Unwavering Focus | Dandapani | TEDxReno

[@readmore3490]

stop scrolling through comments and concentrate on the video!

[@sriharshaanapindi7602]

Read more stop commenting and start watching the video

[@readmore3490]

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[@dailywad4987]

I laughed so hard I pees a little.

[@Shruthirajendrakumar]

Read more wow Hahahah

[@MateoKupstysChica]

"imagine if you train to distract yourself 6hours a day, 6 days a week, after a year... what are you going to be good at?" this hit me hard! Damn!

[@Baba24M]

Eight hours*

[@ChessScholarOfficial]

@@Baba24M It's okay, he's mastered the art of distraction

[@Baba24M]

@@ChessScholarOfficial 🤣🤣

[@yareyare6756]

me whole day reading manhwa's🤧

[@flamingaish]

Exactly

[@markokello7800]

I watched this video around Jan 2018 just after graduating from my undergrad, i took an action and started concentrating. By October 2019 I started consulting as a technical Advisor for DFID, OPM UK, IMF, Uganda Revenue Authority, ..... etc. The only thing i can say it works and thank you.

[@brendajackson13]

Well done Okello!

[@kshitizyadav3174]

@Tanmoy Podder not really no nobel prize in science

[@jaytat835]

One of the most underrated TED Talks. Deserves more appreciation. I feel pity for those 1.7k who disliked this video.

[@3mon3y94]

Take away points: - The mind and awareness are 2 separate things; ball of light analogy. - The art of concentration is the art of keeping awareness, that ball of light on one thing for an extended period of time. - Learn to concentrate by doing one thing at a time. - When talking with your partner, keep your awareness on that person, if it drifts away, bring it back. ‘Give him or her your undivided attention’

[@incedofortis]

Good luck

[@parthivchakraborty8253]

If you are watching this not out of mere curiosity or entertainment but have actually recognised personal distraction and really intend to change, I wish you all the best, You are among the very few who have recognised it, let alone change. Edit 1 - I love all of you. Wish you the best. Let us beat distraction together. Edit 2- It helped me secure wonderful marks in school to achieve admission in a very decent college and thereafter, I am now, a successful student of law. Hope you do well too!

[@fungen]

big up to you too my man

[@souravbhattacharjee007]

Thank you brother, I wish you the best as well

[@arelygallegosm.5661]

Thank you for the kind words of support and likewise.

[@karrieblue1611]

Gratitude, Likewise!

[@BananaDope]

thanks u 2

[@tejas238]

When someone speaks so clearly and eloquently, logically meeting all points of a topic and making it crystal clear and easily digestible to an audience, that itself is an impressive indication of their ability to concentrate. When you’re mentally aligned so staunchly to exactly what you wish to convey without even sub-moments of distraction, you’re naturally creative, funny & engaging and at the peak of your eloquence and intelligence. In a way, I even think intelligence is simply a measure of your ability to concentrate. Why is that geniuses just shut themselves up and intensely focus on one thing they do for an extended period of time? It is a way of incubating their awareness on an object of study for so long that it yields unbelievable, magical results utterly incomprehensible to the average mind. Yogis of the past really had it right in ancient India to develop droves of methods to articulate this lost art. Each breathing/kriya practice is engineered to center your mind and preciously improve what is termed ‘intelligence’ in today’s day and age. Sadly this knowledge is now horribly fragmented and known minimally, the mainstream still believing yoga to be a fitness & lifestyle gimmick to their pretense-filled, exterior life. The seriousness and grand scale of this topic is so underrated and grossly under-understood, I think it’s real time to reveal it’s true meaning and application to the deteriorating state of human affairs.

[@shreythaker3452]

Tejas Menon This, word for word

[@tmtygnz]

Very well said

[@davidwirth2716]

Tejas Agreed, very easy to listen to.

[@benayu2577]

@Tejas Menon.....in this TED talk i will attempt to take you through....

[@ulkisonic]

Have to compliment you for a value-added comment. This is the first time I came across meaningful comment in KZbin. Glad to know there are people out there who take out time to write something meaningful. :)

[@liamc7097]

Video summary: The art of concentration is keeping your awareness on one thing for an extended period of time. Repeatedly bringing it back to that one thing when the mind gets distracted. We practice this by doing one thing at a time throughout the day. When you have a conversation with someone, keep your “ball of awareness” fully focused on that person. It drifts away, you bring it back, if it drifts away again, you bring it back. Over and over. The more you practice this, the better you will be able to concentrate. Life is a manifestation of where your energy is flowing. The benefits of being in full control of where your energy and awareness is flowing are endless. Other notes: Most people can't concentrate today for 2 reasons: 1) We're never taught how to concentrate. 2) We don't practice concentration. Instead, we're experts at distraction because we practice distraction, all day every day. If every time your phone beeps and you react/respond immediately, you are not in charge of your phone, and you are living in the world of distraction. To learn how to properly concentrate you must understand the relationship and distinction between 2 things: awareness, and the mind. Too often we allow external factors to manipulate our awareness to different areas of the mind.

