In an online article in Lion's Roar
What Meditation Can’t Cure?, Debra Flics stated that meditation wasn’t designed to heal early psychological wounds. Early psychological wounds, I suppose, refer to the damage incurred on the mind early in life which could be due to overwhelming stress caused by severe distressing event. Among other things, Buddhist meditation aims to develop sati (mindfulness), samadhi (concentration), abhijñā (supramundane powers), samatha (tranquility), and vipassanā (insight). I suppose then, to meditate, one needs a strong mind to begin with. Failing that, a strong mind should first be cultivated. Buddhist meditation techniques should be wide and varied. When talking about meditation objects itself, I remember reading that Buddha prescribed different objects for different people. Then of course, what better way of healing psychological wounds than with Metta meditation. Lion's Roar, by the way, is an award winning Buddhist magazine launched by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who himself was a controversial figure.
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