@Elnoxv
It has often been said that there are dangers to meditation such as being exposed to supernatural forces or even possession in serious case. How does one ensure safety during meditation especially for non Buddhist practioners? I mentioned Buddhist practioners cos im assuming chanting or Buddhist precepts have been incorporated in their meditations but how about secular practioners? What are the safety meaures available for non religious people?
Imo, to my understanding. it’s very rare and if it happened,
You can just ignore any imaginary ( phenomena) and focus back on the meditation object. Often times, when this happened is either one dream ( slept during) or one have achieve deep samadhi.
if it’s the later, you are already equipped with equanimity (factor of 4th jhana), that ought to protect you from any harm should you encountered any phenomenas.
The other way to prevent this from happening is to uphold precepts ( you don’t need to be religious to uphold precepts, it’s just normal moral guidelines). Bad deeds often have a weak to strong imprint in our subconscious ( depending on the severity ), these may come back to haunt us or disturb us.
another way is to do a lot of good deeds, these ought to create a balance so that the past deeds have lesser chances to haunt us.
Another way is to Share your merits, meditation can generate merits. These merits can be shared with all beings, be it visible or invisible.
These ought to create a good psychological health that ought to help to lessen those that you mentioned
another way is to repent so that the past deeds can be let go
having said that whatever past deeds may resurface or brought up again during meditation, if we are in tranquility and having one pointedness, we will be able to investigate and let go of them.
if the imaginary is persistent( appears every single time you meditate), you may need to find a teacher to guide you instead.
