Why People Say Meditation Can Change Your Life | Dharana and Focus Explained 

Listening to Dr. K gives you brain cells, Looking at the Chat loses them.

Watching this was like meditation because I had to make sure I focused on Dr. K and not chat so I wouldn't lose brain cells

It is a blessing to live in the time of the mental health revolution.

Resonates with me a lot. After trying for years to get better(I was suicidal and many other problems.) I woke up at 3:30 (am) to watch a meteorite shower. The weather was perfect and I went to a quiet place and watched. As I was watching a lot of things clicked and I undertook action. It pretty much saved my life. And now I'm in the final weeks of treatment. Coming out the other side as a fully functioning person.

Man, Dr. K has so much patience to deal with chat, my god they are so annoying and disrespectful

That explaines why I dread Class so much. I just can't concentrate ever and it seems all so uninteresting to me. I hate it more then anything else.

I am 31 years old and from india.i just landed on Dr K's channel yesterday night .I keep reading about meditation and practice it around 10 mins a day.i have searched about it on the internet but this is the first time I have seen someone so on point about the whole deal.this is more relevant to me than probably even a lot of what sam harris has to say about it.respect to both though.

Would you consider doing a full video/talk on meditation in some kind of a structured way? For example, how to start meditating, best sources for meditation practices, how long should you meditate in the beginning etc. I've been trying to piece the information together from all of your videos but it's just simply too much content to go over. Or maybe I missed something?

Once I was really depressed, so much so that I lost the motivation to do basic things like eating, for months I barely ate and lost a lot of weight and it wasn't intentional. One day, I thought, I don't want to be so miserable anymore and then I got better. It wasn't quick but I still remember that as the point when I started to get better. I don't know what happened inside my head but my recovery was led by that one thought.

Thank you so much, your videos have helped me so much in such a short amount of time. The way you analyse and breakdown complicated topics into memorable analogies is amazing. I hope you continue to help people and change people's lives for the better. Thanks

This video actually improved my understanding of the word "immersion" as a word in the field of game design by a HUGE margin, thank you Dr.K!

This is so beautifully put together. This is exactly what I've been experiencing over the last few months as I've gotten more serious about meditation.

I'd say laziness is more choosing not to do things, even though you can. Getting distracted is more along the lines of procrastination.

Thank you Dr K, you are a fountain of wisdom and I am so pleased to have found your channel! Peace

I'm binge listening to you at work. Glad to have found this channel.

When in ignorance the ego is who we are and meditation is what we do. In Reality meditation is what we are and the ego is what we do.

This was extremely helpful! Thank you so much for this. Im gonna start meditating

Thank you for this video, understand our mind is fascinating

Man Dr. K is awesome, thank you so much for this videos, they truly help.

Very deep video!! the content is amazing, congrats!

Watching this video, I tried to focus and I lasted 15 minutes, then I opened up another tab to browse while listening to this video. I closed the new tab in realization that that was the point in which I lost focus.

This really made me realize how weak my mind is... I refocus my attention so much while im working, studying, reading, etc. and now i understand why I'm capable of reading books or comics for 1-2h withouth touching my phone, but I can't do the same with work.

Meditation also makes you aware of your mind a lot more. This way you can “kill” invasive thoughts, and start to place your mind/self in pressure in order to get tougher/stronger

Thanks for another great video, these explanations are great and also relatable 😂

if i could double like this, i would! Great content, thx!!

