The ability to concentrate can elude you today as you struggle to move past the mental distractions keeping you from examining the deepest reaches of your soul. However, all is likely not lost, as you can learn to shut out the chatter of the mind and heart so as to better hear the gentle words spoken by the soul. Tuning inward can help you focus your attention on that which is truly important to you today, yet you may nonetheless find your thoughts returning again and again to distracting emotional and intellectual issues. Drowning these out will likely be a matter of confronting these notions directly so you can divest yourself of them permanently.

Because the mind can be as much of a distraction as any outer world disturbance, it is important that we learn to quiet our intellectual and emotional selves when our goal is to reach a deep meditative state. However adept we are at blocking out the noise and commotion we encounter in our individual environments, we may find that we cannot effectively control the uproar of our thoughts and feelings. Oftentimes, this mental chatter is related to our worries, our fears, and the emotional baggage keeping us from realizing true inner peace. But if we are willing to mull over these threatening aspects of the self, their power over us is diminished, and we once again regain control over the musings of the mind. Reflection can be a tool you use today to help you tune out useless diversions so that you can tune into the voice of your inner being.