>>40886550
>NTA but do you have any resources for people wishing for spiritual and intellectual enrichment?
About the best resource is an actual order/master but barring that there are a few books depending on the tradition and approach. Read all these to have broad, even if shallow idea of various spiritual development traditions and perceptions (though it won't scratch the surface of even quarter of stuff out there):
>The Eight Pieces of Brocade by Yang jwing-Ming
Chinese perspective. A bit confusing to get into, useful once you do. Yang's good, if you'll be interested, after this book go through his
>The Root of Chinese Qigong
and then later books afterwards once you get basics.
For western "sciencey" perspective (with horribly mangled yogic influences, but still workable)
>Astral Dynamics by Robert Bruce
Most sensible occult/magic training manuals require and thus develop such too. For basics, mostly theory:
>Advanced Magic for Beginner by Alan Chapman
>Liber Null + Psychonaut by Peter J. Carroll
>Knowledge of The Higher Worlds and Its Attainment by Rudolf Steiner
Some bullshit, but those will give you important perspective, a handful of concepts you should know and directions to check.
The most important practices are meditation, contemplation, introspection, ability to maintain self-awareness and shift point of attention - what you concentrate on and pay attention to guides your thoughts and with it "the energy" (again, oversimplified) so concentrate on certain exercises guiding that attention and "energy" in particular ways and it will stimulate and thus develop your subtle body. Another thing some will try to deny is that those also depend on/respond to your thoughts, attitude, morals so working on yourself here will help - this is why some noble people developed into saints naturally while others waste years on practice with no or horrible effect.
>what are the benefits?
Honing of your natural qualities, greater understanding, curious abilities later on.
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>>40755945
>Why is there so many tests to overcome in this reality?
The point of your existence is to grow and refine yourself. Your body is a cocoon for the spirit to transform into more than it was, even at the risk of breaking and becoming corrupted as struggling against and overcoming obstacles is the most powerful way for growth and there's still a lot of it needed, lifetimes of it, for minimal improvement.
>>40756031
Not that anon but he's partially right, and you're acting like a childish twat, jumping to conclusions while not understanding even a bit of what you're told.
It's not about failed systems like communism but about the fact that to "overcome" reality you cannot just uselessly struggle - you need to observe it, understand it, stay firm and unaffected no matter the shit it throws at you, learn and develop from - and through - it all and only then you'll start glimpsing things beyond it. If you'll maintain good traits, noble attitude and won't let the reality break you then between wisdom you'll glimpse and divinity you'll maintain and cultivate - you'll rise above it naturally. That's why most serious spiritual traditions don't teach as much "doing magic" as personal development and why wannabe wizards witch ancient grimoires but no spiritual growth get neither personal development no abilities to manage their reality.
Unlike children shows teach you, it's more demanding, ambitious and complex undertaking than just stubbornly raging against it and somehow getting your way through the power of sheer guts, friendship or some McGuffin cause plot demands it.
Yeah, it sucks. Gotta deal with it anyway.
>Why is there so many tests to overcome in this reality?
The point of your existence is to grow and refine yourself. Your body is a cocoon for the spirit to transform into more than it was, even at the risk of breaking and becoming corrupted as struggling against and overcoming obstacles is the most powerful way for growth and there's still a lot of it needed, lifetimes of it, for minimal improvement.
>>40756031
Not that anon but he's partially right, and you're acting like a childish twat, jumping to conclusions while not understanding even a bit of what you're told.
It's not about failed systems like communism but about the fact that to "overcome" reality you cannot just uselessly struggle - you need to observe it, understand it, stay firm and unaffected no matter the shit it throws at you, learn and develop from - and through - it all and only then you'll start glimpsing things beyond it. If you'll maintain good traits, noble attitude and won't let the reality break you then between wisdom you'll glimpse and divinity you'll maintain and cultivate - you'll rise above it naturally. That's why most serious spiritual traditions don't teach as much "doing magic" as personal development and why wannabe wizards witch ancient grimoires but no spiritual growth get neither personal development no abilities to manage their reality.
Unlike children shows teach you, it's more demanding, ambitious and complex undertaking than just stubbornly raging against it and somehow getting your way through the power of sheer guts, friendship or some McGuffin cause plot demands it.
Yeah, it sucks. Gotta deal with it anyway.