Skillful ways to induce Rapture and Pleasure in meditation The fifth and six steps in Ananpansati, talk about training ones' self to be sensitive to these feelings,  how can a mediator do this and avoid the dangers of getting caught up in them?
If the meditator is trying to "induce" rapture &amp; pleasure, as taught by some meditation teachers, the meditator is already caught up in them. 

Buddhism is not the same as the consumer culture, where pleasure is easily obtained. 

True rapture &amp; pleasure are a reward for right morality &amp; noble selflessness (non-attachment).

The quality of mind &amp; mindfulness described in the Anapanasati Sutta is as follows: 


  There is the
  case where a monk develops mindfulness as a factor for awakening
  dependent on seclusion, dependent on dispassion, dependent on
  cessation, resulting in relinquishment. He develops analysis of
  qualities as a factor for awakening... persistence as a factor for
  awakening... rapture as a factor for awakening dependent on seclusion, dependent on dispassion, dependent on
  cessation, resulting in relinquishment... serenity as a factor
  for awakening... concentration as a factor for awakening... equanimity
  as a factor for awakening dependent on seclusion, dependent on
  dispassion, dependent on cessation, resulting in relinquishment.