「Meditation is primarily a practice meant to unlock psychic powers, supernatural abilities, and miraculous sensory perception.」

It is completely understandable why people are fascinated by extraordinary human potential and seek tangible proof of a reality beyond the material world. However, treating supernatural feats as the objective of meditation misinterprets its core purpose. In Buddhist practice, meditation is designed to purify the mind, cultivate wisdom, and end suffering. Obsessively chasing psychic powers feeds the ego, reinforces attachment, and actually creates major spiritual vulnerabilities and mental distractions during practice.

Scriptures show that while heightened abilities may naturally occur, they are never the goal. The *Shurangama Sutra* explicitly warns that if a practitioner in deep samadhi craves supernatural transformations, negative mental forces or delusions take advantage, misleading the practitioner and breaking their moral discipline 【Source 6】. The *Lankavatara Sutra* emphasizes that true meditative insight liberates the mind from false attachments and dualistic views rather than clinging to extraordinary phenomena 【Source 2】. Furthermore, the *Samyukta Agama* illustrates that meditation is aimed at eradicating ignorance and realizing the truth of cause and effect to achieve ultimate liberation 【Source 1】. True meditation (*samatha*) combined with wisdom leads to supreme awakening and the genuine peace of sentient beings 【Source 7】.

It's totally natural to be curious about extraordinary mental phenomena—it shows a real interest in the hidden depth of the human mind. But in traditional wisdom, chasing psychic powers in meditation is seen as a detour that distracts from genuine peace. The real power of meditation isn't about levitating or reading minds; it's about freeing ourselves from anxiety, anger, and delusion. When we drop the desire for magical experiences, meditation gives us the most meaningful gift of all: a calm, wise, and compassionate heart.