focus on your breath. how do you focus? what is focus? how does that work? i dont know how to focus. i dont understand focus. how do i do it? just listen to it? watch it? watch your breath? ok.
you still decide what you focus on. studying the mind (self-analysis, reading on buddhism et al) may direct you to liberation. however. then, especially discipline is needed to free your mind. (to “rewire your brain”, in 2010's terms)