05-15-2019, 03:25 PM
You will have to define harm I feel, and I'm not one qualified to answer that.
However I think the misconception is that meditation only provides good/positive, I think that we "sort of" are always in a meditative stated, a thought state, however most times due to distractions the inner meditative work goes unnoticed and so when one actually fully dives into a meditation those workings (negative and positive) may show, and if one is not ready it may cause more harm than good, I think.
But again, it is the same work which goes on and on until confronted, so there really is no running away from yourself. When you close your eyes, you can less associate and distort the work and perhaps heal more effectively.
I once had such a "harmful" meditation experience, I was meditating laying down and using a crystal. After a while of inner dialog, silence, dialog etc. I came to a certain balance of thought/belief and then I started receiving positive messages and (what felt to me) positive confirmations why meditation is good. It was almost blissful, I think my eyes were tearing a bit. I felt the need to share this information, I proceeded to open my eyes and I saw like a thin light hover above me and dissipate into the air. (I was kinda entranced so might have imagined)
Then I felt that I should stop there, almost like the crystal or the energy was telling me not to try and go deeper. However I did close my eyes and try to meditate once more, what I received afterwards was negative messages that to this day prevented me from sharing the information I received at the beginning. Sort of like the positive was balances by the negative. And it kind of felt harmful to me at the time, but it was a necessary lesson I think.
However I think the misconception is that meditation only provides good/positive, I think that we "sort of" are always in a meditative stated, a thought state, however most times due to distractions the inner meditative work goes unnoticed and so when one actually fully dives into a meditation those workings (negative and positive) may show, and if one is not ready it may cause more harm than good, I think.
But again, it is the same work which goes on and on until confronted, so there really is no running away from yourself. When you close your eyes, you can less associate and distort the work and perhaps heal more effectively.
I once had such a "harmful" meditation experience, I was meditating laying down and using a crystal. After a while of inner dialog, silence, dialog etc. I came to a certain balance of thought/belief and then I started receiving positive messages and (what felt to me) positive confirmations why meditation is good. It was almost blissful, I think my eyes were tearing a bit. I felt the need to share this information, I proceeded to open my eyes and I saw like a thin light hover above me and dissipate into the air. (I was kinda entranced so might have imagined)
Then I felt that I should stop there, almost like the crystal or the energy was telling me not to try and go deeper. However I did close my eyes and try to meditate once more, what I received afterwards was negative messages that to this day prevented me from sharing the information I received at the beginning. Sort of like the positive was balances by the negative. And it kind of felt harmful to me at the time, but it was a necessary lesson I think.