Nicola Staff asked 4 years ago
We cannot give you further details on this because it is something we do not endorse, and so we do not wish to be a critic either and introduce negativity into the discussion. As we indicated to you, the use of ritual has value up to a point if it encourages cultivation of your belief in the outcome. If you believe that chanting a mantra or couching your outreach in an exotic language will be more effective, and this increases your belief quotient, it can have some benefits, but we see more risk in this because it is not truly in divine alignment. For most people, it becomes a diversion where the focus is the presumed sacred words and not the desire to reach a divine ear, and that misdirects the communication at the outset and invites the possibility of an interloper stepping in. So we view all such exercises as, in a sense, turning backward rather than forward. There is no need for fancy trappings to talk to the divine. You are part of the divine and you are in the family at all times.
The warnings about any kind of intuitive outreach, including meditation, were intended to drive home the message to always do so in a way that provides the greatest clarity. If you want to talk to God, speak to God—ask God to come forth. And before you launch your request, ask for divine protection to keep the conversation protected and held sacred and shield it from outside listening or interference. If you start your session this way, it will greatly increase the chance you will not have your communication intercepted and then receive an undesired response that can get you into trouble with an imposter. "Safety First," is always a good motto and applies to mediation and other spiritual practices. This is no less true of prayer, that it should start with a direct outreach to the Almighty, that confers automatic protection in and of itself. If you go directly to Creator to have a dialogue, the communication will be in confidence and shielded from outside listening and any kind of interference.
It is when one reaches out in a more vague way that anyone can step in and make themselves the focus of the conversation, and this is how people get off track and end up being harmed. Prayer works, and is safe, because it typically begins with such an outreach using the words, "Dear Lord," or "Almighty God," and then continuing with a request of some kind. That immediately brings divine shielding to the interchange, so that is a far better way to meditate—to meditate with the Almighty there to convey things to you, hear what you wish to see and have happen so that a plan can be made to answer your request directly, or indirectly, over time as most appropriate for what is desired to happen.
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