Esoteric practices - religion of the 21st century? What are esoteric practices? Esoteric practice three in one.

Many people now dream about this, because it is always nice to know more than others. Centuries of prohibitions have passed, information has become available, the topic of the unknown has gained wide publicity. Nothing is impossible, and everyone has psychic abilities, you just need to be able to notice them in yourself. You can develop extrasensory perception quite quickly, in a couple of months, if you try hard and believe in the result. The method consists of increasing sensitivity to the subtle worlds, strengthening the etheric and astral bodies, which are atrophied in ordinary people, and expanding perception.

To start working, you need to believe in the very possibility of a different worldview. Excessive skepticism comes from a reluctance to learn new things, from fear of it, and of responsibility for one’s views (it is easier to borrow them without checking them for correctness). Logical analysis does not take into account very many factors, while the soul, which has a connection with all living things, can “see them”, and the possible result to which the combination of these factors will lead. Moreover, these factors can be influenced by simulating events. Therefore, during practice, turn off logic, it will not give you the desired result, since it operates only with physical senses and generally accepted patterns, or extremes, or incomplete, possibly incorrect information, with its help it is impossible to learn new things, it operates in already known, “fenced” limits.

First exercise
Designed specifically to disable logical analysis and self-control. It is done quite simply: you need to try to imagine what is behind the wall, or behind any other obstacle (in the closet, bedside table, behind the door, in the next apartment). Now it doesn’t matter how reliable this information is, the goal is to turn off logical, template thinking. Don't try to analyze and remember, just imagine the first thing that comes to mind. Easy and relaxed, without creativity and attempts to “draw” a picture artificially. You just need to imagine it. This is the basis of clairvoyance.

You can do the exercise as much as you like until you get tired and simply cannot suppress the desire to invent, imagine, remember, analyze. Most likely, this will be accompanied by anger and irritation. The practice must be completed and repeated after a few hours or the next day.

After this exercise, you may feel a headache, as if you have been solving complex problems for a long time. There will be spiritual fatigue, and this is very good - the soul also needs training. They also don’t become jocks overnight.

You need to repeat until you learn to “see” easily, without internal resistance. You may also be surprised by the high accuracy of vision with good concentration. The first success has already been achieved; before the full development of psychic abilities, it remains to consolidate and strengthen the skills.

Second exercise
Designed to increase sensitivity to subtle bodies and concentration. It is also very simple to perform, it is a meditation during which there is no need to do anything other than listening to silence and contemplation. To do this, you will need a quiet place; an ordinary apartment in which you need to be alone is quite suitable. It doesn’t have to be completely quiet, the main thing is that there are no distracting sounds: a lawnmower, a track under the windows, music. This is just a start, then you will be able to maintain concentration even in very noisy and bustling places. Peace in the soul is necessary to perceive its urges. For the first time, it is better to use some room that is best lit by natural light, but not near a window - there it will be more difficult for you to maintain a state of peace within yourself. After several successful practices, you can already try on the balcony, from where you can better hear the sounds of the street, and perhaps see someone through the window (but you don’t need to set such a task for yourself).

The first part is performed with open eyes. Try to get rid of thoughts, free your mind. Turn off the internal dialogue (internal dialogue) for at least 10-20 seconds, gradually increasing this period. Do it easily, without aggression or irritability, just let go of the thoughts that force you to constantly waste energy on useless things. Listen to the sounds, but don't think about them, just listen. If this is a speech, don’t analyze it, don’t give in to thinking, just perceive it without evaluating it in any way. At the moment, it is not important for you to know what some passer-by is talking about, you simply let his words pass by without keeping them in your mind.

After a few minutes, you will already feel how everything around you is filled with light and love, you will feel lightness, as if the shackles have been thrown off you. You have freed yourself from the dictatorship of the mind, so far only temporarily, by clearing your perception of its distortions.

The second part of the practice occurs with closed eyes, starting from the moment described above. Now you need to feel this light without eyes, use your inner perception. Imagine as if you clearly see everything around you, and sensations of objects will begin to come to you. The surrounding space will become part of you. This will indicate the success of the practice; your perception of the world has become broader.

This is a very important practice. Through the internal sensation of the world, the vision of inaccessible information is realized. If you did everything correctly and it worked out for you, then only a test will confirm the development of psychic abilities. It is easy to arrange it in everyday life, without doing anything special for it: perform the first exercise together with the sensations of the second, somewhere in an unfamiliar environment, provided that you cannot know what is behind some door or wall, for example , at work, in a store, in a neighboring house. Act naturally, without appearing to be doing anything unusual or looking for something.

