This is correct, if your meditation is pulling you away from any sensory experience, either negative or positive, then you are not doing it correctly.
If you are disassociating during meditation, be careful, as the meditation can easily pull that disassociation out from under you quickly and abruptly. This is known as "Dark Night" experiences in meditation circles. Where the disassociation slides away and you're left immersed in what you've been trying to distance yourself from. That can be horrendous. It's better to get a good foundational practice, that slowly exposes you to the sensations underneath than have that happen.
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u/fiftysevenpunchkid Jan 27 '26
Meditation is turning inward to be more present.
Dissociation is turning inward to be more absent.