Why Can't We Sustain Attention?

•Is there such a thing as distraction? - JKOnline Daily Quotes
Is there such a thing as distraction? Surely the so-called distraction is obviously the thing in which the mind is interested; otherwise, you would not go after it. So, why condemn a thing by calling it a distraction? Whereas, if the mind is capable of not calling it distraction, but is pursuing each thought, being alert and aware of every thought that arises -not as a practice, but being aware of every thought that it is thinking-then there is no distraction, then there is no resistance. - Krishnamurti, Amsterdam 1955,Talk 2
Problem
A problem exists only when the mind desires to get somewhere, to achieve, to become something. - Krishnamurti, Amsterdam 1955,Talk 2
No need to control thought - JKOnline Daily Quotes
If there is an awareness of how thought begins then there is no need to control thought. We spend a great deal of time and waste a great deal of energy all through our lives, not only at school, trying to control our thoughts -'This is good thought, i must think about it a lot. This is an ugly thought, I must suppress it.' There is a battle going on all the time between one thought an another, one desire and another, one pleasure dominating all other pleasures. But if there is an awareness of the beginning of thought, then there is no contradiction in thought.

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