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==''What becomes of the rest of the consciousness when there is this local concentration?==''
Well, it either falls silent as in any concentration or, if it does not, then thoughts or other things may move about, as if outside, but the concentrated part does not attend to them or notice. That is when the concentration is reasonably successful.
One has not to fatigue oneself at first by long concentration if one is not accustomed, for then in a jaded mind it loses its power or value. One can “relax” and meditate instead of concentrating. It is only as the concentration becomes normal that one can go on for a longer and longer time.<ref>Sri Aurobindo. cwsa/29/concentration-and-meditation</ref>
 
=Concentration in the context of integral Yoga=