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You are totally and absolutely right FF! Y stopped doing magik because I found myself unable to fully concentrate and after that I started meditating and now I believe its time to try again, now that I have this new found ability. Thank you.
YES!!!!! One of the major core foundations of the path to adeptship - Step one, Meditate..... Initiate step - meditate..... adept step - meditate..... working adept - meditate... whatever form of meditation... sit down, shut the feck up, and sit quietly... I used to meditate on the bus to work... and at lunchtime.... whatever whenever I could from being young.
The struggle during meditation that many find is, in fact, exactly what meditation is. I've been a meditator for over 40 years and there is almost always the 'monkey mind'. Noticing it and then bringing it back to the present moment is meditation. It's not the ability to sit still for 'X' amount of time and think of nothing. Learning what true meditation is makes it much less strenuous and dull.
YES! I've met so many people who think that meditaion is supposed to be having zero thoughts (blank space) for over 5 minutes. That's impossible, especially if you're a beginner.
Jason Miller points out in _Consorting with Spirits_ that the repeated recognition of your own thoughts over a long period helps in distinguishing between your imagination and the communication of spirits.
So profound and vital. Once I stopped punishing myself for the 10 minutes of mind wandering, and started appreciating the ONE minute of mindfulness, I felt like I was on the right path .
A nice way to meditate and train visualizations is to meditate on a color, just try to fill your "mental screen" with a flat, no detail color. When the monkey mind arrives and pulls you away, you'll have another thing to ground to/pull back to, because the color usually fades and helps you not to give attention to the thoughts and just aknowledge them as a subtle change in color happens. Thank you Follish Fish for another awesome video.
" If our mind doesn't do what we want it to do then what's the point in even trying to make magick? " I have said this SO MANY TIMES! No excuse is acceptable to me. Meditate. Thank you for this vid
Yes, it is a bad belief to think that we need to kill our ego. Sometimes we have to crush it because it’s been in control for so long, but exactly what your quoting, work as a team.
I agree that being able to maintain focus is paramount to working any kind of magic. I've never been into eastern style breath meditation, but I have played chess for decades and if one can't focus on the game, one will lose the game. Reading and meditating on the meaning of scripture is another way that I learned to discipline my mind. One must also recognize that there are times when it's hard to focus for whatever reason, and those are the times to refrain from magical working and to relax and let the mind wander until refreshed.
I used to meditate deeply and regularly in my bachelor days; then the kids came along and a new house to raise them that needed renovating, a garden that needed managing along with the day job, and fatigue set in. Thanks for suggesting the 5 minutes approach, I'll give it a go!
I had a daily vipassana practice for 8 years, during which I did three week-long silent retreats. Eventually my teacher graduated me to doing moving mindfulness practices, then he retired and I stopped. A couple of months ago I started the Quareia course and the first lesson is meditation. I hemmed and hawed for a couple of weeks but finally got down to sitting again, following Jacqueline's suggested meditations, for 20 minutes a day. Within a couple of days my whole spiritual experience changed. The combination of my past experience with the meditations in the course have opened doors I did not know existed. I am shocked as someone who thought they knew all there was to know about meditating, to discover that even beginner techniques can have a profound effect on my magical practice. I'm so glad you made this video.
Every morning before doing my rituals I meditate on the breath, using a string of beads to aid concentration. Lately I've been incorporating thought control practices from Franz Bardon. It's next level stuff.
Incorporating daily meditation into your routine as a work-from-home dad can bring several benefits, such as increased focus, reduced stress, improved emotional regulation, and enhanced overall well-being. It can help you maintain a sense of balance and clarity amidst the demands of both work and family life.
I've read countless amounts of science-based information on psi. The ONE common denominator in psychic development was: meditation. The type didn't seem to matter, just the consistency. If the _type_ of meditation doesn't seem to matter, when looking at the phenomena from a larger, aggregate, perspective, _then that frees you_ into simply finding which flavor fits your liking/lifestyle but, most of all, your ability to practice it consistently. I suggest trying out as many as necessary until you find something that works for you.
Years back, I used to do mindful meditation every day. Back then is when I experienced the most lucid dreams. I'm gonna incorporate it into my daily routine again.
