How Can Students Concentrate On Their Studies?

“Think of something more than survival, of doing something beautiful. Even if you don’t do it, at least think of doing it–it elevates you.”

—Sadhguru

Questioner: As a student, how can I concentrate better on my studies? 

Sadhguru: Why do you want to concentrate upon something? You are not interested in concentration; you are only interested in producing the best results that you can. This starts with student life – that is the time when everyone is talking about concentration, and that is one thing that they do not have! Especially during examination time, all your concentration disappears. If you go and sit in the cinema theater, you are totally focused; if you sit with a textbook, your mind is so distracted, flying in a hundred different ways.

If you forcefully concentrate you will become like a concentration camp. You will become suffering. Instead of relaxing into life, why do you want to make life into a struggle? You will see if you lie down on your bed in a very relaxed way and read some novel – some love story or suspense thriller – you read at the rate of 70-80 pages per hour but remember every word. If examinations are about these books, you know where you will stand. But with the other book why is there so much struggle? The textbook has been created for an average intelligence; it is a common prescription for everyone. It is never written in such a way that only brilliant people can understand. So it is not the question of your capability, it is just the question of your involvement. 

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