You can find out information about people in the same way. Any clue will do: a personal item, a photograph, being nearby. Just like in the first exercise, just see what a person is interested in, what kind of character and problems he has in life, what he is interested in. Nowadays, almost everyone is registered on at least one social network, so there shouldn’t be any problems finding people to check. After the “scanning” you can chat with the person, and after a few days it will be clear whether you were right or wrong.

Third exercise
It is not mandatory, but it is extremely important for those who want to consciously develop further and benefit other people by helping them with their problems. This is self-initiation, or the first phase of awakening, as they like to say in various esoteric literature. Roughly the same thing happens during magical initiation, only this time collectively. The point is to change your attitude towards life completely, to start living by new rules. The opposite moment will immediately arise, and life will begin to help you along the way if your intentions are pure.

This is a continuation of the second exercise. You can use music and any form of meditation that suits you best. The main thing is to evoke sensations in your soul, to feel how power flows through you, how something awakens inside, filling you with limitless energy. Some chakras may well open, you will feel them as points of concentration of energy, and kundalini is a flow along the spine from bottom to top. These are more serious practices, read about them separately before you start.

The goal is to feel the love of this world, which gives you endless possibilities. It will fill you from the inside. No matter how exactly you achieve this state, there are a great variety of practices.

A significant success factor will be knowing in advance why you need it. Usually people begin to awaken because the time has come and they can no longer live in the old way. Or, what is much less common, a person himself suddenly begins to want to know more about the world, to see all its facets, to find answers to all his questions, without wasting his already short life waiting for someone to do everything for him.

After self-initiation, a number of other wonderful abilities may appear: you will begin to eat and get tired less, sleep less, spontaneously see the aura of people and objects, astral beings. But it’s not at all necessary; the consequences are individual for everyone.

In conclusion, I would like to advise those interested and wishing to develop psychic abilities to study more esoteric materials, which are now abundant on the Internet. Then move on to serious literature by recognized authors, from which you can glean many practical points. And always think for yourself, without relying on someone. This is your life, you need to achieve everything yourself, and free cheese is only in a mousetrap. Esotericists never “give fish” if it is not profitable for them; they teach “to fish” if they pursue bright goals.

And what is their meaning? For what purpose do people perform them and what do they strive to achieve? We will try to find answers to these questions in this article.

In V. Serkin’s book “The Shaman’s Laughter” one can find a very unusual interpretation of the word “practice”. A shaman calls any action that changes a person a practice. Whether you ski, weave nets, clear snow every morning, or perform a set of special exercises - all this, as the shaman claimed, is practice. In the process of their implementation, we change; in us, as in an alchemical alembic, some qualities are transformed into others. When the main character of the book asked why he could not repeat certain miracles demonstrated by the shaman, he answered laconically: “You are not ready because you have not done the practice.”

Therefore, modern man’s distrust of esoteric practices causes a smile and slight bewilderment. You do dozens of practices every day, you just call these actions differently. But, regardless of the names, each of these actions changes you in one direction or another. In recent years, the idea that thought is material has become very popular. This was facilitated by a series of books and films that tell about the experiences of people who began to work with their thoughts. Each, or almost each of them, says that our thinking directs life in one direction or another. So, thinking is one of the main practices that you perform all the time while you are awake. How does your thinking change you? What does this practice develop in you?

The detuning of thinking is the primary task of esoteric practices. Almost every person wants to become happier than they are now. However, this requires a change in thinking as a practice that defines who we are. If you try to change your thinking, you will very soon encounter difficulties. This is because thinking is inextricably linked with many other aspects of human life. Yes, it is possible to catch “flashes of positivity” for a short time, but try to stay in it and you will fail.

- the science of the inner. It is she who gives the answer to the question: why certain events happen in our lives. Moreover, these answers are quite simple and understandable to everyone. Viewed from an esoteric point of view, our thinking is related to the health of the physical body, our nutrition, where we live and with whom we communicate, events in the past and the state of our energetic cocoon. There is nothing mystical about the latter: many modern devices are capable of capturing and measuring the human energy field.

However, esotericism not only explains the interrelationships of internal processes in a person. Many esoteric practices can help a person to know himself, as well as make his life happier and more joyful. By performing esoteric practices, a person heals his physical body, adjusts his thinking in a more positive way, and eliminates impurities and clamps in his energy field. Over time, a person’s worldview, his communication and eating habits, his tastes and preferences, and, as a result, his life change.

There is nothing mystical or superhuman in esoteric practices. There is no more mysticism here than in brushing your teeth, massaging your feet, or thinking about how good it will be if you go on vacation. Returning to the same V. Serkin: we are simply introducing new practices into life that allow us to do something new, previously unavailable. Don’t be afraid to show interest in esotericism, because otherwise you can live your whole life dreaming of something more.