Since life got crazy with a few different things at once, I stopped meditating, which was not the best idea, but I let my sadness and depression take over. With the passing of my mom in December, starting a new job and a long drawn out move, I found it difficult to concentrate on magick of any kind, as well as meditation. I am about to start back up on meditation soon since some things have calmed down finally. I lost my inspiration to do things other than survival. I am doing better now, though. Thank you for doing this video, and thank you for responding on Facebook to me. It was appreciated. Keep up the Great Work. Your videos have always been quite helpful to me.
I meditate 3-5 times a week , 30 minutes, and I never looked at it that way but I also do this throughout my day I imagine more centering myself but it's exactly what's your describing clear your mind focus on your breath center yourself connect with your matron or patron for a brief moment, I agree meditation is the number one most important factor in successful Magick love your channel brother keep it up!! HOHA HDHM Reveles Tenebras Tua 🌑
I couldn't agree more! Meditation is so powerful and essential that you actually don't need anything else in reality. If you are constant in daily meditation practice, you will have everything even without dozens of rituals and other practices.
Yup, meditation is the key. I remember when I first dipped in the world of magick, and all the books I was reading said something like "just meditate for ten minutes, clear your mind, best to think about nothing", and this confused me a lot. It took me a lot of time to understand that, meditation is actually about controlling your focus and minds attention, and not about sitting and thinking nothing. I love to meditate just before bedtime, when I have too much thoughts, or trouble sleeping. Eventually during the day when I feel overstimulated by my surroudings, or feeling stressed out.
Meditation has become an absolutely essential part of my life. It is a relatively new practice for me but now I couldn’t imagine what my life would look like without it .
Yes I found that the candle meditation within a circle of magic was the answer I was looking for. It brought me to my center and made me feel extremely happy knowing that I am within my own space. a magical 🌌😅
Protip square breathing and or prayer beads are excellent. To square breath pick a number of heart beats you can comfortably breath. Lets say 5 Breath in 5 hold 5 Out 5 Hold 5 Repeat If you want to keep count of the cycles or a mantra use prayer beads and each cycle move a bead dont wory about counting you should have a notch so you will feel when you have done a full cycle around.
Absolute legend. Such good advice. It has never been the way I've thought about it, but if cause, even 5 seconds is better than none. Thank you for helping me on my journey. I'm new to all this.
I completely agree, and breathing exercises meditation are not only the base of magick, but the foundation of meditation itself, which allows it to become more and more powerful just like magick. Thank you for this video it was a healthy reminder to get me back on track with my routine, it had slipped my mind for some time now and is exactly what I needed to hear.
My biggest tip for making your mindful meditation exercises actually pleasurable, not just tolerable. I run 12 miles one day a week and 7 miles at least every other day. There is no more helpful thing in my life for managing my anxiety, my stress, and constant fidgeting. Regular, hard, disciplined exercise you feel justified in yourself with. But also, magnesium supplements, kratom now and again, and cannabis are all great aids to helping to boost yourself temporarily into a good state of mind to ease you into a playful meditation. I loved your video man, and I'm glad I got into this type of meditation long before my magical work. Because it's probably more magic than magick.
In the days when I did such things (long time ago!) I found walking helped me to write prayers and sermons - I had a dog back then so this achieved two things in one. I didn't think of it as meditation, but now I come to think of it, it possibly was. Being in lovely parkland with my dog , birdsong, wildlife and thoughts really helped to concentrate my ideas. The hardest bit was remembering them when I got back!
Now this was something! I was taking a shower and thinking about what would be the foundation to magic, that something that holds all the work and what all the magical systems built upon. My Goddess answered me "the Mind, knowing you have the power, just this." All witchcraft, all vitalism based approaches, all cerimonial magic, are there just to convince the mind that we have the power. So, how to sharpen the mind for this task, without the need to all those apparatuses? Them I sit here and find your video! Amazing. Thank you once again for your work.
Of all my magickal practices, basic meditation is definitely the one that has the highest impact in my daily life, and arguably the one that brought me to the most transcendental states... Thank you for reminding us the importance of this practice!
I do KC, LBRP, short form MPR (seated), create thought-form for manifestation, then 21 min deep silent meditation, finish with Hexagram Ritual, short-form analysis of the keywords, KC, twice a day. I tried silent meditation before manifestation but putting the manifestation work into the subconscious afterward, I found more fruitful, but to each their own. One of the benefits of deep silent meditation, according to Thomas Keating is deep silent meditation (surrender within) at least 20 minutes twice a day relaxes the tension deep in the body holding the repressed emotions clogging up the experience of Source within, from the emotional wounds of childhood, mental conditioning and false programs for happiness, meditation regularly releases the tension and the unconscious starts to unload. When there are no more unconscious blocking the Source, you too become the virgin and give birth to the Christ within. This is THE STORY, it's The Greatest Story Ever Told! Many say the path of the Magician should not be mixed with the path of the Mystic but I have taken that cross and found it very meaningful.
Hey, I used to have regular practice and was able and enjoyed meditating for hours, 1-2h almost every day. Time passed, kids and everything, now, if I get 15-20 mins, sometimes even more, that is awesome. Everything you said, totally make sense, you can't make magic or anything if you can't control your brain.
I agree 100% I meditate for 10/15 minutes every day after my Yoga Practice. Also meditation and visualization together helps me to perform my shows in the way I want. Is absolutely a must not only in magic but in life as in general and it lower your blood pressure too!
I love this Denis, yes you are absolutely correct. Mindfulness will change your life, not just your Magic. I used to meditate at Red Lights in Traffic, while all around me had their foot on the accelerator. It always passed the time quicker too and kept me calm. Thank you, Blessed be. PS I typed the traffic Light thing before you said it !! LOL
Meditation on the Breath, (anapanasati), was said to be Buddha's favourite form of practise. It is simple, can be done anywhere at any time, and, when fully developed, extremely powerful.
Yes you are right in this short comment 100% every athlete do a warm up b4 starting there race so i won't call you a foolish fish but a golden fish I have been fallowing you b4 you started this chat show and you always hit the nail on its head a gentle warm up to have a perfect connection preparation b4 hand thank you 🕯️🧘♂️
I think it's great that you mentioned that it's okay and also required to start off small. As someone with ADD, so many descriptions of how people perfectly meditate made me feel like a failure. That sentiment has been shared amongst other friends as well. Knowing that it does get better and easier but also it's okay to start off small is really helpful to keep in mind going forward.
2 create effortless is the naturel way of magick...the origin way...everything else...I thought it was odd. Thx 4 sharing❤ What most miss ..is...2 return the focus towards themselves.. its how u actually miss ur own wisdom...ur clearity and u just postpone and distract urself in the dream and are mostly blind lead by ur dream= thoughts and sensations. So...one has 2 Awake 2 this knowledge...as Carl Jung said : Who looks outside dreams...who looks within...awakes .❤
Just focusing on the breathing for extended periods of time is incredibly difficult for me, so I just start by focusing on the breath and instead of just thinking about breathing, I observe my mind space. I watch the thoughts, images, senses etc. without being dragged into a train of thought. I watch my mind calm down like the surface of water when the ripples fade out.
I’ve practiced Magick for over 40 years. I’ve tried just about every system there is. The most important thing any system teaches is meditation. No matter how you do it. If you can’t teach your mind to tune in and listen, you can’t hear the message from the spirits.
I forget now which book or books I was reading, but the premise within the work was clear, we are all magicians, whether we are conscious of that fact or not makes a world of difference. Imagine my surprise upon reading that very sentence when specific things wished for as a young man have come to pass. The world is full of magic, and it seems the world was indeed created for us.
Only just starting out on this journey, wouldn't even say I have started to practise, but nice to know something I have been doing for 40 years already is a foundational skill.
Yes. Meditation is the first key ✨ I’m wondering if anyone has had the experience of being an adept, but outer experiences keep getting worse at an inverse proportion? My experience with it is becoming quite alarming.
The early days are about removing the aspects of your life that aren't good for you and seeing you on a fresh path. If it gets too intense, relax with the LBRPs. Do an LIRP once in a while to balance things out.
