According to Osho, concentration is the mind’s effort to narrow attention to a single point by excluding everything else. It is useful for problem‑solving and skill, but it breeds tension and contraction. In contrast to meditation’s relaxed, choiceless awareness, concentration is willful, goal‑oriented focusing. It sharpens the tool of mind, yet cannot reveal the spaciousness of being.
Concentration is squeezing your attention onto one thing by trying hard, while meditation is open, easy noticing.