Reading problem

[Shiva99]

I was reading a book, and i caught myself reading a whole paragraph, literally not remembering anything of what i just read. This is happening a lot lately, and it's pretty annoying. It almost never happens if i read immediately after my meditation session, but it's not possible for me to always read after meditating. What could this be? I notice that i have a lot more thoughts when this happens too.

[JosephKnecht]

The paragraph shares the thoughts of the author that wrote the book. 

Your own thoughts refused to engage with the thoughts of the author. Why could this happen? Did you find the paragraph engaging enough? Did you find it informative enough? 

Try writing down your thoughts and contemplate why the author of the book is not grabbing your attention. 

[EnlightenmentBlog]

Try a 5 min concentratin session before reading. I think Leo had a video or blog post about it. There are a lot of vids on youtube too. 

[Recursoinominado]

Could be:

• Brain Fog caused by junkie foods, sugar, dehydration (could be chronic), lack of quality sleep, heavy metal or multiple toxicities, drugs (including coffee), eating too much and not optimal foods(I would recommend you to try a raw food diet), lack of sunlight, vitamin deficiencies, bad health in general.
• Anxiety.
• Addictions, like addiction to stimulation, read about dopamine detox.
• Porn and masturbation (wasting powerful sexual energy + dopamine depletion).
• Traumas related to learning and self-development.
• Lack of self-esteem.
• Lack of determination/persistence, relates to poor self-esteem, doesn't know how to cope with hard tasks, gets frustrated easily.
   

Ultimately, you probably lack the brain training necessary to focus on hard non-stimulating tasks and you can train it despite all the above. 
Just treat the reading like a meditation session, sit in a meditative position, try to read something as long as possible without losing focus. When you lose it, observe the frustration and emotions bubbling up, breathe deeply, let them go and try again. Repeat ad infinitum until you have the concentration ability of a zen master.

[Hardik]

15 hours ago, EnlightenmentBlog said:

Try a 5 min concentratin session before reading. I think Leo had a video or blog post about it. There are a lot of vids on youtube too.

Send the link

[EnlightenmentBlog]

1 hour ago, Hardik said:

Send the link

You know how to search in youtube? Here you go: