Zazen and earworms

[Getchi]

I personally feel its also a demonstration of dependant arising.

The memory itself is unavoidable, the circumstances of its advising leads to our discrimination; good or bad?

None of this is seperate, none is under our control.

Since we canno t even possession our own minds, why get upset by it?

This IMO is why shikantaza is first among st equals for mediation.


None of this is anything other then an opinion, I've travel led from ThaiForest tradition to here via vajrayuga and by far its the hardest method for me due to boredom and wandering mind while Sitting.

I'm much more fulfill ed learning Do gen method.

Gassho Jundo
For give my misunderstanding s


Ge off
Sat today.

[Kaishin]

I really don't think the point of the post was to instruct an avoidance of music. I really think it is simply a matter of how and why Hyon Gak feels about it. It disrupts his personal style, and that is up to him.

Gassho, sat today

+1

[Jishin]

CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/03/health/song-stuck-in-head-earworm-study/index.html

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Screature]

Hi!
I have a way of "getting rid" of earworms that's never failed me. Supposedly we can't get rid of earworms because they're repetitive and our brains love repetition. We don't let it go because we're waiting for closure, an ending. If you know the ending to a tune/song/earworm, hear that in your mind. End it, give it closure, and the earworm is finished. Even if you don't know how a song or tune is supposed to end and you have the chorus going around in your mind, come to the end of the verse, then imagine some ending; a chord, a few words, fading volume, whatever it takes to end it.
Goodbye earworm, hello non-thinking :-)

Gassho,
Mike

[Hoko]

Couldn't resist...
Gassho,
Hōkō
#SatToday

[Risho]

hahahahahahhahah

[Kotei]

Ooookay,
this old one scrolled through my g+ stream prior to sitting :-( ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55vR_jAtH48

Gassho,
Kotei sattoday.

[Jakuden]

Ooookay,
this old one scrolled through my g+ stream prior to sitting :-( ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55vR_jAtH48

Gassho,
Kotei sattoday.

Hahahaha I knew what that was without even playing it. Yep stuck in my head already.
Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday


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[Billy]

Ooookay,
this old one scrolled through my g+ stream prior to sitting :-( ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55vR_jAtH48

Gassho,
Kotei sattoday.

This will make a quite awesome earworm! Thank you!

Gassho,
SatToay
Billy

[Nengei]

I have been living with an earworm for days. While I have them from time to time, and they may persist for a day or two, this one just keeps going. It has been most noticeable, of course, when sitting. I am trying not to let it be bothersome to me, but it is trying for me. When sitting, I am able to let it go for a few seconds by coming to the now; I'm not sure whether to just let it play or to keep working on stopping it.

Something that I notice: turning the earworm off when sitting, even for a moment, is an effort. It is like putting my hand in a stream to block the flow of water. It works for a few seconds, then the water just finds its way around my hand and goes on, not caring that I am trying to stop it. I get the same results with simply coming back to the moment and the sensations around me, with focusing on my breath, and with counting breaths. I suppose I can just let it do its thing and in a few days it will go away. It's not quite at the PLEASE-SOMEBODY-MAKE-IT-STOP stage yet.

If anyone is interested, it is this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSQk-4fddDI

Gassho,
然芸 Nengei
Sat today. LAH.
You deserve to be happy.
You deserve to be loved.

[Jishin]

Zazen and earworms

Hi,

Try loving your worm to death. Invite her in for tea and then lock the door. Tell her she can’t go. Tell her that you need her to stick around. Tell her that you are bored. Ask her to sing for you. Then will sing for her. Every time she begins to sneak out grab her and tell her no no no. Tell her you love her. At some point in time you won’t be able to keep an eye on her around the clock and she will jump out the window never to be seem again.

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Jakuden]

I have been living with an earworm for days. While I have them from time to time, and they may persist for a day or two, this one just keeps going. It has been most noticeable, of course, when sitting. I am trying not to let it be bothersome to me, but it is trying for me. When sitting, I am able to let it go for a few seconds by coming to the now; I'm not sure whether to just let it play or to keep working on stopping it.

Something that I notice: turning the earworm off when sitting, even for a moment, is an effort. It is like putting my hand in a stream to block the flow of water. It works for a few seconds, then the water just finds its way around my hand and goes on, not caring that I am trying to stop it. I get the same results with simply coming back to the moment and the sensations around me, with focusing on my breath, and with counting breaths. I suppose I can just let it do its thing and in a few days it will go away. It's not quite at the PLEASE-SOMEBODY-MAKE-IT-STOP stage yet.

If anyone is interested, it is this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSQk-4fddDI

Gassho,
然芸 Nengei
Sat today. LAH.
You deserve to be happy.
You deserve to be loved.

Oh great movie. We are going to see Hugh Jackman in NYC in June, I’m excited! I don’t invite my ear worms in, but I don’t chase them out, either. Sometimes the monkeys get annoyed but they are just monkeys [emoji205]
Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[Rich]

What’s the song?

Sat/lah


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[Victor]

This happened to me just last night during zazenkai! It was a song I don't even particularly like lol. "Bartender"

[Kyonin]

Lots of metal for me. Maybe a little too much Blind Guardian.

I usually let the full song play in my mind and then it fades away.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH