| When we begin our awakening process, it can be a | | | | chant silently inside my mind "I am one with the |
| bit bewildering. Sometimes we think we are imagining | | | | universe." And I was. It was wonderful. Over the |
| things; then we do not know who to talk to about | | | | years I have tried many forms of meditation and |
| what is happening to us. If we do find someone with | | | | none have satisfied me as much as the simple |
| whom to speak, we may not know what questions | | | | oneness exercise of my early development. If you |
| to ask. I mentioned in a previous article that at times | | | | did nothing else besides meditation to aid your |
| your growth can feel like two steps forward and one | | | | spiritual development, you would eventually succeed |
| step backward as we consciously pursue our own | | | | in your growth and evolution. |
| evolution. Hang in there, such confusion does pass, or | | | | Should you go the psychic route? Been there, done |
| perhaps gets easier to handle is a better statement. I | | | | that. It is interesting, exciting and frustrating. You can |
| have gone through some of this myself. First comes | | | | do a lot of good to help others with psychic skills. |
| the surprise that there is more to life than eating, | | | | This area also can be a dead-end street unless you |
| sleeping, drinking or whatever physical experience | | | | remember that psychic is one skill and not the only |
| interests you. Your delight is the incredible vista of | | | | skill. If you study to increase your understanding and |
| possibility that opens up for you as you move | | | | to raise your consciousness all the gifts of spirit can |
| beyond limited and limiting physical experience into all | | | | be yours to enjoy including a naturally developing |
| possible dimensions of experience. One moment after | | | | psychic ability. You will find that some skills develop |
| another your world enlarges, your experience varies | | | | faster than others, which depends on the individual. |
| and you grow. You find answers to your questions | | | | Of all the developmental methods this one can lead |
| only to open up 100 new questions. Your view | | | | directly to an ego trap. Applause is addictive. It is a |
| enlarges as you reach for more and more. | | | | very interesting path on which to journey. It is up to |
| Somewhere along the line you start to get serious | | | | you to keep it your experience positive. |
| about your development and you seek out books, | | | | What about astrology, numerology, tarot or other |
| classes, teachers, and companions. There is so much | | | | studies and other types of readings? Personally I |
| self-help material and classes available right now. At | | | | have gotten more mileage out of astrology than any |
| the time I started to wake up opportunities were | | | | other study but have truly enjoyed those other |
| few and far between and books and teaching | | | | studies. Each has its own value and I did benefit from |
| material hard to access. Much of what my generation | | | | them. I have read cards, stones, colors, even clouds |
| learned was self-taught and such experience could | | | | and it all works because the spiritual essence of us |
| produce some pretty odd results, but you did still | | | | has no limits, all the skills belong to each of us. What |
| learn and grew. | | | | captures our interest is one technique to study, not |
| Some of the time you learned what you should not | | | | the only one. |
| do or be and please know that was not a mistake. | | | | Should you follow the healing field, which has so |
| Any time you have an experience you learn; there | | | | many avenues to explore? Life is not easy and many |
| are no real errors. It is a good idea to keep your | | | | people can use all the help they can get, so any form |
| powers of discernment alive and well so you pick and | | | | of healing is a wonderful gift. It is something you can |
| choose the most valuable use of your time and | | | | study with a variety of techniques and lots to |
| effort. I have taken classes and listened to | | | | explore but as with everything else, it is one facet to |
| companions and teachers who were not truly headed | | | | your growth. |
| in my direction but I still learned from them. To know | | | | Should you follow a philosophy, a teacher, a set of |
| where you do not belong is valuable and that includes | | | | rules, a religion, cult or sect, or something else |
| studies, teachers, companions, and pathways. Nothing | | | | codified? Each will teach you. You might not like the |
| is wasted. | | | | lesson or your consciousness may get trapped in |
| What should you study? There are so many avenues | | | | codification for a time...or for a lifetime. Not to worry, |
| to pursue and that question requires a very | | | | the universe has all the time and experience you will |
| individualized response. What is suitable and useful to | | | | need to learn and grow. The journey will continue. |
| me might not answer your need. If I had to point | | | | What do I suggest to you? Stay eclectic. Spiritual |
| you in a specific direction, I would start with simple | | | | development is a smorgasbord of possibility. Do not |
| meditation. The act of clearing your mind and | | | | be afraid to sample or try a variety of experiences. |
| entering a receptive state is perfect for most people. | | | | Avoid being superficial and make sure you delve |
| There is no one right way to do it as there are | | | | deeply enough into each subject to learn what it is |
| countless methods of meditation. Five minutes of | | | | about and to satisfy what you came to learn. Avoid |
| good meditation is worth far more than an hour of a | | | | becoming entrapped by a belief, a code, or a set of |
| fretful mind that is doing everything except | | | | rules. Spirit is free and so are you. No one knows |
| meditating. Start simple and build your receptivity and | | | | better than you do about your own growth. As I |
| your skills. As you get better at meditation, you will | | | | said in earlier articles, you cannot get lost. You are a |
| be able to place a question into the silence and that | | | | droplet of a universal consciousness which knows |
| silence will answer you. My suggestion is to ask what | | | | where and who you are every moment. The |
| you should study. Just remember prayer is you | | | | universe will not throw you out because you are not |
| talking to universal consciousness and meditation is | | | | an expendable piece of junk, The universe thought |
| you listening to universal consciousness. | | | | enough of you to make one of you. Think enough of |
| With no books and no teachers or companions | | | | yourself to honor and promote that gift. |
| available when I first awakened I would lie down and | | | | |