Concentration

By Annie Rix Militz

"""Concentration"" is a book written by Annie Rix Militz that teaches meditation and concentration techniques to help people improve their approach and reach their goals. The book includes practical exercises and advice to develop concentration skills and achieve a quiet and focused mind.
It is also discussed how concentration can help in areas such as work, study and personal relationships.
It is a valuable guide for those interested in improving their concentration and achieving greater mental clarity and a fuller life.

CONTENT OF THE BOOK

I. The nature of concentration
II. The power of rest
III self -control
IV. Concentration in daily life
V. concentration through devotion
SAW. Peace and bliss

Biography of Annie Rix Militz:

Annie Rix Militz (1856 - 1924), was an American spiritual writer and leader, known for her role as one of the first organizers of the new thought movement. She is mainly remembered as the founder of ""Home of Truth"", an independent denomination of the new thought. Through his writings and teachings, Annie shared his knowledge and experiences on meditation and concentration techniques, helping people improve their approach and reach their goals.

Annie Rix Militz was born in California in March 1856 being the firstborn of Hale and Alice P. Rix. She became a teacher in San Francisco in her thirties and attended a class taught by Emma Curtis Hopkins, known as the ""Teacher of Masters"" of the new thought. During the meeting, Annie experienced a healing of a migraine and deafness in a ear.

In 1887, together with Harriet and Sadie Gorie, he founded the home of Christian science, which was later renamed the home of truth. In 1890, he moved to Chicago to study at the theological Seminary of the Christian Science of Emma Curtis Hopkins and was ordered along with Charles and Myrtle Fillmore the following year.
In the Colombian World Exhibition of 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, he met Hindu Swami Vivekananda, an event that influenced her to get away from her Christian vision of the new thought and become an interreligious teaching. His writings emphasize healing methods and techniques for the development of mental powers. In 1911, he broke with Unity Church to promote his own interreligious teachings of the new thought.
Militz and his sister are better known today as the founders, in 1905, of The Home of Truth, an independent denomination of the new thought that is a member of INTA, located in Alameda, California. Annie and Harriet are buried in the crypt of the Rix family with their parents and brothers in the Columbario de San Francisco.

Annie is the author of the books:

""Concentration"" (also known as ""the nature of concentration""),
""Primary lessons about Christian life and health""
""Body renewal""
""The mountain sermon, an interpretation""
""Spiritual cleaning""
""Prosperity""
""I am myself""
""None of these things move me""
""Everything is possible for those who believe""
""The wonderful supporters of the well of wishes""
She was also an editor and collaborator of the ""Master Mind"" magazine from October 1911 to March 1919.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Annie Rix Militz
• Release date: Jan 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215357576

Annie Rix Militz

Annie Rix Militz (1856 - 1924), was an American spiritual writer and leader, known for her role as one of the first organizers of the new thought movement. She is mainly remembered as the founder of "Home of Truth", an independent denomination of the new thought.Through his writings and teachings, Annie shared his knowledge and experiences on meditation and concentration techniques, helping people improve their approach and reach their goals.

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CONCENTRATION

Written by ANNIE RIX MILITZ in the year 1918

©2023 All rights to this book are reserved. No part of the book may be reproduced in any way without written permission, except for brief quotes incorporated into critical articles and reviews.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

THE NATURE OF THE CONCENTRATION

THE POWER OF REST

SELF CONTROL

CONCENTRATION ON DAILY LIFE

CONCENTRATION THROUGH DEVOTION

PEACE AND JOY

FOREWORD

The following lessons were first given in Los Angeles at the Home of Truth in the summer of 1907. Since then, they have been presented to large audiences in various cities of the world with the happiest and most practical results.

Although spoken, and without notes, the shorthand reports have made it possible to publish the lectures almost verbatim.

They were published in THE MASTER MIND magazine in 1914, and although the family talk style has been retained, for this book they have been revised, added, and rearranged with subheadings so they are easy to study or teach others, and in many respects convenient for the practical student of the spiritual mind to achieve the power of concentration that he desires.

May all your needs and desires in this regard be quickly satisfied, oh reader, and may this small volume be a privileged instrument to set your feet on the Straight Path forever, is the author's fervent prayer,

ANNIE RIX MILITZ.

THE NATURE OF CONCENTRATION

THE COMMON CENTER

The simplest definition of concentration is the one that appears in the dictionary, namely: gather in a common center, since it defines both the spiritual and the material. It is enough to consider what is the common center to put the concentration in its right place. That common center is within you and its name is One, whether we call it the name of the Lord, as we read in the book of the prophet Malachi, as to the great Manifestation that will finally be in this world, that there will be a Lord and His name One, or whether we call it the mathematical one. It is enough that we see the common center of our spiritual thoughts and our material thoughts as one thought, one manifestation.

THE PATH OF CREATION

Concentration is the formative path of creation. Creation is manifested by the power of the divine mind working on thoughts, ordering them and being obeyed, so that they gather around a common center; thus, we have that expression, called Solar System, or a world.

If we turn to the scientific theories of the formation of this universe, we have that nebulous mass that finds its center in some nucleus around which everything is gathered. This formative power of divinity within you is the one that brings everything to its essence. The common center of your being is the essence of God, your divine being. Starting to make your eye fix on that central self, that divine self, is to feel your mastery.

The reason why people are so disturbed, upset, mixed up and unfocused, is because they have forgotten. They have stopped looking at the One, and they must return, and remember the One who is the source of our life; the power that holds us together; the great means by which we can order our lives and manifest the works of God, works of healing, mastery, self-control and restoration of memory. So, you can be a power like the sun, radiating power to transform your whole world, according to your own idea, to the light that dwells in you, bringing forth all that is right and what is a blessing.

AN INDICATOR OF INTELLIGENCE

The power of concentration has always been an indicator of intelligence. It is an indicator of intelligence, whether it is expressed in the animal kingdom or in the human kingdom, in a baby or in Socrates.

When a trainer wants to select intelligent animals, he looks at their power of concentration. A famous dog trainer collected a number of these animals from all over the world. Sometimes they were very ordinary dogs, because he discovered that it wasn't always the best breed of dogs that showed the most intelligence. Sometimes it was just a yellow dog that was the best trick dog. After being with his master long enough to become familiar with his voice, the handler would test his ability to concentrate.

He gathered them together and, lifting some object, demanded the attention of all the dogs towards him. One by one, the dogs looked down, turned their heads away, and sought another interest. Only a few remained alerts and waiting, and these were the dogs the handler chose to perform on his stage.

And so, we can take the selected one. The calf that heeds... very quickly and very constantly, we have a lot of intelligence. This is also true of ourselves, we find that the times, when we can hold our mind on certain things, are the times of greatest achievement, when we manifest the greatest intelligence, and finally, we will see this a power so supreme that one could, like Socrates, stand in the middle of the market absorbed in a revelation, and even stand for hours.

It is said that this great philosopher once stood for a whole day and night, while the people crowded around him. If you or I were able to stay like this, we might as well present to the world a philosophy like the one he gave. Socrates represents intelligence of the highest degree, and it is expressed in this power of concentration. There is no greater pursuit than that of knowledge and understanding by which you can express your intelligence in concentration.

NATURAL CONCENTRATION

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