Guided meditations versus “flying solo”

Guided meditation CDs are undoubtedly useful, but can they become a reliance that actually interferes with our practice? On the other hand, what happens when you find that your meditations are so much better with a CD than without: should you give up meditating on your own? Bodhipaksa shares some advice that he’s offered to students over the years. I often get asked by students how they much reliance they should place on guided meditations compared to meditating on their own. For example one p