Reeeaaally love the "when you have a moment, meditate" approach. Making time to sit for 20 minutes is great but only tends to happen once a month for me, or a few days on and then off again. I'll start doing this... mm, right now! 😄
Great points…I’m grateful for my meditation practice like my yoga practice etc they sit perfectly along side of my magic practice. Decades down the track the value I can certainly feel and see the difference profoundly ❤
Indeed, I've started meditating years ago, and was initially caught in the trap of having to do specific complicated mind exercises, which was not sustainable for me. But coming back to just being with myself, focus on the here and now, has been invaluable to me, outside of magic as well. I'm calmer, see more, don't react automatically. Like it gave me some space to be more present within myself
I haven't read it all the way through, but I did read a good chunk of the Mat Auryn book Psychic Witch and one of the first exercises laid out was to count down from 100 to 1 and visualize each number and if your mind wanders, you restart. It sounds simple enough until you try it.
💯 You can concentrate on other stimuli as well. I like tactile meditation. Meditating on my interoception..listening to my organs as well as my breath. You know, those wandering thoughts can help if you can maintain focus on the entity(majority of mental energy) but you allow the entity to look into your life by inviting it to look at those background reminiscences. I've had success with this method and some entities see it as a sort of form of payment, to share my memories with them. Granted, I have a VERY vivid memory/imagination, near eidetic. ... Ope. Once again, your content has given me a breakthrough. You have been more helpful than you can ever know, and your tutorial video on Servitor Magick literally saved my life. That's TrueSpeak, no exaggeration or figurative language. Warmest Regards, Jaysen
Yes, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who needs the reminder. The older I get, the more I understand why meditation is important and why it works. It’s not the perfectly clear mind state that everyone thinks of. The power of meditation is in the number of times you lose focus and bring it back. It’s like building a muscle.
couldn’t agree more! just want to add that meditation can look drastically different for different people - all that matters is the meditative focus. you know it when you feel it. 2 of my personal methods that don’t involve breath focus are using music (the patterns in certain kinds of music let me “tune in” somehow, like a tuning fork being held up to another) as well as intuitive movement in the vein of yoga, just flowing through different poses that feel right to me can be extra effective in bringing the mind to center. all this to say, don’t get discouraged if you have to use a somewhat “unconventional” method!
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You are totally and absolutely right FF! Y stopped doing magik because I found myself unable to fully concentrate and after that I started meditating and now I believe its time to try again, now that I have this new found ability. Thank you.
YES!!!!! One of the major core foundations of the path to adeptship - Step one, Meditate..... Initiate step - meditate..... adept step - meditate..... working adept - meditate... whatever form of meditation... sit down, shut the feck up, and sit quietly... I used to meditate on the bus to work... and at lunchtime.... whatever whenever I could from being young.
Good to see you here.
The meditation techniques outlined in the Quareia course are 🔥🔥🔥👌🤩
Changed my life. I havnt sent anything yet though. @@FoolishFishBooks
I'm LOLing since I just posted about how your meditation exercises have rocked my world!
Excellent thank you ❤
The struggle during meditation that many find is, in fact, exactly what meditation is. I've been a meditator for over 40 years and there is almost always the 'monkey mind'. Noticing it and then bringing it back to the present moment is meditation. It's not the ability to sit still for 'X' amount of time and think of nothing. Learning what true meditation is makes it much less strenuous and dull.
Thanks actually, that helps a lot.
Wow. "Click" Thank you!
Thank you for this. This is very encouraging.
What meditation is??
YES! I've met so many people who think that meditaion is supposed to be having zero thoughts (blank space) for over 5 minutes. That's impossible, especially if you're a beginner.
Jason Miller points out in _Consorting with Spirits_ that the repeated recognition of your own thoughts over a long period helps in distinguishing between your imagination and the communication of spirits.
Yes. Absolutely.
A must have!❤
It does
I own that book and I very much agree.
I can attest to this.
Your mind is the blade, and meditation is the whetstone.
I love that
So profound and vital. Once I stopped punishing myself for the 10 minutes of mind wandering, and started appreciating the ONE minute of mindfulness, I felt like I was on the right path .
A nice way to meditate and train visualizations is to meditate on a color, just try to fill your "mental screen" with a flat, no detail color.
When the monkey mind arrives and pulls you away, you'll have another thing to ground to/pull back to, because the color usually fades and helps you not to give attention to the thoughts and just aknowledge them as a subtle change in color happens.
Thank you Follish Fish for another awesome video.
