Meditation as an aid to channeling/receiving guidance.

Meditation is the act of stilling the mind enough to allow the finer, subtler energies to penetrate through the mind chatter. Our normal waking consciousness is so use to thinking about every bit of stimuli, that we often fill our minds with what could be compared to the babble of many waters. We must learn to let go of thoughts that do not relate to what we are seeking to experience when trying to connect through the art of meditation. There are many forms of meditation. You may find how-to information on myriad of ways to meditate in books, so we will not discuss the actual meditation process here. What we are more concerned with is what happens once you are in the meditative state. Our goal is to connect with the celestial/spiritual forces, and we shall work with a few things to ensure a better success with this goal.

First and foremost, I would say that the invitation to your guides or angelic forces is the imperative step that must be stressed here. Invite them to join you while in a meditative state. Ask them to work with you on getting a form of message that you will understand, and one that you will feel certain was from outside of yourself. If they know that you are inviting them to do so, they will work very hard to accommodate your request. Remember also that this is an ongoing process. It may (and usually does) take awhile for the connection conduits to be forged from their energies to yours. No skill is learned immediately, and thus you may have to sit in expectation for many sessions to realize the visitors that you have invited. Journal all thoughts and impression from each session. Over a period of time the bits and pieces may fall into to place and allow you to see a pattern to the information received.

Meditation most often works well for visual contacts. In other words, I think this is the preferred method if your innate ability is clairvoyance. Meditation is conducive to the forms of clairsentience also, and there can well be clairaudient connections as well, but the majority of persons meditating that I have spoken to seem to "see" or "know" the information given to them. If your innate ability is well developed, the method matters not. If you are a beginner, the method may matter only in the time that it will take to more fully develop it.

Lastly, working with meditation everyday, or as often as you can, strengthens your skills and allows the process to continue to build. Extend your invitation to the higher realms each time you begin the meditation. Work with the faith that as you reach upward, there are those who are extending a "hand" downward to you. Having the expectation of success is one of the surest ways to create success, since it is our thoughts that control our reality. If you see yourself surrounded by divine guidance, the thought alone ensures that your spiritual helpers are summonsed to your aid.

Have a friend give you a question to meditate on for them. Make it a question that you are certain that you do not know the answer to. Record any impressions, visuals, sounds, etc… that you may experience. Journal this for you and your friend. Have the friend keep the results and see if there is any validity to it from a vantage point of a later date. The idea behind this is to ascertain that you are gleaning some information that is beyond your personal knowing. The more this happens, the more encouraged you are to keep going. All "tricks" that you can figure to re-enforce your desire to keep going will make the connection process easier, no matter what method you are utilizing