according to a master I trained under, the meditation taught today is the opposite of what buddha taught; it leads you to abandon and lose yourself, and to call

according to a master I trained under, the meditation taught today is the opposite of what buddha taught; it leads you to abandon and lose yourself, and to call the souls of the dead to come in and drive your body. they show people things, such as experiences, to trick the living person into allowing the dead soul in. they use aspects of your existing character to make you think the feelings are coming from your own self even though the impulse is environmental. for example some religious people are made to feel as if they are more special or as though they have a special connection with heaven. there are a lot of people who claim enlightenment in the world today. but none of them except for a Tathagata have actually come near to it or attained it in reality. most of them are nearly totally possessed by ghosts. if this were not true then we would have teaching and advancements in human society from many fully realized beings. they would be able to realize anything in physics or the way and causes to any desired effect in real life. but we obviously dont have this. instead what we have left are platitudes and falsehoods which are designed to confuse the opponent.