A good meditation cushion is the best piece of magical gear I've ever used.
" If our mind doesn't do what we want it to do then what's the point in even trying to make magick? " I have said this SO MANY TIMES! No excuse is acceptable to me. Meditate. Thank you for this vid
Chogyam Turngpa: "The greatest magic of all is to be able to control and work with our ego and with our mind."
Yes, it is a bad belief to think that we need to kill our ego. Sometimes we have to crush it because it’s been in control for so long, but exactly what your quoting, work as a team.
As a Zen Buddhist priest and Mindfulness teacher, I appreciate and approve of this message, haha!
Does the supernatural play a role in Zen philosophy?
I agree that being able to maintain focus is paramount to working any kind of magic. I've never been into eastern style breath meditation, but I have played chess for decades and if one can't focus on the game, one will lose the game. Reading and meditating on the meaning of scripture is another way that I learned to discipline my mind. One must also recognize that there are times when it's hard to focus for whatever reason, and those are the times to refrain from magical working and to relax and let the mind wander until refreshed.
💯 meditation is key to everything magical. That's the first thing I teach
I used to meditate deeply and regularly in my bachelor days; then the kids came along and a new house to raise them that needed renovating, a garden that needed managing along with the day job, and fatigue set in. Thanks for suggesting the 5 minutes approach, I'll give it a go!
I've tried many forms of meditation but my favorite will always be zazen, meaning "just sitting."
It can be that simple
座禅 (zazen) means a sitting form of zen.
This is so true uncle fish! MEDITATION!
I had a daily vipassana practice for 8 years, during which I did three week-long silent retreats. Eventually my teacher graduated me to doing moving mindfulness practices, then he retired and I stopped. A couple of months ago I started the Quareia course and the first lesson is meditation. I hemmed and hawed for a couple of weeks but finally got down to sitting again, following Jacqueline's suggested meditations, for 20 minutes a day. Within a couple of days my whole spiritual experience changed. The combination of my past experience with the meditations in the course have opened doors I did not know existed. I am shocked as someone who thought they knew all there was to know about meditating, to discover that even beginner techniques can have a profound effect on my magical practice. I'm so glad you made this video.
Meditaton saved my life. After many years, I now truley understand the term enlightenment. My Self awarwness has increased a great deal.
Yes very important! I see this as a cornerstone of the practice
Every morning before doing my rituals I meditate on the breath, using a string of beads to aid concentration. Lately I've been incorporating thought control practices from Franz Bardon. It's next level stuff.
Thank you for the PSA.
After i was content with my ability to meditate, i basically quit. I should continue.
Incorporating daily meditation into your routine as a work-from-home dad can bring several benefits, such as increased focus, reduced stress, improved emotional regulation, and enhanced overall well-being. It can help you maintain a sense of balance and clarity amidst the demands of both work and family life.
I've read countless amounts of science-based information on psi. The ONE common denominator in psychic development was: meditation. The type didn't seem to matter, just the consistency.
If the _type_ of meditation doesn't seem to matter, when looking at the phenomena from a larger, aggregate, perspective, _then that frees you_ into simply finding which flavor fits your liking/lifestyle but, most of all, your ability to practice it consistently. I suggest trying out as many as necessary until you find something that works for you.
Thanks for the liovingly kind suggestion💜
Years back, I used to do mindful meditation every day. Back then is when I experienced the most lucid dreams. I'm gonna incorporate it into my daily routine again.
Since life got crazy with a few different things at once, I stopped meditating, which was not the best idea, but I let my sadness and depression take over. With the passing of my mom in December, starting a new job and a long drawn out move, I found it difficult to concentrate on magick of any kind, as well as meditation. I am about to start back up on meditation soon since some things have calmed down finally. I lost my inspiration to do things other than survival. I am doing better now, though.
Thank you for doing this video, and thank you for responding on Facebook to me. It was appreciated. Keep up the Great Work. Your videos have always been quite helpful to me.
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I meditate 3-5 times a week , 30 minutes, and I never looked at it that way but I also do this throughout my day I imagine more centering myself but it's exactly what's your describing clear your mind focus on your breath center yourself connect with your matron or patron for a brief moment, I agree meditation is the number one most important factor in successful Magick love your channel brother keep it up!!
