Power of Focus

So long as the thoughts of an individual are scattered he will achieve no results, but if his thinking be concentrated on a single point wonderful will be the fruits thereof.

One cannot obtain the full force of the sunlight when it is cast on a flat mirror, but once the sun shineth upon a concave mirror, or on a lens that is convex, all its heat will be concentrated on a single point, and that one point will burn the hottest. Thus is it necessary to focus one’s thinking on a single point so that it will become an effective force.

'Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha, p. 110

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

this analogy is a very powerful one !

(maybe you are not aware of a glaring typo though )

Gaijin21 said...

What typo?? :-P
Haha! I guess I was not focusing on my spelling! Thanks for the correction!