Strong Determination Sitting Major Fail

[Svartsaft]

Ok so i have been practising sds 45min everyday for mounths working my way up to that time from 30min.

Now the discomfort has became overwhelming and i just cant seem to find a good pose that dosnt feel like its doing damage to neck and shoulders.

I can barly do 15 min now. Im so pissed off about it. I feel like i just wasted time trying to learn something yet again. 

I have notice that my back seem to twist to the right after about 15 min and arms go numb and a shooting pain in the spine. Its alot worse with time. Not as i hoped at all. That it would get better and better with time. Its just got worse.

Any suggestions? Im cutting down to 15min now and see if i can figure out the posture. Im so pissed and dissapointed in having to do that after all hard work.

[Neo]

I understand SDS helps many people, but where did the idea come from? From Leo's videos?

The reason I ask is this forum is so disjointed and confusing that one is left with a very random set of ideas.

I said I want to go away and read so and so book - and people say it's like I'm giving up, go away read book, never get anywhere,

but sometimes a bit of structure could be useful.

[Shaun]

There is no special pose you have to sit in, sit in a comfortable chair like you are watching a TV show. I took this advice from the guided meditation video and I can mostly meditate without moving. I only do 20 minutes a day.

[Svartsaft]

45 minutes ago, Shaun said:

 

will it autocorrect if i brute force those 45min? Just worried becouse it pain all the time now. Or will that solve it self if i just keep going? Like mental tension?

Its to painfull to just give up.

 

 

Edited September 23, 2016 by Svartsaft

[Leo Gura]

Sounds like you're applying the technique neurotically.

Might be better for you to chill out and just meditate regularly, with love and kindness towards yourself.

Meditation is not a dick-measuring contest. The most important part is that you're MEDITATING.

Your posture is not that important. I meditate comfortably on my couch.

If you have health problems, SDS might not work for you at all.

Then again, consider that your ego might just be creating a backlash from all the neurotic self-discipline you've been forcing upon yourself (which is why you're pissed off).

I suggest trying a different meditation technique and then returning to SDS after a few months to see how things have changed. Don't worry, you haven't lost anything. It's all consciousness training. And SDS is designed to be VERY hardcore.

[Svartsaft]

Thanks. I know im very neurotic. I just hope that will solve it self with enough meditation. Im doing the letting thoughts go to so its not down to nothing. In a comfy position.

I have some serious problem with life right now. I just stopped a serious drug addiction. Thanks to the meditation i bet. And im at a point were it all comes into light. My horrible nasty behaviours and all. Its alot of pain going on.

I realy feel like i messed up in a unforgiveable way. So i will try and compensate anyway possible. But thanks for replying it means alot comming from someone i realy look up to.

[Capethaz]

@Svartsaft Man, I think that you are not sitting in a good posture. Check this posture guide: http://liveanddare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Posture-Guide-Stephanie-Nash.pdf.

@Neo Strong Determination Sitting is what Buddha used to attain Enlightenment, and it is a technique used in many spiritual traditions to attain Enlightenment. 

[Svartsaft]

• Thanks. I look into to it.

13 minutes ago, Capethaz said:

@Svartsaft Man, I think that you are not sitting in a good posture. Check this posture guide: http://liveanddare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Posture-Guide-Stephanie-Nash.pdf.

@Neo Strong Determination Sitting is what Buddha used to attain Enlightenment, and it is a technique used in many spiritual traditions to attain 

[Mercy]

What are SDS?

[Samuel Garcia]

@Svartsaft Have you tried resting your arms on a table in front of where you sit? Might help but your hands will go numb which isn't that bad.

[Kaiza]

I've been applying SDS on daily basis for 4 months. Starting from 30 min, I increased bit by bit. Now I'm practising 1 hour SDS. Most of the time, I can complete 1 hour SDS though the pain is extremely severe especially during the last 10 min. But on the other hand, there are still times I give up before reaching 1 hour because I can't take the pain anymore. I am failing once a week. I want to know how to complete 1 hour SDS without failure for every single session. Any suggestion?