Meditation is something that I need to start doing more

Doc's videogame analogies are A1 loool tysm healthygamer staff, i love you all

18:30 I just experienced this moment yesterday when listening to your video on body fat! I have always been a person that can accept something you tell me is true but, until I understand the mechanics or science behind it, I don't know how to apply the information to my life. (That's the best way I know to describe it.) I was the annoying kid that always asked, "But why...?", growing up - because I genuinely wanted to know. I have always struggled with weight my whole life, but especially since I was diagnosed with MS and had to switch from a very physical job to a sedentary job. I have been trying to motivate myself to exercise regularly and place exercise as a top priority, but I have been able to come up with excuses to not exercise. Your video titled, "What New Fat Research Actually Says", made me realize I have misunderstood a LOT of stuff around body fat and how it affects everything, probably because a lot of this is newer information from research. When you talked about what happens when we get stressed and energy is released, and how fat is linked to so many mental issues along with the physical issues, I had this moment where it just clicked - it was the "light bulb moment", and I felt my focus and determination to exercise every day completely shift and grow. I haven't felt this committed and focused on exercise ever in my life, and I grew up playing soccer starting at age 4. I am so glad that RU-vid randomly recommended your videos, Dr. K, and I have been listening to them with a concentration I haven't experienced in a long time.

I will donate when I start earning. Thank you!

Dr. K is a Saint

i wish i would've found dr k when i was wayyy younger

Ty doctor

I am really glad to found you at 21

I swear his twitch streams give me more info than his Guide to Mental Health XD THO I love both

every video is a gift from u

11:36 its also your presuppositions about the movie or what mood you're in you can enjoy. Being open to whatever and just experiencing a movie or game as it comes can improve your enjoyment massively. Which is why its hard to recommend something to friends sometimes cause they wont get it the way you did they'll expect something entirely different from the experience.

My attitude towards studying changed alot when i watch your channel Would say that its life-changing. Easy to digest contents (but sometimes i dont have the time to watch 30-1hour vids :

One way I see focus and distraction: Focus = micro-distractions, leaves-scale distraction Distraction = macro-distractions, forest-scale or maybe tree-scale distraction

This is the reason why i always mute all in games like LoL. I release i enjoy the game and perform better when i don't have someone to tilt me and throw my concentration off. Sometime it annoys me though because i cant just ignore these people but i have to mute them. There is no mute button in the real world.

13:23 just as he says “breaks your immersion” the video glitches out. My immersion has been broken. Bravo

Dharana

love this

I really wish I could have meditation experiences like the people who come on stream. I've tried establishing a meditation routine throughout my life, but I can never stick with it.

Your video’s are very interesting

❤

you are changing the way i look at things. You are helping me to make the changes i wanted to do for a long time

Yes I think it helps. I was once so stressed I couldn't see straight.

This is so helpful not gonna lie

I did not compare dates but they used this clip twice. I love my memory.

What spiritual path did you follow? Going to start Kriya Yoga potentially, and a lot of the thinking lines up with what you're saying.

It's easier to focus on the goal of getting all the leaves raked up when there is rain in the forecast for the next week. I know this works so I look at the forecast whenever I don't feel like doing yardwork.

Does it matter what someone concentrates on to get enjoyment from doing it? Example: If I dreaded the thought of doing math homework, but I managed to just concentrate on doing it, would I actually enjoy the process?

This makes me even more worried about the consequences of our brains being less able to focus on 1 thing the more we use the instant quick and easy gratifications things like social media give us

28:49 "what is dodged?" lol

@HealthyGamerGG Do you drink coffee/caffeine? Also, what meditation did you use while studying in university to make it so you only needed 2 hours of studying a day?

11:05 Dr K on the relationship between enjoying something and focus

Interesting. Does this have perhaps any effect in your surroundings? For example, if I studied and want to take a break by playing videogames, will the break be affected if I have the book still in front of me while playing the game? Does the focus wander from one thing to the other subconsciously?

Relaxed Mind - 9:43 Concentration = Greater Understanding - 13:40 The Effects of Gaming on the Mind - 21:43

Dharma, to focus and concentrate

ok I need to focus on focus training my follow through is so bad it can be classified as executive dysfunction

I'm enthralled by this content. I recently enjoyed a similar book, and I was truly enthralled. "Reclaiming Connection: The Journey of a Digital Detox" by Joshua Ember

just felt like dr K has been saying the same thing in different ways for years

cool

that's from an older vod right? Feels like I've seen this before

Ight, so how do you develop this focus thing then? I doubt sitting with your legs crossed does the trick..