HOHA HDHM
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I couldn't agree more! Meditation is so powerful and essential that you actually don't need anything else in reality. If you are constant in daily meditation practice, you will have everything even without dozens of rituals and other practices.
Yup, meditation is the key. I remember when I first dipped in the world of magick, and all the books I was reading said something like "just meditate for ten minutes, clear your mind, best to think about nothing", and this confused me a lot. It took me a lot of time to understand that, meditation is actually about controlling your focus and minds attention, and not about sitting and thinking nothing.
I love to meditate just before bedtime, when I have too much thoughts, or trouble sleeping. Eventually during the day when I feel overstimulated by my surroudings, or feeling stressed out.
Yup, meditation, meditation, meditation
Another thing: never judge any perceived "failure", whether it be an intrusive thought, losing concentration, anything. Let it go
Good video, thank you fish man
Meditation has become an absolutely essential part of my life. It is a relatively new practice for me but now I couldn’t imagine what my life would look like without it .
Yes I found that the candle meditation within a circle of magic was the answer I was looking for. It brought me to my center and made me feel extremely happy knowing that I am within my own space. a magical 🌌😅
I agree. Thank you.❤❤❤
Foolish Fish with the golden key!
Protip square breathing and or prayer beads are excellent.
To square breath pick a number of heart beats you can comfortably breath.
Lets say 5
Breath in 5
hold 5
Out 5
Hold 5
Repeat
If you want to keep count of the cycles or a mantra use prayer beads and each cycle move a bead dont wory about counting you should have a notch so you will feel when you have done a full cycle around.
Absolute legend. Such good advice. It has never been the way I've thought about it, but if cause, even 5 seconds is better than none. Thank you for helping me on my journey. I'm new to all this.
Best video yet. Cheers sir. I absolutely agree.
Absolutely true ....Meditation is the primary Thing and yes most magicians don’t emphasis enough on it.
I completely agree, and breathing exercises meditation are not only the base of magick, but the foundation of meditation itself, which allows it to become more and more powerful just like magick. Thank you for this video it was a healthy reminder to get me back on track with my routine, it had slipped my mind for some time now and is exactly what I needed to hear.
My biggest tip for making your mindful meditation exercises actually pleasurable, not just tolerable. I run 12 miles one day a week and 7 miles at least every other day. There is no more helpful thing in my life for managing my anxiety, my stress, and constant fidgeting. Regular, hard, disciplined exercise you feel justified in yourself with. But also, magnesium supplements, kratom now and again, and cannabis are all great aids to helping to boost yourself temporarily into a good state of mind to ease you into a playful meditation. I loved your video man, and I'm glad I got into this type of meditation long before my magical work. Because it's probably more magic than magick.
In the days when I did such things (long time ago!) I found walking helped me to write prayers and sermons - I had a dog back then so this achieved two things in one. I didn't think of it as meditation, but now I come to think of it, it possibly was. Being in lovely parkland with my dog , birdsong, wildlife and thoughts really helped to concentrate my ideas. The hardest bit was remembering them when I got back!
Love your stuff FF
Now this was something! I was taking a shower and thinking about what would be the foundation to magic, that something that holds all the work and what all the magical systems built upon. My Goddess answered me "the Mind, knowing you have the power, just this." All witchcraft, all vitalism based approaches, all cerimonial magic, are there just to convince the mind that we have the power. So, how to sharpen the mind for this task, without the need to all those apparatuses? Them I sit here and find your video! Amazing. Thank you once again for your work.
Of all my magickal practices, basic meditation is definitely the one that has the highest impact in my daily life, and arguably the one that brought me to the most transcendental states... Thank you for reminding us the importance of this practice!
YES!! I agree! I love the way you talk about all this stuff!!! The only real meditation is to be quiet and listen ❤
I do KC, LBRP, short form MPR (seated), create thought-form for manifestation, then 21 min deep silent meditation, finish with Hexagram Ritual, short-form analysis of the keywords, KC, twice a day. I tried silent meditation before manifestation but putting the manifestation work into the subconscious afterward, I found more fruitful, but to each their own.
