In 2015, a \u2018staggering\u2019 study was published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canadian scientists partnered with Microsoft to conduct brainwave measurement experiments, with 2,000 survey participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results showed that in 2000, the average human attention span was\u2026 12 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But by 2013, it had \u2018been\u2019 reduced to just\u2026 8 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Truly staggering!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But more shockingly, there are also figures on goldfish\u2019s attention spans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is\u2026 9 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What does this mean? Human concentration is even worse than\u2026 a goldfish\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It turns out that \u201cgoldfish brain\u201d is real: an attention span of just 9 seconds. But humans now have only 8 seconds. Yet we often tease certain people\u2014such as mothers after childbirth who experience memory loss and difficulty concentrating\u2014calling them \u201cgoldfish brains.\u201d Not quite, and it is not limited to anyone in particular: the human brain in general is gloriously \u201cevolving\u201d to the level of\u2026 a goldfish brain. In fact, it does not even measure up! What a brilliant achievement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Too much information makes people lose attention to any particular piece of information. According to a study, 63 billion gigabytes of digital data were created in 2000, rising to a projected 163 trillion gigabytes in 2025. By 2019, there were around 1.7 billion websites globally. Every day, we \u2018struggle\u2019 to \u2018survive\u2019 the \u2018brand war,\u2019 with countless brands using every \u2018trick\u2019 to attract our attention. On an average day, you may encounter thousands of brand messages, both consciously and unconsciously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smartphones seemed destined to make our lives easier and improve our concentration. But no: while working, suddenly \u201cding,\u201d a social-media notification arrives. We pick up the phone to \u201ccheck.\u201d 30 seconds later, a new email arrives; immediately after, a stream of messages from messaging app A. Before we finish responding, more messages arrive from messaging app B. Before we can read them, another email; just as we are about to check it, social media sends another notification\u2026 Returning to work, we no longer remember where we were in the process. Everything has to be \u201crestarted\u201d and \u201cwarmed up\u201d from scratch. Productivity plummets. Why? Because our capacity to concentrate has been significantly weakened!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Children encounter \u201csmart\u201d phones from a young age. Of course, everything has two sides. Smartphones can give children access to many programs online, increasing understanding, creativity (although continuously consuming information passively can reduce creativity), and the ability to connect across dimensions\u2014also a necessary spiritual quality\u2026 But beware of the harm outweighing the benefit. Many mothers let children watch videos on phones or tablets to\u2026 feed them quickly and get it over with. Easy! The child opens their mouth for food, eyes glued to the screen, chewing soullessly like a zombie, with no \u201cconnection\u201d to the food, no mindfulness, no energy of appreciation or gratitude for it, and no full experience of its taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In short, it is a lack of concentration. Many fathers take their children out, and when the children fuss or cry, they can only open their phones to let them play games or watch entertainment, to get some \u2018peace.\u2019 Many families still habitually turn on the television while eating. Whatever we pay attention to, our minds turn toward it and energy \u2018flows\u2019 there. Family meals are a time to gather; energy needs to \u2018converge\u2019 at the dining table. Everyone should use that time together to feel family bonds and show care by asking about one another. In the study of symbolic\/spiritual language, the table itself symbolizes \u2018sharing and communication.\u2019 Yet turning on the television during a meal makes the mind \u2018wander\u2019 toward it, deprives the meal of mindfulness, and breaks our concentration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As society develops in this direction, one of the things eroding most is the human ability to FOCUS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So saying that the ability to concentrate is today\u2019s scarcest \u2018resource\u2019 is no exaggeration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meditation could be the solution to this pressing problem!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because meditation helps us become more focused. Meditation is about awareness. Awareness requires focus. Focus is one of meditation's characteristics. If there is distraction, it is not meditation. If focus involves excessive tension and suppression, that is not meditation either. Meditation combines focus with relaxation. There is no contradiction. They complement each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meditation techniques help students learn to steady the mind, concentrate, observe, and recognize an object such as the breath or changes in the body. In fact, many scientific studies have confirmed this. A University of North Carolina study found that students who meditate increase their awareness and concentration manyfold compared with others. When we train concentration through meditation, our brains can \u201crestructure themselves\u201d to help us focus better in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The scarcer something is, the more precious. Yet meditation can help preserve intact\u2014and even develop\u2014that \u201cintangible capital,\u201d that immensely precious and necessary \u201casset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Day 12 of the 21-day series of meditation and sharing on social media \u2014 sowing seeds of inner peace together.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
N\u0103m 2015, m\u1ed9t nghi\u00ean c\u1ee9u \u201cg\u00e2y cho\u00e1ng v\u00e1ng\u201d \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c c\u00f4ng b\u1ed1. C\u00e1c nh\u00e0 khoa h\u1ecdc Canada li\u00ean k\u1ebft v\u1edbi Microsoft, th\u1ef1c hi\u1ec7n c\u00e1c th\u00ed nghi\u1ec7m \u0111o s\u00f3ng n\u00e3o, v\u1edbi 2.000 \u0111\u1ed1i t\u01b0\u1ee3ng tham gia kh\u1ea3o s\u00e1t. K\u1ebft qu\u1ea3 cho th\u1ea5y, th\u1eddi gian t\u1eadp trung trung b\u00ecnh c\u1ee7a con ng\u01b0\u1eddi, v\u00e0o n\u0103m 2000 l\u00e0\u2026 12 gi\u00e2y. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hanh-trinh-chia-se"],"yoast_head":"\n