Here I will write a few words of advice for the beginner spiritual seeker. I feel compelled to because I remember being a very beginner. Through the years I often found myself thinking, "I wish someone had told me this before!" Or, "I wish someone had explained this to me in this way!"
To start with, meditation is very important, perhaps the most important thing, especially for a beginner. It might seem very difficult but a little goes a long way. I know from experience, starting the day with merely 20 minutes of meditation makes the rest of the day go by so much more smoothly. I am not particularly good at meditating, sometimes my sessions consist of mostly just sitting and thinking and forgetting that I am supposed to be clearing my mind, but I still find it very beneficial. The benefit is that it becomes much easier to pay attention and do what I am supposed to do throughout the day, instead of it being a struggle to be disciplined and have willpower.
And so I would recommend meditating for 20 minutes sessions, 2-3 times a day. Do not be discouraged if you cannot clear your mind, take it slow, consider a success to merely take the time to sit in silence. My issue with meditating was that I felt like if I did not do it right then it was a waste of time. I am saying here for those who listen: It is never a waste of time! There are other levels of reality, levels of consciousness that are difficult to perceive, and on some of those levels a great deal is being accomplished.
Here I will emphasize that a crucial, central part of spiritual development is communication with discarnate entities. If you are reading this, you have probably heard of "spirit guides", angels, ultraterrestrials, ascended masters. There are the Plaedians, the Cassiopaens, Jane Roberts channeling "Seth", The Law of One/Ra Material, The Great White Brotherhood. You might wonder, "how can I open up communication with beings like that?"
A major hurdle for the beginner is appreciating the communication that is already there so that he or she may build on it. So, my advice to someone who wants to accelerate their understanding and communication with such entities would be to meditate every day, and to practice Qabbalistic pathworking. Pay attention to what you are doing when you daydream or talk to "yourself". Do visualization exercises designed for contacting the Higher Self. Don't just read about them, go out and do them and be confident they will work even though [insert excuse here]. That's what worked for me anyway. Talking to "spirits" or whatever one may call it might seem like something only special people can do, but that truly is not the case at all. It is very common and normal, and most of all should not be automatically equated with mental illness.
I really started being perceptive of such entities after this sequence of events: First, I found the willpower to meditate every day. After a few weeks or so I was inspired to learn about Qabbalistic pathworking. Then I started doing those. After doing the third one I tried, the one associated The Moon tarot card (Netzach to Malkuth), I was then inspired to try an "Initiation" exercise from The New Hermetics: 21st Century Magick for Illumination and Power by Jason Augustus Newcomb. I did that exercise once and the very next day, my life was changed. (You can read the exercise on page 75 of the amazon dot com preview of the book if you do a search). I won't bore you with details, but the very next day I became very aware and perceptive of a great teacher entity. I did not hallucinate, but could see her in minds eye, and distinctly felt a great presence, and had some other interesting incidents later. My point is it did not take very long to make this happen for me. Although I must admit, for a few years before I studied magic(k), the qabbalah, and supernatural phenomena, and that probably helped too.
Once one becomes comfortable with and aware of these communications, they will guide your learning process. You will be inspired with epiphanies, and be guided towards various books and people and situations. This experience is pretty cool and exciting, but sometimes you still will feel lost, confused and alone. It is just like the tv shows Joan of Arcadia or Wonderfalls. You will be guided to do things you do not understand at first, or see the purpose of, but you will feel comfortable to just go with it. Or maybe not comfortable, I suppose many people doubt their sanity in living like that. Society teaches us that that kind of thinking is insane, but I realized at a young age that society is dumb.
So, in conclusion, I could say much more about spiritual development, but I want to keep this advice relatively short. To summarize: Meditation and visualization exercises open the door to spirit-guide communication, and then those guides can point you the rest of the way. Don't spend too much time reading books, many of those who have reached enlightenment can't read or write a word. Just read the books that are right for you, and be receptive to the communications you already receive every day.
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