[@Surbhi-247]

Thank you. It was really helpful😀

[@Elixir6]

@Isabelle Valle Coz you cannot concentrate.

[@hravikumar2211]

I am extremely thankful for you 🙏🙏

[@selar35]

Thanks

[@pranavpaida2339]

hey! thanks

[@discoteque7768]

"Learn to concentrate by doing one thing at a time". "Keep bringing awareness back". I practice meditation some minutes a day. As an Elementary teacher I am going to put these advices into practice with my students. Thank you.

[@JakeSimmer]

Yes, you dont have to sit still for hours... only if you want to... but even a few minutes will get you started... hopefully you want to go longer of cause... ;-)

[@KarthikKarthik-db9zc]

Discoteque77 start ur day with Anulom-vinulom......and than kapabatti

[@aspire2begreat938]

Awwwww thank you for reaching our youth progressively we need more teachers like you!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾

[@kaavyaganesh7568]

Honestly this is one of the best TED talks I've ever seen !! I regret why I didn't see this earlier .. Its true everyone , every motivational video just tells u have to concentrate and work hard to come up in life and stuff ..but no one tells us how .. This is so informative .. Im gonna see this over and over again whenever my mind drifts away

[@mlkchannel5890]

Word up💯

[@rajas2252]

You mean when "awareness" drifts away

[@sunnyduggepogu]

yes

[@manjeet.website]

Are you still practicing it?

[@sachingadre6474]

Same here, he directly comes to the point and tell how to do

[@7777simpleman7777]

*life is a manifestation of where your energy is flowing*

[@Kamal-go6gw]

Exactly

[@laragutierrez4610]

"Energy flows where the attention goes"

[@markbridgman4089]

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[@vancevanrooyen8250]

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[@JiteshSharmar6]

Love this quote!

[@krisg5ax8]

Take away points: - The mind and awareness are 2 separate things; ball of light analogy. - The art of concentration is the art of keeping awareness, that ball of light on one thing for an extended period of time. - Learn to concentrate by doing one thing at a time. - When talking with your partner, keep your awareness on that person, if it drifts away, bring it back. ‘Give him or her your undivided attention’

[@sirvapalot]

perhaps multitasking is an example of distraction

[@SecAllTheWay]

Life is a manifestation of where your energy flows

[@AshokKumar-ss8ys]

sirvapalot multitasking couldn't be a example of distraction, provided you do it with 100 % focus

[@ambalavanant]

Super

[@tr2494]

Tq 🤗

[@erdboizen7926]

DAMN THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VIDEOS I HAVE EVER WATCHED

[@kaveendayananda8063]

true that

[@encapsulatio]

His London Real full interview is way better.

[@josephg.eokello794]

You are right in all...Everything good change revolves around unbroken focus & attention.

[@NikhilMathew122333]

no it isnt, hes running a scam...another run of the mill guru

[@PoppyB2011]

Follow through with Andrew Huberman. It will wreck your usual day and elevate your entire being.

[@shirinsahana]

How to concentrate 1. Do one thing at a time 2. Practice it 3. Finish what you started 4. Understand the mind, learn how mind works. Once you know how the mind works you can control it and once you can control it you can focus it

[@reachanimesh1]

Thank you :)

[@TravelsSmart]

What?? 😅

[@TravelsSmart]

How?

[@TravelsSmart]

Nop ADD

[@TravelsSmart]

Distraction 16hrs a day!!!!😮

[@ankitbhardwaj9566]

Man believe me he solved the entire generation's problem

[@amgadhegazy8998]

EXACTLY

[@walterblack8127]

There is sooooooo much truth to that Ankit

[@TheDarknessDragon]

I agree but not entirely. He gave the exact solution which was needed but it doesn't mean everyone will be able to comprehend.

[@OhNooJosephJoestar]

@@TheDarknessDragon that's what the practice is, to bring back the attention 😉

[@munishperke5162]

True that brother

[@davidbrother2200]

Buddha said: "Who is your enemy? Your mind is your enemy. Who is your friend? Your mind is your friend. Learn the ways of the mind. Tend the mind with care." Great Tedtalk. Thanks!

[@Jsinka48]

It's actually from bhagvad geeta

[@Garh52]

@Mayur Kanth Buddha chela chipatas copied vedanta.

