you bring it back to a state of focus, this essentially functions as a sort of "bicep curl" for the brain and further strengthens one's general concentration ability via repetition.
And so, there is actually no point in becoming frustrated with this process, since it is literally the whole point of void meditation.
Instead, enjoy it and know your focus just took a greater step towards improvement.
IV.
"The monkey mind is ready to spring into action the moment you aren't paying attention".
According to various fMRI studies there are a set of regions within the brain known as the "default mode network" which become active whenever you aren't focused on a specific task.
The default mode network is also associated with the parts of the brain responsible for general mind wandering, for example, ruminating over the past or worrying about the future, but also, quite interestingly, being excessively concerned about what other people will think of you in any given situation.
In certain eastern traditions, this is often referred to as the "monkey mind" which is a sort of inner narrator that basically won't shut up about random thoughts and chatter that bubble to the surface whenever one is alone with their own thoughts or due to being unable to quieten the mind in general (i.e., having a noisy or chaotic mental space).
On the contrary, [void] meditation engages the regions of the brain which are known as "task positive" and associated with flow state (or: "being in the zone").
Flow state only occurs when one is mentally engaged on a task for a certain duration of time and with proper focus.
And it has been proven that long-term meditators, at least in comparison to average people, are essentially in higher and higher levels of what can only be described as a "default" state of flow.
And this has been shown to translate into every other area of life so long as one isn't actively undoing their progress by engaging in extremely self-desctructive behaviours outside of one's meditation practice.
"More than 80% of the world class performers I've interviewed have some form of daily meditation or mindfulness practice [...] it is a 'meta-skill' that improves everything else".
—Tim Ferris, Tools of Titans
Note:
You can also tune into a person's brain and see how different people have different brain wave patterns... some have high or low oscilations, some are fast, some slow, others covered in "white noise" etc., which reflect the above.
Summary:
There are various Yehuboric forces at play which constantly erode your ability to remain in psychological states conducive to "flow" and higher consciousness, the effects of which can also be directly mapped to various regions of the brain.
For example, an overactive default mode network prevents one from being able to easily enter into the highly pleasurable state of flow or "being in the zone" which is necessary for certain types of meditation, such as trance and other altered states of consciousness.
Being able to focus on a specific task for a certain duration of time (e.g., [void] meditation) gradually changes specific structures within the brain which lead to this state of flow being A.) more easily accessible, and B.) transforming into one's default mode of being.
Source(s):
1.
2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15976020/
3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15976020/
4. Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
—William James, The Principles of Psychology
I.
Your terrible attention span both is, and is not, entirely your own fault.
Of course, we all have free will, but our attention spans are also fighting against a very constant and powerful enemy:
In practically every area of social life,
The agents of Yehubor are spending billions and billions of dollars in order to hijack and subjugate your unconscious brain through an army of consultants, experts, scientists and psychologists at their disposal, as well as all sorts of hideous propaganda, in order to mentally r*pe you into a state of passivity and docile acceptance of their psychological terrorisms.
And because it is in this state you are most vulnerable to their programming, subliminal messaging and propaganda, it serves as the perfect trojan horse through which they can enter the backdoor.
Image:
A computer hacker, hands outstretched, ready to code a virus into the brain of his unsuspecting victim.
II.
If you're spending a significant amount of time on gaming, entertainment, pop trends or social media instead of becoming a well-read and educated Zevist, you are essentially signing off the papers to your own lobotomy.
On a subliminal level, you are allowing these questionable characters free reign to mould and influence your personality as they see fit, unless of course, your consciousness is at a level which can naturally filter out the effects.
Also, the less aware you are of the process by which you allow your attention to be directed and re-directed from one thing to another, the less aware you become that this process exists or is even happening to begin with; a vague mist of entropic fog begins to engulf your entire soul, mind and consciousness.
III.
It is natural to become frustrated when your mind wanders off during [void] meditation, but it is, in a way, actually a good thing.
When your attention wanders off during [void] meditation, and you bring it back to a state of focus, this essentially functions as a sort of "bicep curl" for the brain and further strengthens one's general concentration ability via repetition.
And so, there is actually no point in becoming frustrated with this process, since it is literally the whole point of void meditation.
Instead, enjoy it and know your focus just took a greater step towards improvement.
IV.
"The monkey mind is ready to spring into action the moment you aren't paying attention".
According to various fMRI studies there are a set of regions within the brain known as the "default mode network" which become active whenever you aren't focused on a specific task.
The default mode network is also associated with the parts of the brain responsible for general mind wandering, for example, ruminating over the past or worrying about the future, but also, quite interestingly, being excessively concerned about what other people will think of you in any given situation.
In certain eastern traditions, this is often referred to as the "monkey mind" which is a sort of inner narrator that basically won't shut up about random thoughts and chatter that bubble to the surface whenever one is alone with their own thoughts or due to being unable to quieten the mind in general (i.e., having a noisy or chaotic mental space).
On the contrary, [void] meditation engages the regions of the brain which are known as "task positive" and associated with flow state (or: "being in the zone").
Flow state only occurs when one is mentally engaged on a task for a certain duration of time and with proper focus.
And it has been proven that long-term meditators, at least in comparison to average people, are essentially in higher and higher levels of what can only be described as a "default" state of flow.
And this has been shown to translate into every other area of life so long as one isn't actively undoing their progress by engaging in extremely self-desctructive behaviours outside of one's meditation practice.
"More than 80% of the world class performers I've interviewed have some form of daily meditation or mindfulness practice [...] it is a 'meta-skill' that improves everything else".
—Tim Ferris, Tools of Titans
Note:
You can also tune into a person's brain and see how different people have different brain wave patterns... some have high or low oscilations, some are fast, some slow, others covered in "white noise" etc., which reflect the above.
Summary:
There are various Yehuboric forces at play which constantly erode your ability to remain in psychological states conducive to "flow" and higher consciousness, the effects of which can also be directly mapped to various regions of the brain.
For example, an overactive default mode network prevents one from being able to easily enter into the highly pleasurable state of flow or "being in the zone" which is necessary for certain types of meditation, such as trance and other altered states of consciousness.
Being able to focus on a specific task for a certain duration of time (e.g., [void] meditation) gradually changes specific structures within the brain which lead to this state of flow being A.) more easily accessible, and B.) transforming into one's default mode of being.
Source(s):
1.
3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15976020/
4. Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
