"Strong Determination" Meditation Sits ~ Shinzen Young

[@DavidProrok]

Assume you have: 10 units of physical discomfort, 10 units of emotional discomfort, 10 units of disconcerting imagery, and 10 units of negative talk With mindfulness, you can keep them all separate: 10+10+10+10=40 units. If they get tangled, it’s 10x10x10x10=10000 units.

[@LukeAvedon]

This is so great--thank you for posting!

[@munetoshiyamasaki7536]

I need all of my pluck, grit and mettle to succeed.

[@charlesgrant6917]

When I did this my body started kind of jerking and I started to get a headache.

[@mihugong3153]

Yeah these things happen. Maybe you overdid it a little. But body movements are not uncommon at all. If it's not too bad, just keep going. But like Shinzen says: be smart about it, know your limits.

[@KapowBoss]

Want to sit longer without aches and pain for adhithana (strong determination), these stretches will help: kzbin.info_bWd2K_Vikc

[@davidkulesh2855]

" the natural response to intense physical discomfort is actually to drop into equanimity." Umm no, its not at all. It's the opposite. You cant just make a paradoxical statement without clarifying context to be deep.

[@Carterv3]

I fear I'm getting goal-driven I want to record my longest sits in strong determination daily so that I can then make some cool graphics and run some time series analysis on my data. is this okay? is it advisable to record daily meditation timings?

[@athdragoveskel9389]

Don't question what you're doing. If you're happiest doing that, do it. Forget others advice and opinions, the path is walked alone.

[@trissuper1]

its good to push the enveloppe but what u want to do will really strenghten the ego .your spiritual ego will get a good boost and will be more difficult to break through. But i know the feeling, just been sitting for 1.30u and a feel like bragging about it, and its not even that long :D

[@peterellul9546]

@@trissuper1 There is no need to sit to practice "NON-ATTACHMENT" Zen is a technique to separate SELF from MIND. Do not be disturbed by MIND ! Mind will start to behave and offer you much... You can't see the donkey when you're riding it ! Just watch ! Best Wishes Folks !

[@peterellul9546]

@@athdragoveskel9389 Walked alone in the flesh and bones of the Ox until.. Woops here we are ! Ha ha ! Best wishes for the world !

[@FrankColesMadeEasy]

Just listen to the talk and try it as explained.

[@markbrad123]

Once got drunk to do a full lotus for hours.LOL

[@mihugong3153]

omg lol. That's really funny. I volunteer you for Kimmels #crazymeditator

[@emilranfors4540]

Yes. Haha.

[@GOHardGerhard]

I created a page on the same topic as above, and the content is heavily inspired by this video (as well as a few others) - check it out if you have the time, and you could give your feedback too on that page if you'd like :) How to Perform Strong Determination Sits

[@liviurusu7804]

What's the link of the page?

[@mihugong3153]

@@liviurusu7804 Yeah, lol, no page there. There's more from Shinzen himself: shinzenyoung.blogspot.com/2014/05/duration-training.html Have fun!

[@emilranfors4540]

Whats your honest thoughts when seeing mr. Sitting and smiling? He sure dosnt seem sane at all. And he sitts like crazy. For years. Im so diapointed to hear him talk, i thought. Well sitting will be the awnser. Nope. It did nothing. I give up.

[@Elemxnt45]

Emil Ranfors what are you trying to say? You did the practice and didn’t see any results or you are calling it bs?

[@emilranfors4540]

@@Elemxnt45 i tried it. Alot. I cant put it like this. Your wasting your time doing anything else.

[@peterellul9546]

There is no need to sit to practice "NON-ATTACHMENT" Zen is a technique to separate SELF from MIND. Do not be disturbed by MIND ! Mind will start to behave and offer you much... Best Wishes Emil Self !