[@atishshakya1]

@Mayur Kanth Buddha's knowledge was not based on Vedic. He literally opposed Vedic knowledge. He was maybe a Hindu but Hinduism at time did not exist as a singular branch of religion.

[@atishshakya1]

@Mayur Kanth few things 1. I don't believe that Buddha was ever a hindu but their tribe lived in part where the culture is inclined to Ancient Hinduism. 2. I didn't say vedic knowledge and hindiusm are related. Maybe at that time when people were saying ram and krishna there were people who still opposed the ideas of greater beings. 3. If vedas were written form, that means that Buddha is older than the vedas themselves. Because at the time of buddha pali was not developed in written form. Only after many years did Ashok wrote in brahmi lipi. Possibly sanskrit also didnt exist at that time

[@akshatmishra1172]

hinduism told this earlier when buddhism was not even born

[@tulsikeshwala7813]

“Do one thing at a time and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all time.”

[@hospino6182]

life ia a manifestation of where your energy is flowing. Amazing

[@manifestanything7281]

✨You will manifest all your goals and dreams in 2021!✨

[@rameshemv]

"Yes, Its OK for Monks to use emails, as long as there are no 'attachments' " :-)

[@JMLRecording]

he was so proud of his lil joke too I love it hahahahah

[@dawnnite4527]

`plz explain

[@mikezubia8161]

@@dawnnite4527 one of a monks precepts is non-attachment and you can send an attachment with an email

[@tanaypatel103]

Thug monk

[@pirammiyashanmugathas962]

what did he mean by this joke??

[@roshiron1816]

I'm really good at ignoring the distractions of my phone, schoolwork, and even my fatigue, and instead focusing exclusively on my video game.

[@cakraabumafaza868]

hahahe..... i thought that is an other form of focusing, but unfurtunately that is wrong desicion to choose kind of act.

[@mikem5105]

That seems a bit wrong, wasting you focus and energy on videogames but the truth is that video games help develop brain connections, synchronisation, keeping focus and dexterity especially in children with all king problems and adults as well. And is fun. Problem is when game virtually is confused with reality

[@amogelangkgomo2655]

🤣 That sounds like an addiction .You are on the right track ,just replace the object of that attraction(along the lines of whatever is of necessity for this phase of your life).

[@user-gn7wb7ht1b]

Hinduism and Indian sciences are so great!!

[@youarelife3437]

They are, but as a Hindu and growing up India I can tell you I was never taught all this. Nor were any of my peers or friends. Indians are the most distracted and depressed people on the planet. I truly believe we have missed the mark of what was important because our culture is so full to the brim with various distracting practices, dieties and mantras. The Buddhists took out the core of what was important in this. Then they too got distracted with a lot of variety. The Shaolin monks and Zen seem to be the best. They remained concentrated on what was important in the end. The Chinese are much better at concentration and daily practice than arguably anyone in the world.

[@ParthTripathii]

Ya Indeed

[@allwynrajkirubai]

Stulid

[@youarelife3437]

In India these sciences are lost. Only outside of India people become serious and disciplined enough to do practices. This guy learned from his guru in Hawaii. India itself is full of chaos and has lost the important things in trade for songs, myths, drama and dross

[@suryawrecker1562]

​@@youarelife3437 tht's true, altho im from India, & i want India to alive it's deep traditional culture/thinking, nowadays most of the real buddhism\hinduism monk who are serious and dedicated towards wt they do would found be outside of India... & meanwhile, India is full of dhongi baba/so called fake babas trying to defame hinduism soo badly, that even indian people don't understand the importance of their ancient religion, teaching ...

[@priyalsoni9181]

I feel 10x calmer after watching this. The way he formed a logical train of thoughts into our heads as well as the mind orb energy, that was something else!

[@archanaabhishek6338]

Very good

[@abidriaz786]

"The art of concentration is the art of keep awareness, that ball of light, on one thing for an extended period of time." Dandapani

[@soum1272]

Bang on, simple, but hard to practice :)

[@upenderboodida4373]

Thanks a lot sir for sharing your thoughts and experience

[@raghavdhiman3398]

@@soum1272 Uganda c

[@arupabhattacharjee]

No matter after how many years or how many times I have watched this, it still gives me a whole lot of things to takeaway🙏

[@DentalTroll]

This is a wonderful presentation! It brings up such important points. So many times we just need skills, not drugs.

[@nagendra_rao]

Hey Doug, do you wanna go see Mission Impossible 16?

[@PeterBrownAstroPhysics]

why not both

[@8o398]

apples and pears my friend. the conversation around drugs has been overly simplified. we understand the psychedelic experience about as much as we do the workings of our psychology. its one of the great to be explored frontiers of understanding for our species and one i hope gets the due attention it deserves in the years to come.

