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This was Shaila Catherine's first book, which introduced concentration practices and exercises to stabilize the mind, covering topics like the four absorption states (jhana) and the relationship between concentration and insight. She suggested reading this after her newer book, *Beyond Distraction*.
Now that's slightly different than my first book, which is *Focused and Fearless*, and that introduces the practices of concentration, how to stabilize the mind, how to develop conditions that are con...
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Episode: Five Ways to be Less Distracted | Shaila Catherine
This was Shaila Catherine's first book, which introduced concentration practices and exercises to stabilize the mind, covering topics like the four absorption states (jhana) and the relationship between concentration and insight. She suggested reading this after her newer book, *Beyond Distraction*.
Now that's slightly different than my first book, which is *Focused and Fearless*, and that introduces the practices of concentration, how to stabilize the mind, how to develop conditions that are conducive for concentration.
The first book, *Focused and Fearless*, not only introduces concentration and provides exercises for anyone to develop and strengthen their capacity to focus, but it also introduces the four absorption states called jhana, where the mind gets deeply concentrated and unified in meditation.