One of the benefits of deep silent meditation, according to Thomas Keating is deep silent meditation (surrender within) at least 20 minutes twice a day relaxes the tension deep in the body holding the repressed emotions clogging up the experience of Source within, from the emotional wounds of childhood, mental conditioning and false programs for happiness, meditation regularly releases the tension and the unconscious starts to unload. When there are no more unconscious blocking the Source, you too become the virgin and give birth to the Christ within. This is THE STORY, it's The Greatest Story Ever Told!
Many say the path of the Magician should not be mixed with the path of the Mystic but I have taken that cross and found it very meaningful.
Hey, I used to have regular practice and was able and enjoyed meditating for hours, 1-2h almost every day. Time passed, kids and everything, now, if I get 15-20 mins, sometimes even more, that is awesome. Everything you said, totally make sense, you can't make magic or anything if you can't control your brain.
I agree 100% I meditate for 10/15 minutes every day after my Yoga Practice. Also meditation and visualization together helps me to perform my shows in the way I want. Is absolutely a must not only in magic but in life as in general and it lower your blood pressure too!
I love this Denis, yes you are absolutely correct. Mindfulness will change your life, not just your Magic. I used to meditate at Red Lights in Traffic, while all around me had their foot on the accelerator. It always passed the time quicker too and kept me calm. Thank you, Blessed be. PS I typed the traffic Light thing before you said it !! LOL
Thankyou for reminder us of the obvious yet often overlooked key to successful magick.
Meditation on the Breath, (anapanasati), was said to be Buddha's favourite form of practise. It is simple, can be done anywhere at any time, and, when fully developed, extremely powerful.
Brotherman ❤ I agree with you, that line "a moments meditation is better than no meditation" really hit home. Powerful video ❤
Yes you are right in this short comment 100% every athlete do a warm up b4 starting there race so i won't call you a foolish fish but a golden fish I have been fallowing you b4 you started this chat show and you always hit the nail on its head a gentle warm up to have a perfect connection preparation b4 hand thank you 🕯️🧘♂️
Laughed at the getting dressed analogy. Great stuff and timely reminder. Thanks!
I think it's great that you mentioned that it's okay and also required to start off small. As someone with ADD, so many descriptions of how people perfectly meditate made me feel like a failure. That sentiment has been shared amongst other friends as well. Knowing that it does get better and easier but also it's okay to start off small is really helpful to keep in mind going forward.
Such a simple, great reminder!
Absolutely 100% correct! Thanks for bringing those often forgotten truths. The greatest (perhaps the only) magick is the power of settling your mind.
2 create effortless is the naturel way of magick...the origin way...everything else...I thought it was odd.
Thx 4 sharing❤
What most miss ..is...2 return the focus towards themselves.. its how u actually miss ur own wisdom...ur clearity and u just postpone and distract urself in the dream and are mostly blind lead by ur dream= thoughts and sensations. So...one has 2 Awake 2 this knowledge...as Carl Jung said : Who looks outside dreams...who looks within...awakes .❤
Thanks very much
Just focusing on the breathing for extended periods of time is incredibly difficult for me, so I just start by focusing on the breath and instead of just thinking about breathing, I observe my mind space. I watch the thoughts, images, senses etc. without being dragged into a train of thought. I watch my mind calm down like the surface of water when the ripples fade out.
EXCELLENT! much gratitude for sharing your knowledge with us...✨✨💗💗
Agreed !! Thanks Denis!!🙏 Blessed be!
Just absolutely love your channel. You've hit the nail directly on the head with this one.
I’ve practiced Magick for over 40 years. I’ve tried just about every system there is. The most important thing any system teaches is meditation. No matter how you do it. If you can’t teach your mind to tune in and listen, you can’t hear the message from the spirits.
Your message is a timely reminder from the universe. Thank you.
I forget now which book or books I was reading, but the premise within the work was clear, we are all magicians, whether we are conscious of that fact or not makes a world of difference. Imagine my surprise upon reading that very sentence when specific things wished for as a young man have come to pass. The world is full of magic, and it seems the world was indeed created for us.
Visualisation is the key
Thank you, I really needed to be reminded of the importance of meditation today. 🧘♀️ eternally grateful 🙏 🎉
Absolutely agreed!
Meditation has been the most powerful tool I have.
