In the same way as one can share the emotions of another person by sympathy, spontaneously, by an affinity more or less deep, or else by an effort of concentration which ends in identification. It is this last process that one adopts when one listens to music with an intense and concentrated attention, to the point of checking all other noise in the head and obtaining a complete silence, into which fall, by drop, the notes of the music whose sound alone remains; and with the sound all the feelings, all the movements of emotion can be perceived, experienced, felt as if they were produced in ourselves. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/arts#p84</ref>
==Helpful QualitiesAids to Concentration==
===Quietude and SilencePurity=== Purity and concentration are indeed two aspects, feminine and masculine, passive and active, of the same status of being; purity is the condition in which concentration becomes entire, rightly effective, omnipotent; by concentration purity does its works and without it would only lead to a state of peaceful quiescence and eternal repose. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/23/concentration#p2 </ref> <div style="text-align: center;">♦</div>
A constant babble of words seems to be the indispensable accompaniment to daily work. And yet as soon as one makes an effort to reduce ..without purity the noise to a minimumcomplete, equal, one realises that many things are done better and faster flexible concentration of the being in silence and that this helps to maintain one's inner peace and concentrationright thought, right will, right feeling or secure status of spiritual experience is not possible. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1223/the-four-austerities-and-the-four-liberationsconcentration#p41 p1</ref>
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It ...the two (purity and concentration) must proceed together, each helping the victory of the other, until we arrive at that eternal calm from which may proceed some partial image in the human being of the eternal, omnipotent and omniscient activity. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/23/concentration#p1.</ref> ===Will=== ...if one is oneself entirely concentrated in the will, I say that there is better to make nothing in the deeper concentration when you are alone world that can prevent one from doing it, from doing it or quiet. Outward sounds ought not being obliged to disturb youdo it. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/06/29/concentration-andseptember-meditation1954#p68p43</ref>
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Purity and concentration are indeed two aspectsThe will, feminine and masculine, passive and active, of the same status of being; purity is the condition in which concentration becomes entire, rightly effective, omnipotentmust be cultivated; by concentration purity does its works and without it would only lead to is a state question of peaceful quiescence and eternal reposemethod, of regular exercise. If you will, you can. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/04/23/concentration-december-1950#p2 p8 </ref>
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...without purity Essentially, from the completegeneral point of view, equalparticularly from the intellectual viewpoint, flexible the most important thing is the capacity of attention and concentration , it is that which one must work at and develop. From the point of view of action (physical action), it is the will: you must work and build up an unshakable will. From the being in right thoughtintellectual point of view, you must work and build up a power of concentration which nothing can shake. And if you have both, right concentration and will, right feeling or secure status you will be a genius and nothing will resist you. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/05/24-june-1953#p61 </ref> ===Quietude and Silence=== A constant babble of spiritual experience is not possiblewords seems to be the indispensable accompaniment to daily work. And yet as soon as one makes an effort to reduce the noise to a minimum, one realises that many things are done better and faster in silence and that this helps to maintain one's inner peace and concentration. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2312/concentrationthe-four-austerities-and-the-four-liberations#p1p41 </ref>
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...It is better to make the two (purity and deeper concentration) must proceed together, each helping the victory of the other, until we arrive at that eternal calm from which may proceed some partial image in the human being of the eternal, omnipotent and omniscient activitywhen you are alone or quiet. Outward sounds ought not to disturb you. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/2329/concentration-and-meditation#p1.p68</ref>
===Inner Readiness===
One can concentrate on the different centres; but sometimes one concentrates for so long, with so much effort, and has no result. And then one day something shakes you, you feel that you are going to lose your footing, you have to cling on to something; then you cling within yourself to the idea of union with the Divine, the idea of the divine Presence, the idea of the transformation of the consciousness, and you aspire, you want, you try to organise your feelings, movements, impulses around this. And it comes. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/22-june-1955#p4 </ref>
===Will===
...if one is oneself entirely concentrated in the will, I say that there is nothing in the world that can prevent one from doing it, from doing it or being obliged to do it. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/06/29-september-1954#p43</ref>
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The will, concentration must be cultivated; it is a question of method, of regular exercise. If you will, you can. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/23-december-1950#p8 </ref>
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Essentially, from the general point of view, particularly from the intellectual viewpoint, the most important thing is the capacity of attention and concentration, it is that which one must work at and develop. From the point of view of action (physical action), it is the will: you must work and build up an unshakable will. From the intellectual point of view, you must work and build up a power of concentration which nothing can shake. And if you have both, concentration and will, you will be a genius and nothing will resist you. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/05/24-june-1953#p61 </ref>
===Effort===