[@kaytj1138]

Interestingly, ancient hindu texts actually mention this part and dig more. It is interesting how, the world is oblivious to this vast knowledge system. Even afraid to say that all this has roots in what is called as hinduism today.

[@RatherPratty]

+kayt j It's the oldest religion in the world, my friend. What do you expect? :)

[@drewmorrison]

I scrolled through the comments AFTER watching the video :)

[@behthiansu]

Me too!

[@Hikkikomoru]

You are enlightened then. Cheers.

[@zesvo]

I can walk and chew gum at the same time!

[@aaaamar4u]

Wandering mind

[@pranavsivakumar5338]

Samee

[@Mistwalker67]

I've just been watching master Shi Heng Li of the Shaolin temple on Ted, it's a good combination with this one, in my view.

[@amglory7042]

same, i felt so lucky to watch this video after shi heng's, youtube's algorithm could be amazing or could send you down a neverendless hole of useless videos, it all depends on what you choose to CONCENTRATE on. xD

[@123Goldielocks]

😂 Same with me

[@casey7409]

Thank you for this. I'd never heard of him, and now I have watched 7 of his videos. Very good stuff. Thanks 👍

[@Mistwalker67]

@@casey7409 Welcomed

[@Mistwalker67]

@@amglory7042 Yes lol

[@shareefind]

Thanks Guru Dandapani... Sir, you have taught the big lesson in few and simple words... thanks and again

[@moulimarur]

"it is okay for monks to use email. as long as there are no attachments.!" Simply BRILLIANT!

[@sirvapalot]

yeah nice sense of humour there

[@sweetchinmusic3]

Namaste, I am grateful that the ancient wisdom of India and Hinduism ( yoga and meditation) is being appreciated and adapted all over the world now...

[@bestversion7953]

India is the spiritual destination of world!

[@krishivagarwal5189]

@@bestversion7953 Hinduism is the best religion in the world.

[@suborno9249]

@@krishivagarwal5189 Thats what you think lol.

[@dheerajvarma6036]

@@krishivagarwal5189 Religion itself doesn’t make something best or worst. Its just a piece of paper or writings. People who follow and preach make them great. The way i see it there are lot of hindus in india who use and manipulate people in the name of religion just like Islam or Christianity etc

[@Keshavkumar-lg9kg]

@@suborno9249 Rice bag not here please

[@srinivasanr4491]

Dandapani - The God who rules the Tamils. Om Muruga 🙏

[@ravianantharamaiah7567]

One of the greatest videos on KZbin.

[@XxxXxx-lv7xf]

I'm said to concentrate for 23 years but no one had taught how to..... Now I get it.Lots of respect to you sir.

[@lolaapelt8616]

I rarely ever add public comments(I think this is my third one) but, this is exactly what I needed. So very, VERY beautiful, and easy to understand at the same time-Thank You!

[@magical_streaming]

Are you still counting? 😂

[@willnettles2051]

For years, good, intelligent people have been telling me that I should meditate. I say, OK, I'm already doing that. Often they then say, probably not. So I look into it, and yes, I've been doing it for years, and yes I'm probably not doing it correctly. It's so simple, and yet... You're simple exercise elegantly teaches so much. A few minutes. So simple, yet so much, like glass. Thank you.

[@JakeSimmer]

I have found Kyle cease on youtube, helped me to meditate in a simple way, its cool to be able to do it, not many people can sit still for a while... ;-)

[@mauhuff]

“As long as there are no attachments.” so beautiful. Connection > attachment

[@aidenjoon7504]

"Life is a manifestation of where your energy is flowing. And if you can't concentrate your energy, the things that you want to manifest in your life becomes very challenging"

[@prachikumari3821]

When you say "go to TEDx and show how to distract",I blink my eyes o god it's for me...

[@patarcher9199]

My mind immediately stopped wandering after he mentioned the awareness part. Crazy stuff

[@shubh-bankingaspirant827]

5:57 thats the purest and most innocent self proud face ..

[@davidbloxham5062]

Your right..lol

[@kushal474]

Hara Hara Mahadev!

[@LeoMessi-re1je]

But Mahadev toh neela hai.

[@osiris1309]

You just said green green mahadev!

[@neerajmishra4807]

Har har mahadev. God bless u always......, from india. Tx

[@musicvideosbyaakritithakur8491]

Matthew Paul you did very well but it is Har Har Mahadev......

[@anjalyps252]

Music videos by Aakriti Thakur then why we say hare Rama hare Krishna????

