In a lecture from 1963, Master of Yoga Dr. George King spoke about self-discipline and how important it is for those on the spiritual path:

“If you discipline yourself you can enhance your psychic faculties. You can get concentration. What is another word for concentration? Mental self-discipline. You can go into the realms of contemplation and even, at a later date, meditation. You can become enlightened.”

Self-discipline is difficult but with practice we can get better at it. One way to practice mental self-discipline, or concentration, is through prayer – and the more we concentrate on our prayers when we say them, the more powerful they will be.