As Jared lay on his bed that evening, practicing some of the sounds and words of Amatay, his mind began to wander. He started to think about something Ferran said: speaking Amatay was like harnessing the power of the mind.
Jared wasn’t sure what to think about that and had yet to see any enhancement to his brain power. Of course, he had barely started learning Amatay.
He smacked his forehead with the palm of his hand when he realized that he had allowed himself to make the same mistake he had been making all day—he wasn’t keeping his mind clear enough to allow himself to effectively speak Amatay.
During the lesson, Ferran had told them not to worry about it (Paul and Danielle had been experiencing the same difficulty) because everyone had trouble focusing when learning Amatay for the first time. But, Jared still didn’t like that he couldn’t speak Amatay perfectly right away.
Ferran had explained that they weren’t less focused than they normally were, just that they weren’t used to the amount of focus required to speak Amatay, so their brains would automatically try to take a break after a while. He had also told them that the reason Amatay took so much focus was because they were speaking from their hearts and minds.
He recommended that they concentrate not just on what words they said or thoughts they had but how they spoke or thought. So, Jared closed his eyes and tried to push out the many random thoughts that occupied his mind in order to concentrate on “feeling” and correctly pronouncing each Amatay word he had learned that day.