[@terrylawrence8362]

I respect this teacher BLESSINGS SIR om namah shivaya 🕉🙏 🙇‍♀️ 🕉🕉🕉🕉 🙏🙏🙏

[@Diaryofahappyadult]

Dandapani is a gem 💍 he speaks so flawlessly that you can't be distracted 🔥

[@edwinwong7036]

This talk is changing someone's life for sure. Thank you so much for the presentation.

[@chiranjeebthakuria9995]

I've been trying to meditate for the past 4 years but I fail miserably each time. I meditated for 10 mins after watching one of his videos. Today, after practicing for a week, I can meditate up to 40 mins. His methods are practical. The way he teaches you to visualize energy and awareness was something new to me. It worked. Best thing that has happened to me in years.

[@monicaturner5984]

When someone speaks so clearly and eloquently, logically meeting all points of a topic and making it crystal clear and easily digestible to an audience, that itself is an impressive indication of their ability to concentrate. When you’re mentally aligned so staunchly to exactly what you wish to convey without even sub-moments of distraction, you’re naturally creative, funny & engaging and at the peak of your eloquence and intelligence. In a way, I even think intelligence is simply a measure of your ability to concentrate. Why is that geniuses just shut themselves up and intensely focus on one thing they do for an extended period of time? It is a way of incubating their awareness on an object of study for so long that it yields unbelievable, magical results utterly incomprehensible to the average mind. Yogis of the past really had it right in ancient India to develop droves of methods to articulate this lost art. Each breathing/kriya practice is engineered to center your mind and preciously improve what is termed ‘intelligence’ in today’s day and age. Sadly this knowledge is now horribly fragmented and known minimally, the mainstream still believing yoga to be a fitness & lifestyle gimmick to their pretense-filled, exterior life. The seriousness and grand scale of this topic is so underrated and grossly under-understood, I think it’s real time to reveal it’s true meaning and application to the deteriorating state of human affairs.

[@mariejohnson736]

Truly a gift. This morning I asked for a message from the UNIVERSE...and this is what it delivered. Thank you! I am blessed!

[@myrtlefowler6800]

I watched this video around Jan 2018 just after graduating from my undergrad, i took an action and started concentrating. By October 2019 I started consulting as a technical Advisor for DFID, OPM UK, IMF, Uganda Revenue Authority, ..... etc. The only thing i can say it works and thank you.

[@tanishqsuryawanshi1276]

@@myrtlefowler6800 wow you just copied that from above

[@dhivyav277]

Marie bless u to be gifted with what u want

[@melitabogor543]

Next time ask Google

[@markvincent6275]

"Life is a manifestation of where your energy is going"

[@manifestanything7281]

✨You will manifest all your goals and dreams in 2021!✨

[@shamanosanity6557]

Took some notes for myself and now sharing them for anyone who might find them valuable :) 5 Hindrances to Self-Mastery 1. Sensual desire (sight/touch/taste/smell/hearing) = Am I addicted? 2. Ill will / aversion = Am I feeling a negative emotion? 3. Dullness / heaviness = Am I unmotivated? 4. Restlessness = Is my mind jumping from though to thought? 5. Sceptical doubt = Am I indecisive? Rain (is the solution) Recognise which one you're experiencing Accept that's what you're experiencing Investigate why you're experiencing it Non-identify with that experience: 'i am not the body, i am not the mind, i am not my emotion' I wish the talk would go on for longer and if he could share stories of people overcoming each of them :)

[@kakarot5760]

hey shaolin?

[@shamanosanity6557]

@@kakarot5760 - yes but this is more zen then shaolin

[@kakarot5760]

@@shamanosanity6557 yes

[@rekhabenrathwa2859]

The best line is" if we can't concentrate then how could we tell other to concentrate"👍👍👍

[@SuperOlds88]

Why does it always have to be that great minds invented smart phones or things like lunar rovers or stuff that is really invented just to get you to buy it? What about the person or persons who invented the wheel? or a way of getting rid of or controlling human waste in cities and towns? Those people could concentrate and they came up with things that still affect us to this day. I like this speaker but having been a coach and teacher I have to say there is one distinction between practicing just to practice and practicing with success. I have seen many people practice say maybe something in sports or learning guitar, they practice and practice but its not technically correct practice. Correct as not in hindering self-expression but in doing something technical that is hindering their progress and once you have ingrained a practice its harder to unlearn it, much harder. So myself I have always believe in trying to achieve perfect or correct practice over just going through the motions. It was a very nice talk this young man presented, thank you.

[@ViralFuffDesi]

Guy's I just want to say one thing Hinduism is not a religion it's a way of living 😊

[@fionafiona1146]

Atheism is Neither, do people understand that?

