Developing a Razor Sharp Focus ... It's Not What You Think

Summary

January 17, 2020, 9 min

Why deep concentration comes from a brief point of focus opened into peripheral vision and light trance in the right hippocampus, rather than from narrow left-brain focus. Hakalau, Thomas Edison's ball-bearing trick and Tesla's mental pictures show how the aha moment arises.

In this video

Teaches

ConcentrationHakalau

Discusses

Left and right brainRight hippocampusThomas EdisonTranceFoveal and peripheral attention

Mentions

Dual and non-dualNikola TeslaQigong

Key moments

00:00Razor sharp focus is not what you think 00:53The left brain is sequential, one thing at a time 01:58Hakalau: one point plus all of your peripheral vision 03:15The right brain takes in a whole picture at once 04:26How the aha moment floods in from the right hippocampus 05:03Edison's ball bearings and Tesla's working pictures 06:24A little bit of focus and a lot of trance 08:17Qigong advice: get a little sleepy