Where do I start?

[loostudent]

Some of you can remember past lives /.../

I can't do any of that stuff and have no idea where to start.  

So HOW DO I start?

Dear fellow seeker,

thank you for your sincere request. I think we are all learning from this and distilling our experiences. I would just like to share what are the most important wisdoms to me so far. Take whatever works for you.


1. What is of most importance?

Let's begin at the end (the purpose). I think all this fancy psychic powers in itself don't indicate spiritual progress and maturity, in other words the fulfilment of the purpose of this life. Remember that the lesson of this life is to learn the ways of love (one of primal distortions of the Law of One). As Paul of Tarsus said:

"I will show you a still more excellent way." Even if I excell in all this different kinds of power "but do not have love, I am nothing."

There is divine love and light waiting in everyone to burst out and blossom. Connect to this gravity, to this yearning for God and kindle this fervor. Polarisation comes from your desire and seeking. Make way for the desire for the heart of love.

"With proper seeking or mind configuration, the power of will uses the spirit as a shuttle /.../" (Ra)

Next are the basic means for growth: service and meditation/prayer/contemplation. Service is taking responsibility for every moment, attempting more and more to respond in love. What is the best service for you depends on your unique person and needs of the moment. There are also many different ways of meditation ... Open your heart, try something and find what's best for you but also have patience.

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." (Bible)

"When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep." (Khalil Gibran)

"Ora et labora." (Pray and work) (St. Benedict)


2. Faith and synergy

"As we have noted, each mind/body/spirit complex has several guides available to it."

"The higher self /.../ protects when possible and guides when asked, but the force of free will is paramount." (Ra)

Have faith. Noone is without help. Build relationships, team with others. If you are blessed your guides are parents, teacher, friends, church or other groups ... Ra talked about the doubling effect if you join forces ...
"When the student is ready the master will appear." (proverb) Even if you don't have some group or some visible teacher near you, you stil have a lot of help from invisible guides, angelic presences, your inner light, guiding influence of archetypes ... Building relationship is important also in this area. You are right about opening intuition. Faith/free will is also paramount - with spiritual friendship help, protection and guidance becomes more powerful. Prayers, meditations and rituals are for kindling your inner light and making friends with Creator, higher self, guardian angel, saints ...


3. Hope

"All is well." (Ra)

Find gratitude. Give thanks every morning, evening and between day for small and ordinary things e.g. sleep, the light of new day, food ... Share this with others if you can. Even mistakes and fails are valuable if you have learnt something from them. My fails constantly remind me to be humble - sincerely look at self, to know and accept that I have strengths and weaknesses.

Never give up. Everyone has difficulties in life. I think my blessings have been greater than my trials for now. I've found inspiration and hope in others who turned much greater catalyst in positive expirience e.g. Nick Vujicic.

Be blessed and never give up!