“Without concentration, everything amounts to nothing.” - The new book by bestselling author Volker Kitz on the topic of our time
Our ability to concentrate is rapidly diminishing. We notice this every day in ourselves and in our fellow human beings. We’re flooded by more and more stimuli; studies suggest that electronic media change the brain structure; our attention span seems to be in free fall. As a result, many people feel a growing desire to finally be able to concentrate calmly on something or even on themselves. But what is concentration anyway? How does it work? And what can we do to preserve it?
Based on his personal experiences at a silent retreat in the Himalayas, bestselling author Volker Kitz takes us on an entertaining journey through the biology, psychology, philosophy, and cultural history of concentration – and even includes one or two concentration exercises. The result is an breviary that explains what a treasure our ability to concentrate is – and invites us to start training it more again.
