Here are the most effective methods I've tried and my experiences with them:
1. Embracing Pain: The first method involves getting closer to the pain. This approach provides the most immediate, raw, and intense experiences. In my life, pain has been a universal and abundant presence, making it a readily available resource.
As Abraham Hicks mentioned, the harder things got and the more intensely I felt what I didn't want, the more pronounced my desires became. I could clearly feel what I wanted—good feelings, pleasant imaginings, and a pleasantly uplifting state that lasted for tens of minutes. However, this was contradictory because I also experienced mental pain, tension, and anxiety.
Interestingly, the more intense these disturbances and pains became, the easier it was for me to enter meditation. With my eyes closed and just a few breaths, I experienced deep calm, an expanded sense of being, vibrations, and the sensation of the space around me trembling. This state is difficult to enter when I am relaxed.
2. Engaging with Spiritual Material: For me, this involved reading spiritual books. These books often uplifted me, although this also brought tension, discomfort, and mental pain. Despite this, I felt a mystical energy and a heart-felt ecstasy that was different from joy. I felt invincible, filled with a sense of possibility, and became desensitized to pain, with my body feeling as if charged with electricity.
However, this effect diminished with repeated exposure. Reading the same text again did not recreate the initial feeling, much like how repeatedly eating the same delicious food makes it lose its appeal. The highest energy and emotional joy occurred during the first reading, akin to the exhilaration of first love.
3. Experiencing Physical Weakness: Once, I had a body ache and a cold lasting several days. During this time, I felt pure joy and emotion from simply watching my favorite music or videos. Meditating during this period silenced mental chatter, leaving only pure consciousness, deep relaxation, and a grounding sensation. Although I haven't tried to recreate this state through fasting or extreme penance due to my regular work schedule, it gave me insight into how many spiritual traditions use penance as a practice. The weakening of the body actually aids spiritual practice.
4. Focusing on Things You Love: Similar to engaging with spiritual material, this method loses its excitement over time. Repeating this for weeks resulted in diminishing uplifting feelings, much like stale bread losing its freshness. Constantly seeking new things requires significant effort, which is difficult to maintain alongside work and daily responsibilities. This approach follows the law of diminishing returns, where more effort is needed to achieve the same effect.
5. Meditation: When I am relaxed and meditating well, I feel energy flowing through my body along with feelings of joy and pleasure. However, recreating these sensations is challenging. While I meditate often, these experiences are rare and short-lived. Additionally, painful and distressing sensations and thoughts can arise, persisting even after meditation ends, making it feel like mental torture.
These are the most effective methods I've tried. While many of the laws and methods advocated by Abraham Hicks have worked for me, they are not always consistent. I believe that if we continue on this path, we may eventually align more closely with spiritual beings like Abraham Hicks, and things may start to work as they described.
The first, way, is to get closer to the pain. This is the most immediate, most raw, and most intense experience I've ever had.
In my life, pain was universal and abundant. It was everywhere, making it a very readily available resource.
As Abraham Hicks said, the harder things got and the more intensely I felt the things I didn't want, the more pronounced my desires became. I felt clearly what I wanted, good feelings, pleasant imaginings, and experienced a pleasantly uplifting state that lasted for tens of minutes.
However, this was contradictory. Not only was I feeling good emotions and feelings, but I was also experiencing mental pain, tension, and anxiety.
At the same time, the more intense these mental and emotional disturbances and pains became, the easier it was for me to enter meditation. With my eyes closed and just a few breaths, I experienced deep calm and my being expanded. At the same time, I felt vibrations and felt the space around me tremble. This is a state that is difficult to enter when I am relaxed.
The second way was to get in touch with spiritual things.
In my case, it was books. I have read a variety of spiritual books and have experienced what it feels like to be uplifted many times. When I was uplifted, I was tense, I was uncomfortable, and my mind was in pain, but at the same time I felt mystical. I was shaking with intense energy, and my heart felt something akin to ecstasy, which is not the same as joy. I felt like nothing was impossible, and the idea of possibility filled me. I became desensitized to all pain, and my body was numb, as if it were charged with some electric current; it was as if I had put on some thick glove.
The more often I read spiritual books, the more suddenly the thoughts of spiritual principles appeared, and I experienced a mysterious sequence of numbers. However, the problem was that when I got used to it, it would disappear. Even if I read the same text again and tried to recreate the feeling, it would not happen. It was like eating delicious food over and over again, and then the same food would no longer feel delicious. The highest energy, intense excitement, high emotional joy and feeling of love occurred at the first reading. It is an intense and exhilarating feeling, like first love.
The third way is through physical weakness.
I once happened to have a body ache and a cold that lasted for several days. During this time, I would experience dozens of minutes of pure joy and emotion when I simply watched my favorite music or video. I also tried to meditate during this time, and experienced that all mental chatter disappeared and only pure consciousness remained. At the same time, I experienced a deep relaxation and a sensation of being pulled down to the ground… going into a deep state, relaxing and resting.
Perhaps I could re-induce this state through fasting or extreme penance, but I'm a laborer and need to go to work regularly, so I haven't tried it again. However, it was a good opportunity to understand how many spiritual traditions use penance as a way of practicing. The weakening of the body actually helps the practice. This was a very distinct experience that I can count on one hand in my life.
The fourth way is to focus on the things you love.
But just like the second one, if you get used to it, it loses its excitement, fun, and excitement and becomes dull. I tried this over and over again for a few weeks, but the more I went, the lower the uplifting feelings became. It's like stale bread that has lost its freshness. I had to keep looking for something new, and that requires a large part of my daily routine, but it was hard to keep doing this when I was getting ready to go to work, focusing on my work, and then when I got home I had to relax and catch up on various backlogs of chores. It was a bit like the law of diminishing returns: you have to put more into it than you did before to get the same effect as before, and that's not easy because you have to fill it with all fresh and new things each time.
The fifth way is meditation.
In moments when I am relaxed and meditating well, I feel energy flowing through my body, along with feelings of joy, pleasure, etc. However, this is really hard to recreate. I try to meditate often, but these sensations and experiences don't happen often, and they are short-lived. At the same time, it's not just pleasant experiences. Painful and distressing sensations, thoughts, and experiences also come to mind. It's like mental torture, and once they start happening, they tend to persist even after I've finished meditating.
These are just some of the things that I have tried that have been the most effective. The spiritual being channeled by Abraham Hicks is not a material being. I have experienced that many of the laws and methods he advocated work, but not consistently and are less effective. I guess this is inevitable. I think that if we continue on this path and one day get closer to a spiritual being like Abraham Hicks, things will actually start to work as he said they would.