राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा प्रणाली एवं भारतीय मानस (श्री अरविन्द - एकात्म शिक्षा दर्शन)

50 NATIONAL EDUCATION their right place and order in memory. Attention is a factor in knowledge, the importance of which has been always recognised. Attention is the first condition of right memory and of accuracy. To attend to what he is doing, is the first element of discipline required of the student, and, as I have suggested, this can easily be secured if the object of attention is made interesting. This attention to a single thing is called concentration. One truth is however, sometimes overlooked ; that concentration on several things at a time is often indispensable. When people talk of concentration, they imply centring the mind on one thing at a time ; but it is quite possible to develop the power of double concen- tration, triple concentration, multiple concentration. When a given incident is happening, it may be made up of