Cosolargy teaches that meditation, as it is generally understood and practiced today, is not good for spiritual development. Here are some quotes on the subject from the lectures given by Gene Savoy, Sr.:
“One of the main things to learn is that in this School, we do not practice techniques regarding the sun with our eyes closed. We do not advocate nor do we practice meditation in the traditional or modern sense of the word. Even if you want to contemplate the Light in a darkened room, your eyes should be open. If you are circulating the Light, you will get more effects if you do it with your eyes open. The point is to be focused and direct and have a specific intention and not to let your mind wander.”
“So, I mean, who wants to fool around with that kind of power? I don’t. Who needs it? I don’t want to explode light bombs over people’s heads and go into trances. Now that made me very leery and wary of meditation. People don’t have the foggiest idea what they are doing in meditation. When you go into that state, you are leaving yourself wide open. What you do with your meditation, what you do in the future with the information that I give you is entirely up to you. I will not tell you what to do. I will only tell you whether you have got light or not and whether you can work in The Community or not. I can tell that. I will not dictate to you. You have to do your own thing within the rules of The Community. So anyway, I decided that I was going to break this tremendous pulling on me. And I had or there would be these ghouls or whatever you want to call them that would appear to me with evil looking faces and serene faces and hundreds of them. And they were after me.”
Now modern science is starting to agree with him to some degree, as in this article:
Meditation And Mindfulness Have a Dark Side That We Don’t Talk About
Since mindfulness is something you can practice at home for free, it often sounds like the perfect tonic for stress and mental health issues.
Mindfulness is a type of Buddhist-based meditation in which you focus on being aware of what you’re sensing, thinking, and feeling in the present moment.
The first recorded evidence for this, found in India, is over 1,500 years old. The Dharmatrāta Meditation Scripture, written by a community of Buddhists, describes various practices and includes reports of symptoms of depression and anxiety that can occur after meditation.
It also details cognitive anomalies associated with episodes of psychosis, dissociation, and depersonalisation (when people feel the world is “unreal”).
Read the entire article here.
