CONCENTRATION

February 12th, 2006 by J.Sridharan



An interesting thing happened when Swami Vivekananda was walking along the bank of a river, in United States.
He found a group of youngsters shooting at a string of eggshells bobbing up on the water. The youths tried in turn, but none could hit the target.
Swamiji, who was watching all this, felt amused.
He could not suppress his smile and this did not escape the attention of one of the young men who said in a challenging tone -
“The Task is not as easy as it looks, Sir. Let us see how you do it”.
Swamiji said nothing, but took the gun from the boy’s hand and hit twelve shells in succession.
The youths were awe-struck and supposed Swamiji was a brilliant marksman.
Swamiji could read theri minds.
He told them he had never in his life fired a shot before and that
the Secret of his success was CONCENTRATION.

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    Hey prasanna!

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  4. Archana Says:

    Everytime I hear this story, it brings new enthusiasm! thx for the post sir!

  5. Rahul M Says:

    Interesting thing from a genius.

  6. Priya Says:

    hahah mebe i shud try to concentrate =\

  7. Z000nie Says:

    CONCENTRATION.
    I seriously need lot of these..

    Damn…Im losing ma concentration on few things :(

  8. uday Says:

    @Priya: let me know if you did concentrate ..v r gonna cut a cake and celebrate! :LOL: :)

  9. Sudeep Says:

    Nice story… have heard many stories frm Swamiji’s life but not this one till date

  10. J.Sridharan Says:

    @Mr UDAY:
    WE TWO also like to
    Join the Celebration and
    Share the Cake.

  11. Gautham Says:

    ha.. concentration is one thing i lack very badly!!

  12. Vanilla Says:

    hey….good one!!!!
    at times we keep forgetin dat God is by our side al d tim…
    Good dat someone keeps reminding us!!!

  13. Archana Says:

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  15. J.Sridharan Says:

    Ms Archana,
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    Thank You for doing the same.

  16. J.Sridharan Says:

    @ SUDEEP & ZOOONIE
    Thanks for your responses.
    This is an extract from ” SWAMI VIVEKANANDA - THE FRIEND OF ALL”.
    You can see more of him in this book, in the chapter, “MEMORABLE EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA”
    Actually Many will be knowing HIM and HIS.
    Only to make the FEW who do not know, I Repeat them.

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