focusedHow well can you focus? This is an important key in self-discovery. You cannot know your True Self as long as you allow the mind to drift and wander as it is wont to do. The mind can be trained. Why would you want to do so? An untrained mind is like an untrained puppy or child that wanders off and gets lost, causing much angst. A mind that is tamed becomes more docile and peaceful. So what do you focus on? Anything and nothing, but choose one thing and contemplate upon it for periods of time until you experience a state of no-time and no-thing. That is the training ground that takes you to a place of freedom.