Misconceptions About Meditation

Through my own experience and from the things I have learned over the years I have experienced and come across many misconceptions about meditation. Some have been my own inner ramblings, others have been stories and lessons told to me by the many excellent teachers I have had the pleasure of learning from.

The first example that comes to mind is that the meditative experience should always be pleasant. I have known people who almost hide in their practice. This then can become delusion. Of course delusion is the thing that meditation is trying to break down. Dualism is the other main thing that a meditation practice tries to work through. That is we are separate from the rest of the material in the physical Universe. So of course along the way of realizing the oneness of everything, how we are all interconnected and that everything affects everything else, a lot of delusion will come up. It is a good thing to meditate to clear one’s energy, ground oneself and center oneself. But to depend upon meditation as an escape from life’s reality can become a huge road block. Life itself is not always pleasant, so how can one who trains to develop self awareness expect the journey to always be pleasant? (More)

Source: Examiner.com