Listening to my breath has been truly a life saver and I feel this is key to deepening my practice.
It also helps with attention span. The LBRP does as well.
I find my magic and spellwork just naturally works when I meditate, literally everything just falls into place without much effort on my part I find
Alice Bailey has some great books on meditation too. I love the different perspectives of the same thing
Timeless reminder.
What absolutely beautiful advice especially in a time when people are so busy. Tysm! 😊
Mindfulness accompanies us 🙏
Thank you Denis. ❤
Great video- wonderful reminder!
Only just starting out on this journey, wouldn't even say I have started to practise, but nice to know something I have been doing for 40 years already is a foundational skill.
Yes. Meditation is the first key ✨
I’m wondering if anyone has had the experience of being an adept, but outer experiences keep getting worse at an inverse proportion? My experience with it is becoming quite alarming.
The early days are about removing the aspects of your life that aren't good for you and seeing you on a fresh path. If it gets too intense, relax with the LBRPs. Do an LIRP once in a while to balance things out.
You hit the nail on the head,
You have one of the most amazing voices. Thank you for your amazing content. Truly a gem.🔮
Well now I'm blushing! 😄 Thank you for your kind words! 🙏
Reeeaaally love the "when you have a moment, meditate" approach. Making time to sit for 20 minutes is great but only tends to happen once a month for me, or a few days on and then off again. I'll start doing this... mm, right now! 😄
Thanks as always for this, Denis.
Love the muscle comparison. Its how i explain spiritual development to fools, The good fools that is.
Very well said & incredibly helpful! Thank you!! 😇
Great points…I’m grateful for my meditation practice like my yoga practice etc they sit perfectly along side of my magic practice.
Decades down the track the value I can certainly feel and see the difference profoundly ❤
I agree woth you some of this planet's coolest warriors did mindfulness meditation.
Indeed, I've started meditating years ago, and was initially caught in the trap of having to do specific complicated mind exercises, which was not sustainable for me. But coming back to just being with myself, focus on the here and now, has been invaluable to me, outside of magic as well. I'm calmer, see more, don't react automatically. Like it gave me some space to be more present within myself
If you can wait, you can meditate! Thanks for the videos!
Simple but fundamental. Brilliant! Many thanks, you're one of my favourite teachers, bless you, Alistair.
Thank you for this video; it was a great reminder for me to meditate daily.
Your right i do need to get back to the basics I've been doing the chanting meditation for so long i forget how to just meditate
I haven't read it all the way through, but I did read a good chunk of the Mat Auryn book Psychic Witch and one of the first exercises laid out was to count down from 100 to 1 and visualize each number and if your mind wanders, you restart. It sounds simple enough until you try it.
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You can concentrate on other stimuli as well. I like tactile meditation. Meditating on my interoception..listening to my organs as well as my breath.
You know, those wandering thoughts can help if you can maintain focus on the entity(majority of mental energy) but you allow the entity to look into your life by inviting it to look at those background reminiscences.
I've had success with this method and some entities see it as a sort of form of payment, to share my memories with them.
Granted, I have a VERY vivid memory/imagination, near eidetic.
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Ope. Once again, your content has given me a breakthrough.
You have been more helpful than you can ever know, and your tutorial video on Servitor Magick literally saved my life. That's TrueSpeak, no exaggeration or figurative language.
Warmest Regards,
Jaysen
Yes, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who needs the reminder. The older I get, the more I understand why meditation is important and why it works. It’s not the perfectly clear mind state that everyone thinks of. The power of meditation is in the number of times you lose focus and bring it back. It’s like building a muscle.
Your conscious mind will fight for control. Crowley spoke on this. Clear your mind and reassert discipline
couldn’t agree more! just want to add that meditation can look drastically different for different people - all that matters is the meditative focus. you know it when you feel it. 2 of my personal methods that don’t involve breath focus are using music (the patterns in certain kinds of music let me “tune in” somehow, like a tuning fork being held up to another) as well as intuitive movement in the vein of yoga, just flowing through different poses that feel right to me can be extra effective in bringing the mind to center. all this to say, don’t get discouraged if you have to use a somewhat “unconventional” method!
More than ever, a must do daily practice. It's a muscle, and you need to exercise it and grow it.
Thanks 😊