A POWERFUL practice to improve your Magick

It's so essential that we often forget to mention it: Meditation is a pre-requisite for all magick, and it's usually the first lesson in most Magickal
courses. Why is it so important, and what does a basic meditation practice look like?

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[Quareia]

One of the major core foundations of the path to adeptship - Step one, Initiate step - adept step - 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.

[KimberlyLetsGo]

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.

[ShutItKyle]

Your mind is the blade, and meditation is the whetstone.

[machinemaker]

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.

[damondarkwalker]

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 .

[luizinhoensina]

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.

[MrRalteria]

A good meditation cushion is the best piece of magical gear I've ever used.

[rebelsingularity]

" 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

[bradklaus]

Chogyam Turngpa: "The greatest magic of all is to be able to control and work with our ego and with our mind."

[TheNeighborhoodZenPriest]

As a Zen Buddhist priest and Mindfulness teacher, I appreciate and approve of this message, haha!

[Akamaholic]

I've tried many forms of meditation but my favorite will always be zazen, meaning "just sitting."

[BenTaylorPostProduction]

Meditaton saved my life. After many years, I now truley understand the term enlightenment. My Self awarwness has increased a great deal.

[ravens_rambling]

💯 meditation is key to everything magical. That's the first thing I teach

[uthyrgreywick]

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.

[frithbarbat]

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.

[RicardoReyes-mghi]

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.

[ericmadrigal]

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.

[andyfournier]

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!

[RodCornholio]

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.