"in the field .. concentration there are five factors of development of the union or absorption. Are: attention applied, sustained attention, rapture, happiness, and unity. The first factor, the focus applied here is what we practice. He's the one from which we start: we bring attention to, again, again and again, at the present time. And this brings us closer and closer, being closer to the breath, we are closer to the present moment.
Moreover, we note that our attention is often reluctant to relax in this unit. We lose interest in the breath, we get bored, attention is taken hostage by something else is happening, or is lost in reaction to what happens. Let's look at some escape to the breath, but it seems that there is much more that stands: sounds, thoughts, body sensations, all of which intrude. At first, we are trying to push this all the way we react, and treat everything as a distraction, but in so doing become more tense, and increases resistance.
Later, we begin to see that the cultivation of the unit should include everything. So instead of complaining, or resist, or struggle with the sounds and sensations, we find that we can bring the same attention to all that wise. And instead of getting lost or become reactive, we learn to support all that rises, with a calm and gentle, and we see that the strength of our attention is all that is enlightening. And when all is lit by the attention-wise, there is no obstacle.
In this quiet, we shift the attention applied sustained attention. When the mind and body begin to integrate, and rest in a sense of happiness and well-being, you do not need much effort to be present, because we find that to be present, awake and alert is in fact an aspect of happiness.
When we get a natural and effortless attention, rest in the breath: the breath breathe itself, there simply to listen, the only walk. This is called sustained attention, because it is easy to stand in the present moment. Inside
of sustained attention, is the kidnapping, a deep and intense feeling of bliss that pervades the mind and body, and it happens a great silence. This sense of kidnapping becomes calmer and turns in a very quiet and peaceful happiness, and happiness is what gives rise to the union or absorption. This is the development of concentration. "
Christina Feldman: http://www.pomodorozen.com/zen/unita-christina-feldman
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