I am so good at hyperfocusing, but it causes me to get obsessed and to neglect other priorities like eating or drinking water or cleaning my room or brushing my teeth, etc. Then, when I snap out of this flow state, sometimes days later, I have anxiety when I realize the things I've been neglecting. Then I procrastinate because I'm worried I'll get sucked back into hyperfocus mode. I agree that flow is enjoyable and helps me ace my classes, but at what cost? How does one achieve a happy medium? What's the best way to get out of a flow state? I set alarms to snap me out of it, but they annoy me so I turn them off and resume hyperfocus.

How many hours a meditation per day Dr . K more is better?

It’s a series of little tricks. Once you learn the trick it’s very easy. The problem is learning the trick. -Stanley Miller

Sorry for the ignorant question, but what are the foreign phrases you use and what are they from? Buddhist teachings?

This video took me an hour to finish but at least I got it done.

I got this .. When im focusing on something and then when im being bother while im doing my thing.. And i feel angry..

Can someone reply me the next part of this stream where he explains Dharana?

so you are saying focus is what keeps us productive and motived and so on. but does our mind not need some boredom too, to be creative? the mind has to wander a bit so u think about stuff u would normally not think about. for example tipical shower thoughts. this is where im getting confused, buddhism is all about mindfulness and being in the now, with meditation to becoming very focused. but can the brain be focused every day all day? or will it get exhausted ? and if the brain gets exhausted is this a "good" exhaustion or a bad one?

I feel like I'm a pretty focused person, it's just that I don't have the energy to do the things I want to.

so when you go over the meditation where you cover your nostrils and swap, is that what you do for the entire time?

Is it a good idea to leave chat on to practice ignoring it? I for one never mute to practice not getting angry when somebody flames me, I'm not sure it has worked though. Now that I think about it it's probably because I get angry at the fact that I get angry in the first place, instead of accepting it for what it is. I have a lot of trouble in general accepting the size of my ego, and the fact that I haven't managed to reduce it.

Could you please link the VOD of the stream these videos are taken from in future videos?

What’s the point of enjoyment

What about ADHD ?

Ima be bold and brave here: thank you mr k. I think I speak for all of you

25:25

Hey Dr. K, Could you talk on stream next time about Panick Attack ? I may need it, really need it. I have a lot of problems about a bit of everything. For example anxiety, social anxiety, depression or near it, ect. I try my best to find baby steps to help me get out of each of them and Panick attack is one of them.

This guy is real shit talker but some videos are real waste of time lol but majority are great full respect

so how do i train my concentrarion? just by meditating? is there a guide or something?

3:15

0:52 Lazer beam

Watching this while chatting with my crush

fullmute all

So how do i aquire this dharana

0:21

Enjoyment isn't that simple though. If there are toxic teammates, less enjoyable game. Supportive teammates, a more enjoyable time. In both cases though the mind loses focus from the game.

I so anticipated him saying lazer beam, he did not disappoint

19:20, 16:40,

What if you don’t have a problem of focusing on one thing but directing that focus to the correct thing? I’m interested in “too many things” and can easily focus for hours or days on something that isn’t useful to me. My parents are biologists and biology is interesting to me. So one day instead of studying for my exam I just got distracted by the love life of penguins and ended up looking up every single research paper I could find on that topic, taking like 20 work hours researching penguins nearly without eating.

Yo DR.K you should check out the book named: "21 lessons for the 21st century" by Yuval Noah Arrari the famous author of the book Sapiens He destroys religions and then goes on to give dharma as a way of attempting at finding meaning in life

Just wanted to thank you for getting me into meditation, I find it really helpful and actually addictive. Would it be possible for you to remove the chat on the side? I'm able to stay focused on the topic but once I accidentally look over I lose it and get into what people are saying.

6HEAD ANDY?!

i have to open up a blank mspaint page and stretch it over the twitch chat while watching because of how annoying it is

i tried doing a couple different types of meditation and whenever i did them my brain and concentration just broke away within a couple of seconds, no matter how hard i concentrated or tried, any advice?

Here's the raw twitch vod: twitch.tv/videos/525091110