Precise tuning required for channeling, vs. pretty much nothing...

[Sacred Fool]

I too have desire to connect to higher entites such as my higher self. I've had a connection, but realize it was mentally exhausting to me, and took me around 2-3 days to recover from some headaches and the need to ground again.

Maybe it gets easier as I go. But I get the feeling I shouldn't push myself too hard.

Well, maybe I got that one above wrong. Maybe it's "Silence is the key." It seems hard to go too terribly far wrong practicing silence in order to hear your Higher Self.

For me, it has less to do with absolute silence (whatever that's like) than with achieving enough basic mental clarity that I become sensitive to quiet intimations. Or it's like the capacity to measure the vibrational signature of various thoughts and perceptions. It could be something like developing the ability, say, to hear the violas or English horn in the orchestra. It takes some practice.