Quest And Conquest

Superhero Focus


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In this episode, Taj unpacks a story from the Mahabharata involving guru and master warrior Dhrona and his ace disciple Arjun to demonstrate the preeminent importance of focus. He turns to the Bible and the Quran for further insights. He dissects the ways in which the modern world seeks to dilute human beings in substance and essence through the myriad methods of distractions. Taj posits that the current materialistic world order requires the commoditization of humanity which is best served by unfocused minds. He offers biological and anthropological perspectives on focus. Taj asserts the importance of defining one’s chosen arena(s) of battle and muting out background noises of self-doubt, self-pity and regret. Arenas can pertain to anything from home life to the workplace and even personal hobbies. He introduces transcendental meditation’s “monkey brain” concept and illustrates his own hilltop metaphor for the role of focus in illuminating and then traversing the path that lies ahead. He compares individuals with increased capacities to focus to athletes who are able to recover quickly from intense physical exertion. In the current day and age individuals who are able to focus their minds at will may seem to possess supernatural abilities. Taj closes with recent examples of superhero focus by highlighting feats of his brothers and sisters in humanity in Jaagoron who have had to overcome serious hurdles en route to succeeding in their chosen arenas.
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