Your involvement with the mind produces suffering

Your attention is your power

[@metayetidev]

About 2 months ago I started meditating 40 minutes every evening. What's happening now is I almost feel like one of those electric water kettles - you know, if your tap water is hard and you use the kettle a lot, eventually layers of minerals will accumulate at the bottom of the kettle. And then you put a bit of citric acid into it and some water and let it all boil, and those layers sort of dissolve and you're left with this pristine kettle again. Well I feel meditation is doing that to my life. As if my mind has been foggy from being calcified from decades of useless thoughts, and now I'm finally putting citric acid over it and letting all that calcification dissolve. As a result I feel lighter, more clean-headed, less stressed, more authentic, more focused at work, less concerned with the state of the world in general. It really is an amazing gift and I can only thank David's lessons on KZbin for inspiring me. I always knew meditation is amazing but I've never tried doing it consistently over time. I'm never going another day without meditation, I cannot imagine anything more important in my life. Thank you.

[@ZenPsych]

This is why I teach meditation. In just 2 months if done daily as directed, life can appear as a different experience. Thank you.

[@TerryBlanchard-mp1ss]

This is good teaching! Better each day.

[@Ingaevones33]

Yeah I really like listening to David

[@ovidiudrobota2182]

I was in hell just a few years ago-life was a nightmare almost daily. I was uncomfortable getting out of the house. I was socially anxious and painfully awkward in my interactions with friends or strangers. I was self-conscious when talking to people; it paralyzed me verbally. Sometimes, I can't believe I woke up. Wow! What a journey!

[@nexion222]

What led to you “waking up”?

[@ovidiudrobota2182]

@@nexion222 - suffering.

[@nexion222]

@@ovidiudrobota2182 yes, you described your suffering, but did you change your actions in any positive way or start meditating or something? Something must have made you start to feel better .

[@ovidiudrobota2182]

@@nexion222 - yes. I was letting go of anxiety, awkwardness, and self-consciousness. I didn't repress my feelings. I don't suppress any emotion that bubbled up. I was allowing the hell to come up and subside at its pace. Because resisting doesn't work-what we oppose persists. It takes years to overcome toxic shame or any form of neuroticism. We must be determined to overcome the mind-at all costs. Year after year. Even if it feels like we're not making progress, we must be persistent.

[@tofer980]

@@nexion222 I heard an enlightened fellow talk about this once. There's no way to say how when or why enlightenment does actually occur. Eventually the gates open up when they do. Everything just is.

[@AIOM_Truthblood]

Double blessings upon you brother

[@schofieldna]

My life is pretty good though. I do tend to keep my mind mostly quiet through the day, maybe that’s why. On the other hand, I fear that it being good is something that will hold me back from desiring the truth.

[@nickh8773]

The theatre is a great analogy

[@brushstroke3733]

Avoid the movie called "A Serbian Film." It's as full of awful stuff as one could imagine.

[@Zoro-q6o]

David u are fireeee 💥🔥

[@Dolores-i5n]

I can see this in two ways, this illusionary life is hell if I believe it's real, or I can choose to see it as what ever were we thinking that allowed us to accept this craziness as life. Thank you David now I see the light. 😊😊😊

[@danieldouglas1528]

I love these and thank you. Just curious what’s the background? Is this at a fitness center?

[@nickh8773]

Great question

[@nickh8773]

If you check his website i think he does these in PA

[@ZenPsych]

It is a local YMCA where I teach 3x a week.

[@BryanRitchie-Gonebush]

I recognize yet don't comprehend this teaching.

[@ZenPsych]

No problem. The Truth cannot be understood or comprehended, it can only be an experience of being.

[@jacatijagago1233]

You’re supposed to bring the happiness and introduce it to your mind and the rest of your life, if you don’t then you’re fighting with your mind and the rest of your life

[@HobbyAsylum]

Thank you

[@stef40nikolov74]

Very good!

[@starthrower33]

Hi! Where can I find information about where the class is? I live nearby and would like to come to class if I can. Thank you for your teachings.

[@neiloregan8746]

Great talk David who though? Any suggestions appreciated o great u tube😊

[@ZenPsych]

PRACTICE BEING.

[@DashVisionLLC]

Do you take any medicinals or use any techniques to center yourself and focus on the now?

[@HasItEverNotBeenNow]

This is fantastic, David! I am indeed being stupid. Although, I am at least trying to wake. I’m just unsure how. You really resonate with me. Which of your teachings would you suggest?

[@ZenPsych]

The most recent reflect my own ever opening view.

[@HasItEverNotBeenNow]

@@ZenPsych I'll start there until we can meet then. Thank you!

[@jamesbouras2238]

When and where do these meditation classes take place?

[@ZenPsych]

They take place at a local YMCA near my home in Media, PA.

[@mrrarebreedofficial659]

Where are these classes held Mr. Parrish? Which state?

[@ZenPsych]

PA. Media, US.

[@ThirdDimensionalBeing]

1:10 who is the teacher mentioned here, David who?

[@kenjones102]

Maybe Fedderman.

[@ZenPsych]

David Radin, the abbot of Ithica Zen Center.

[@AftreGaol]

It ain't no picanic😢

[@animalliberationCLBB]

🚨 I had many decisions where I could decide otherwise. So I had a choice. !? I heard NO and said YES. Something horrible happened. So I fucked up. Stupid.😢

[@ZenPsych]

Your decisions are an illusion. It is all already done.

[@animalliberationCLBB]

@@ZenPsych ok. Not easy to accept that. I always punish myself for thinking I could have done so much better..

[@animalliberationCLBB]

​@@ZenPsychAnyway your helping a lot!💜 As a Kid I believed in something like faith. Then I believed in Free will. Now I'm confused 😅 I'm not stopping until I get it.