If it is boring then you are facing a mammoth task in paying attention. A lot research and studies have suggested that the human attention span is no more than 10 minutes and with the amount of information that is bombarded to us, it might be getting even shorter. Humans everywhere pay the greatest attention to three things only; food, threat and sex. It is primal. It is something that has kept enabled the human race to survive and thrive. Everything else is secondary.

But if we pay attention to only that three then life is going to get really tough. Attention to our daily business, work and other mundane things modern living offers is important and sometimes essential.
To keep our attention where it should, we can:

1. Start by having enough sleep.
2. Having a snack.
3. Reading books.
4. Shut out distractions such as TV and the internet.
5. Meditate.

Of the five above, meditation is the best. It works on the long run but also offers immediate benefits. Recent study found evidence that the daily practice of meditation thickened the parts of the brain's cerebral cortex responsible for decision making, attention and memory.
So what is meditation?

The man on the street usually thinks meditation as a form of worship or prayer. It isn't. Meditation is awareness. It involves the overcoming of distractions and dissipated energies into a blissful awareness. Meditation involves becoming more aware and more sensitive to what is within us. The word meditation originates from two Latin words : meditari(to think, to dwell upon, to exercise the mind) and mederi (to heal). Its Sanskrit derivation 'medha' means wisdom.

The three basic concepts of meditation are:
1. Withdrawing from the distractions of the senses and bringing the mind to a place of concentration. Focus is directed onto one element like the repetition of breathing, the repetition of a word, the connection with a bodily sensation, or an image or single thought.

2. Meditation is done without judgment and conclusions are not drawn from irrelevant thoughts. Wandering thoughts are placed in the background without struggle. Meditation does not mean to suppress outside thoughts, but rather to keep these thoughts from taking you away from the present.

3. During meditation, you remain aware of sensations, distractions, surroundings, and irrelevant thoughts, but discovering that they do not agitate or bring on stress. You meditate to develop the ability to exist in the moment with contentment and acceptance.

If you find meditating a challenge, there is also a shorter way. You can use brainwave entrainment CDs. Brainwave meditation CDs basically contain specially-created sounds. When listened to with headphones, these sounds help to influence your brainwaves - a process known as "brainwave entrainment." These sounds basically take your brainwaves down to a low frequency state - similar to the state of mind after years of practice.

There are many brainwave CDs but only a few offers the real benefits. Among them is The Brainwave Evolution System or BrainEv. It employs something known as "3P DEAP" technology, intertwining three different methods of brainwave entrainment together - to produce truly industry-pioneering results. That essentially guarantees you'll experience the most profound benefits around - such as a boost in your attention span, your mind power, mental clarity, full body relaxation, enhanced creativity, and greater energy levels.