[@AtacamaHumanoid]

Cool, so I can put 3 white lines and a red dot on my head, wrap giant japa beads around my neck and it has nothing to do with religion? I'm down for that mindfuck, but I feel like someone would accuse me of cultural appropriation, so I guess I'll just stay with my regular attire and not look like a goddamn freak for no reason.

[@bhanutomer9396]

@@AtacamaHumanoid you actually can, those who accuse you of cultural appropriation will be in the boat of irony.

[@allmoviesexplorer6278]

@@AtacamaHumanoid do you know why he wears rudraksh . Rudraksh enhances your aura and makes you attractive and concentrated. You should not care people say to you . You should care , if something is good for you then no one can stop you getting that.

[@foxfocus8643]

Those "japa beeds" for two purpose, firstly it can use to count his affirmations, and then it keeping the shawl from laying down something like.

[@peacetoallbeings4749]

To each beautiful soul, may you find what you’re looking for.

[@marthinketard8976]

Buddha said: "Who is your enemy? Your mind is your enemy. Who is your friend? Your mind is your friend. Learn the ways of the mind. Tend the mind with care." Great Tedtalk. Thanks!

[@looser8749]

I never thought I was practicing distraction my whole life now I know why I am so good at it.

[@orangecookie5977]

Focusing on one thing is basically eliminating all the unnecessary stuffs in your mind , a simple way to do so is by ask and decide method which says whenever you concentrate and plenty other things come to your mind , then simply ask yourself (like what do you want to focus on?) And you will notice that you will decide the most important thing at that moment and ultimately your focus will be on the most important thing. I'm not saying that asking yourself will help you to focus for long , but with frequent asking and practicing you will able to stick on one thing for long. Lately I've used this way and it's quite helpful ... just thought of sharing...it might help y'all too.

[@mtyquinn6]

I do not think one can eliminate the unnecessary stuffs - but rather place the awareness on the stuffs that will ultimately get what you want (that is an entirely different discussion of what we SHOULD want ;-) ) As demonstrated here, we CAN choose what to focus on... Realizing that we have gone adrift to what we wanted to be aware of is the concept of concentration.

[@arunlamsal9776]

Every time I listen to this video in some time again, I equally enjoy it like the first time. He speaks so softly that itself calms me.

[@umeshchauhan4348]

My life has been changed after I watched this video. Thank you TEDx Talks and thank you shree Dandapani ji.

[@tapashchatterjee1980]

Thankyou Beloved DANDAPANI--Ji.....

[@phinexblit9029]

It’s finally learning that I haven’t even been breathing the right way, then at 40 I find a psychotherapist who teaches me!! Practice certainly makes close to perfection!! 🙌

[@ryanowen3026]

*distraction brought me to this video and then it brought me to the comments halfway the video*

[@mshbtw]

ryan owen same, I went to the comments on 17:03 😂

[@tarunb1911]

It means you distracted while practicing not to be distracted

[@rupammondal7355]

Same here

[@mimimi8141]

😂😂😂

[@Istayuplatedrivefast]

I only lasted 3 minutes

[@vasundharak9536]

One of the best TED talks, with little 'to-do' suggestions and more of a shift in awareness. I watched this till the end without skipping to another talk. Thank you!

[@lalitdogra22]

Thank you KZbin for putitng this in my Recommended list. I seriously needed this. Thank you Dandapani ji.

[@FirstNameLastName-oe9hi]

LALIT DOGRA KZbin is actually making money off of you and me as well. beingindian.com/entertainment/users-worth-on-facebook/?

[@lalitdogra22]

Monika Patel Thanks for the statistics but when you have the control over yourself to spend only when required, you might even be worthless to them. That's the case with Facebook and other apps that feed on cookies (lol). When you are using KZbin on the phone, its not easy to avoid ads but on the laptop you can install adblock and save yourself from getting lured if you aren't stiff enough.

[@FirstNameLastName-oe9hi]

LALIT DOGRA Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunality I dont have a laptop. Only Iphone and Ipad

[@mayankpal1147]

This man is a genius. He is not just telling us to concentrate but explaining it in a beautiful way ,how to really control awareness and focus our concentration for an extended period of time. What a Highly valuable content this is.

[@Shridhar26]

So multitasking breeds DISTRACTION because you are doing so many things at one point of time that u lose focus at individual things. Thanks a lot for teaching me this !

[@Beautymantraindia]

I was a super multi-tasker used to work around 10 hours a day managing my different projects. Somehow, I don't remember the trigger, I switched to one task at a time and do the same amount of work in less time. these days I work six to seven hours a day and achieve as much as I used to working 10 hours a day.

[@shirishmaharjan7234]

Dheedhify I think what he means is start by doing single task at a time which will help you concentrate. As your concentration power increases you might be able to multi task with a great amount of concentration for each task.

