Noah Starbuck:
I have a question about the jhanas being potentially ungrounding/destabilizing. I am fairly well versed in techniques for grounding and I try to do something to that end if I do have such effects during a jhana meditation.
Has anyone experienced any negative side effects of not regrounding after jhanas? My main concern is on a sort of energetic level that if I go too "high up" and don't bring everything back down with me I'll have some sort of negative mental or physical side effects.
I'd say do whatcha gotta do to feel "safe". If you like grounding do so. People tend to add a layer of fear onto everything that is new or they are not comfortable with. I certainly do, but then I get used to what is happening and then I get excited and that too screws up where I can explore just as much as the fear.
If you have read MCTB you know about the Dark night...any practice can get you to this and it can be destabilizing....if you are already in it well then practice well and get past it...
Good Luck,
~D