SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: Why Zen Folks FAIL!! (5) - Watching The Clock Rackin Up Points

[adahee]

Thanks for bumping this, Jundo.
This is actually why I took a break some years back.
I was sitting just to keep up the statistics on my Insight Timer application.
It felt like the statics were more important than the sitting.
The break helped me realize the trap and I returned to my practice without the app.

After some years I've started to use the app again, but I no longer track the statistics.

Gassho,
steve

[Jakuden]

Thanks for bumping this, Jundo.
This is actually why I took a break some years back.
I was sitting just to keep up the statistics on my Insight Timer application.
It felt like the statics were more important than the sitting.
The break helped me realize the trap and I returned to my practice without the app.

After some years I've started to use the app again, but I no longer track the statistics.

Gassho,
steve

Yea insight timer can be a trap that way, especially for those of us with perfectionist tendencies [emoji846] I still have to resist the impulse to log a session I did off the app just to keep a streak going or rack up a star [emoji23]

Gassho,
Jakuden


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[Tosei]

and there it is. Many thanks for this Jundo.

Gassho,

Peter
stlah

[Teiro]

Thank you, Jundo.

Gassho
Teiro

Sat

[Sunscythe]

Thank you, Jundo. This really spoke to me; Needed to hear it.

Gassho,

Nicole
STLAH

[Jeff Naylor]

Thank you Jundo,

Gassho,
STLah

[GrasshopperMan17]

Thank you for this Jundo. I oftentimes get caught up in the time of the sitting, and catch myself looking at the clock every 3 minutes or so, much to my chagrin.. I'm trying to do more chair sitting so i can sit longer and give myself more of a chance to get lost in the moment and just "be" for a bit. Thank you for this reminder.

Gassho, John
ST/LAH

[JimInBC]

I remember being quite upset when a streak of over a year on my meditation timer was broken. Reason the streak was broken? I was on retreat at a monastery that didn't allow electronic devices.

Gassho,
Jim
Sat Today/LAH

[Getchi]

I bookmarked this thread years ago, as Jundo said - I never needed it after.

SaT Today
Lent A Hand.

Grateful for the option.

[Tobiishi]

[Matthew]

Jundo,

This video is what I needed tonight. Sitting with euros/kiwis I felt myself struggling to stay awake after so many cycles of day shift/night shift/day shift/night shift. After maybe 15 min I logged off, but maybe today that was enough.

Gassho
Matthew
Sat today and lent a hand

[Meiun]

Thank you for this, a valuable reminder.....

Gassho

Mike

[Chikyou]

I sat without the timer for the past two days. It does feel different, although I can't explain it.

Gassho
Sat

-Kelly

[Jundo]

I sat without the timer for the past two days. It does feel different, although I can't explain it.

Gassho
Sat

-Kelly

Oh, you can sit with the timer, set for however many minutes with the bell to ring at start and finish ...

... but while you are sitting, just drop all sense of time, and starts and finishes.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Chikyou]

Oh, you can sit with the timer, set for however many minutes with the bell to ring at start and finish ...

... but while you are sitting, just drop all sense of time, and starts and finishes.

Gassho, J

STLah

It is nice not to even think of the length of sitting, as others have mentioned, taking this out of the equation removes the possibility of thinking of it (however, I still have to be not-late to work when I'm sitting with no-time so I will likely continue to use a timer during the week.)

Gassho,
Sat

-Kelly