I think there might be something to this, so the rest of what I have to say is nit-picking, not an objection to the basic premise.
1. In karmamudra, one imagines oneself (and one’s partner) as enlightened beings. The intention to act as you imagine an enlightened beings would act might be an important safeguard against all sorts of badness.
2. An obvious question is whether chöd is rather more BDSM-y than other forms of meditation.
The way I look at things, there are multiple dimensions from which a form of meditation can be BDSM-y. For example, metta meditation involves lots of oxytocin,
Somewhere in the multiverse, the keisaku and the spanking crop are called by the same name.
I think there might be something to this, so the rest of what I have to say is nit-picking, not an objection to the basic premise.
1. In karmamudra, one imagines oneself (and one’s partner) as enlightened beings. The intention to act as you imagine an enlightened beings would act might be an important safeguard against all sorts of badness.
2. An obvious question is whether chöd is rather more BDSM-y than other forms of meditation.
The way I look at things, there are multiple dimensions from which a form of meditation can be BDSM-y. For example, metta meditation involves lots of oxytocin,
Somewhere in the multiverse, the keisaku and the spanking crop are called by the same name.