[@ahmadmohsin5987]

Dheedhify - We can't multi task even if we think we can, because we can focus on one task at a time, even when it's a compound task. So, it's better to stick to one task longer rather than short spans of attention all over the place for efficient results. Not that your method is wrong, but there's room for improvement.

[@ahmadmohsin5987]

We need to open a third part of the brain. The macro, the micro and a partition to act as a referee between the two.

[@justupostear3571]

There are many good studies for 50 years on multitasking. [Google it] tl;dr 1. only a tiny percentage of people may actually multitask. 2. It is bad for your brain or productivity even if you can do it. 3. Up to 650 BILLION in the US is lost annually because of workplace multitasking. // It is mostly self-deception. In truth, 99% of people cannot multitask at all, but rather just (inefficiently) switch A to B to C. Conclusion: Break one big task or project into small parts, and these into simple components. Do one tiny component after another, in some structural order. Concentrate on one thing simply until complete, then go on to the next... Simplify. Elevate!

[@pcmckar]

This is one of the best talk on the concentration by relating it material world! Monk who achieve greater progress on concentration usually don't want to come back in material world as they have little attachment with it. Very few like Swamy Vivekananda would like to practice and reinforce their spiritual powers for the material world. It requires massive spiritual energy to keep your spiritual achievements intact while moving around material world. Hence many monks/Sadhus would like to maintain status quo. While this one monk is sharing his learning with the world he originally came from. You may not aware.... In Hinduism, if someone become a Sanyasi, he first completes he being a mortal of the material world (with a ceremony), as if he doesn't exists in this material world!

[@vivekvidyasri3249]

Wow... Dandapani...what a clear speech..... Let me be frank, just by listening it with closed eyes, really my mind became calm like a deepest river with least noise.....what an experiance ji... Really superb... God bless you.

[@thangavelm4437]

Swamiji may I get your speech in Tamil

[@jaynarayanan5812]

yes, he has a calming effect

[@Argail8137]

Man, Im so happy to see Dhalsim went from fighting in the streets to be a motivational speaker

[@Ksnieup]

THIS IS THE BEST TALK I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE.

[@SarahElise-so3sy]

For anyone who has to deal with the painful struggles of adhd, this is life- saving information.. quite literally! 😂🤍🙏

[@naveenrio8761]

Haha

[@Chimney_Swift]

me: "ah yes this man has a fantastic point, i should really be less distracted" also me: *proceeds to watch 20 hours of ted talks with assignments due*

[@samyjanet441]

Mannnnnn. Meeeeeee right now

[@buseira]

Well you are focused, focused on watching 20 hours of ted talks rather then focusing on your assignment LOL

[@thetriplelights9959]

Oh lordt if this isn't the truth

[@jonathancaroroldan4517]

A great oportunity to practice concentration!

[@russellswartz7542]

Guess you have a lot of practicing to do, not that I'm much different

[@sassylady3959]

The realistic advice I've ever had, this teaches "how" and not "what" to do. You can clearly understand, your problems and then now I know where to start to change about myself. Thanks to this video it is really worth it to watch.

[@giovannimigliaccio8432]

Dandapani= Legend!

[@harshitchaudhary6166]

Yeah

[@jysl8uus8smnsnsmsj61]

it drifts away brig it back it drifts away brig it back these words changed my life

[@dontlearnjustadaptit2832]

I practice it everyday, this is the best thing on the youtube..i was a over thinker, now it changed me fully and i m a chilled and light person now!

[@jessib5758]

I never ever commented on any KZbin videos in my entire life but this one changed my life forever, because he just taught me how to concentrate and it urged me to write a single comment which I’d probably never write. This is life changing speech cause I always thought that I had adhd now I’m even able concentrate on this comment for the first time in my life. Thank you so much I would practice it for the rest of my life, and I’m going to change my life

[@ajithchowdary6090]

meditation can also help you concentrate and make you accurate. Yoga and meditation, this is what ancient indian teachers taught to their students to concentrate.

[@adityatyagi4009]

One of the better, more useful TED talks!

[@parthokr]

Oh, Dandapani you are amazing... I was going through a very intense and distorted mental situation...and you let my mental distortion go away. Thank you.

