Human attention span is on average, research shows, 8 seconds.
One may focus on a task up to 40 minutes, but this ought to be understood as amalgamation of 8 seconds periods of attentive moments, assuming one has mastered the art of focusing or is compelled to focus. In any case, after 40 minutes, one may need to distract himself or herself from the task to refocus again and so on.
In meditation, I noted, my attention moves from one topic to another, or from one image to another and so on. Like monkey in a forest, I move from one tree of life to another and so on. The speed is too fast.
I fully focus though on my lower belly, and make myself still.
In the brain's time, 8 second is too long. it is able to finish tasks in less than a second, to apprehend a phenomena, for instance.
The monkey mind is perhaps apprehending too many phenomena at the same time or is he trying to show me the forest rather than the trees or perhaps the trees rather than the forest? Or is the speed too much to apprehend? Or is it materials needed to be reflected upon?
On the other hand, when one gets out of samadhi, one comes with a capacity to sustain attention on a task for a longer period of time. For instance, one is able to write without many errors because one is paying attention.
It is for this reason, and indeed many others, that one ought to cultivate fana or samadhi. People agree focusing is crucial in attaining goals.
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