[@NicholasOsella]

7:45 "the first thing I learned when I went to the monastery was to learn 'how the mind works.' because once you know how the mind works you can control it, and once you know how to control it you can focus it. you can't focus or concentrate something that you don't understand." "from the monk's perspective, there are two things you need to understand; one is that there is awareness and the other is the mind. imagine awareness as a glowing ball of light. Now imagine your mind as a vast space, with many different sections with many different areas within it (one area of the mind is jealous, joy, science, art..etc.) this glowing ball of light called awareness can travel within the mind and can go into any area of the mind it wants to. when it travels and lights up those areas of the mind, it becomes conscious of them, individually." "each day we allow someone or something to take our mind throughout the day from one area to another. when we allow that to happen it's called a distraction." this was an amazing talk. hopefully, in one year I can become more aware of my actions and learn how to concentrate further on what I want to achieve in my life...thanks TedX and Dandapani. My journey starts today -- Nick

[@ramakrishnas1466]

What you concentrate on, you get it. You need to know that everything is possible...

[@kizitoonyeagusi2824]

Ramakrishna S apart from waking up financially free to life the life you want..

[@janki119]

This is Hinduism 🧡🧡

[@anokhighatna009]

Aloo samosa ye Kaisa naam hai.

[@IceThawing]

It is boring

[@Hanmantkendre]

🕉️🚩Namah shivaya 🚩 Sanatan Dharma 🚩it's a way of life.. it's not a religion. God given everyone freedom of Karma. Your Karma is your identity.and you are responsible for your own Karma's fruits. No idiology religion rules book no idiology prophet. No authority

[@abhinabadutta801]

I love samosa😆

[@abhinabadutta801]

Hi aloo samosa

[@definitely.not.your.type.]

Concentration is the key to the universe.

[@salmank3131]

Marvelous, marvelous and just marvelous. What a lesson and most importantly how he taught us.

[@mukul_vashistha]

One of the most underrated TED Talks. Deserves more appreciation. I feel pity for those 1.7k who disliked this video.

[@GodGurdjieff]

They are the candidates for TED Talks distraction

[@benstep42]

"Life is a manifestation of where your energy is flowing." 15:51

[@shreyakumari204]

His voice is so soothing!!!

[@michaelparker4344]

Were your focus goes energy flows... 15:52 “Life is a manifestation of where your energy is flowing”

[@Jo-oq8zg]

simple and most helpful of all Ted talks ever staged . . . thanks

[@cosmicflowstudio]

Yes! The director must be a practiced teacher and transmuter of energy. The audience must trust the director for this journey. I love these thoughtful ideas. Blessings!

[@starsandgalaxies6230]

You've given me another goal to achieve this quarantine: to focus 😇... Thank you Dandapaani!

[@manasidogra6355]

I am so proud of my culture!

[@zankarbolde]

Watching this at 5 am gave me goosebumps... Thank you GURUJI from the bottom of my heart😇🙏🙏🙏

[@x-relaxxy_breath--9172]

Our Mind Is most precious tool we have, it should work in our favour, not against us 😊✌

[@embracingnirvana7429]

This was the most enlightened Ted Talks I ever listened to. I really learned something very useful from it.

[@praveenmehrotra5004]

Never ever thought that v need to train our kids to concentrate! Thanks for a lot

[@Papa_aalu]

It was the greatest video I ever watched on Focus. Hindu scriptures are soo good in almost evey area🛕🔱

[@rohit1190]

Dandapani amazing.

[@samay4596]

To everyone watching this video, Hindus are the most persecuted lots in the history of humankind. Once extended from Afghanistan to Indonesia, they perished from everywhere except for India and Nepal. Spaces of arts, academia and politics don't like talking about it because Hindus are a divided community themselves. Missionary crusades have converted millions of Hindus lately and high birthrate among Muslims and forced conversions in the hinterland pose a threat to the Hindu civilisation. Non-proselytising Hindu civilisation needs your support.

[@navalsaini]

Finally someone answers my questions about monks with emails and iphones (saw a lot of that in McLaudGunj, Dharamshala, India)

[@alkayadav5981]

Being monk doesn't mean illiterate or can't be morden. 😊

[@markskywalker3177]

I like the analogy of a ball and on a surface for awareness and mind. I'm really grateful to learn this knowledge and also love the note that life is a manifestation of where your energy is flowing. Now I will need to be confident to find where my passions are and practice concentration because that's where I want my energy to flow! I also remember one day I joked with a friend on a difficult subject or major he took upon, but what he said shocked me a lot, and still keeps echoing in my head: "It's not that hard if you pay enough attention". I was touched by this attitude and also felt different. It is a very powerful, inspiring yet encouraging statement that I kept in my mind. Hope ones who see this comment be happy and successful in your life. Good luck my friends!

[@twilight0057]

நன்றி தண்டபாணி ஐயா🙏🏻❤️

[@readinglove6218]

Ohm 🙏🏻 sending love from india 🇮🇳

[@margaretjv7207]

No wonder I'm so distracted, I've been practising the art for yeeeears. I needed this. Thank you Dandapani.