Imagine: the Shanti Maurice hotel-palace on the shores of the Indian Ocean, morning, sun, white sand... but two dozen top managers of a large corporation do not sunbathe on the beach, but in a cramped classroom they write down every word at a lecture on reincarnation, the lecturer is a teacher of Vedanta (one of the philosophical schools in Hinduism) or any other fashionable guru of our time. We thought that only our friends were interested in such things - they all practice something esoteric: integral yoga, Reiki, Kabbalah (in its modern form), tantric Buddhism. Fortunately, they didn’t go as far as Scientology, which is still popular in Hollywood but banned in many countries, but even legal practices fit the definition of the word “religion” - each of them has a picture of the universe, a moral code, a spiritual leader, rituals, dietary restrictions. It has become fashionable to go to psychotherapists who cross psychoanalysis and esotericism. The richest and most influential people on the planet choose the “integral approach” - a cocktail created personally for each of several practices aimed at developing the body, mind and spirit.

Four quite intelligent women told how esoteric practices became part of their lives.

Experience #1: Finding Happiness Through Breathing

Marina Tarasevskaya, 32 years old, lawyer

I breathe deeper and deeper and with every inhalation and exhalation I plunge into a state unknown to me. The arms - especially in the elbows - strangely go numb, and the knees too. The brain paints fantastic pictures: here I am seven years old, and my dad is pushing me on a swing at the dacha; Here I am two years ago, sorting things out with my ex; and here I am in a wedding dress (although I never had a wedding), walking to the altar in a Gothic temple... Then the numbness passes, and I fly away - into that magical dimension where you don’t need to dream, because all your dreams have already come true, where there is no need to prove anything - neither to yourself nor to others, where there is only love and joy. And when I return, I don’t recognize myself: my head is unusually light, my body is pleasantly tired, like after a walk in the forest, good sex or a massage. And it feels like the world is smiling at you and you no longer need to fight with anyone - everything is fine.

I will never forget my first rebirthing lesson - my psychologist recommended trying this practice. At that time, I couldn’t let go of one situation for a long time, I was offended by the man, and I was advised to “breathe through it.” Rebirthing (from the English rebirthing - “birth again” is “connected” breathing, inhaling as deeply as possible and immediately exhaling as deeply as possible. And so on for at least an hour and a half. This is unsafe, so you need to breathe under the guidance of a specialist. With the help of this practice you can let go of emotional blocks, heal mental traumas, including the very first one - birth trauma. (By the way, it is because of emotional blocks that many parts of the body go numb during practice. If, as in my case, the limbs go numb, this is a symptom of a violation of your connection with world: perhaps you give more than you take.) During rebirthing, many people re-experience not only the moment of their birth, but also past lives, as well as episodes from the future. This did not happen to me, but after the first rebirthing session it began to happen in my life mystical things. The man with whom I had been in love for many years, although we were just friends, suddenly woke up and began actively courting me. Nothing changed in my behavior - I let him go a long time ago (they say that a man must be let go three times, and if he comes back later, this is your man). But it was as if he had been replaced: a month later this man proposed to me! It is possible that these events were provoked by rebirthing: this practice helps to “connect to the flow”, and then your subconscious desires and true needs begin to be realized - a direct connection is established with the Bank of the Universe.

And although my cherished wish came true, I continue to go to rebirthing. Thanks to him, I am changing: I feel my boundaries more clearly, I have become more open and straightforward. I learned to constructively get rid of aggression. During rebirthing, images of those who once hurt you flash before you, but you perceive them differently, not including the ego, but simply realizing their role in your life. Negative emotions go away. And other people begin to attract into your life, and those who are already in it behave differently.

Experience No. 2 restore love using Hellinger constellations

Alena Krupnova, wife, mother of four children, 34 years old

I always wanted to live not the way it turns out and the way circumstances turn out, but the way I dreamed. I wanted a friendly family and real intimacy with my husband. But my parents divorced, and I did not have a normal family model. But the request for this was sincere. I began to move towards my dream, already being married, I learned to manage feminine energy in order to be realized in all the main female states - mother, mistress, girl and housewife. I began to regularly engage in breathing practices that activate the emotional and sexual centers (this is the fourth chakra, at the level of the heart, and the second - in the lower abdomen), and meditate. Everyone around me, starting with my husband, told me that I had changed a lot - I had become warmer, softer, more feminine. I couldn’t get pregnant for seven years, but then I easily, without complications, gave birth to three healthy girls, one after another.

It seemed that I had everything I wanted, but at 32 I was overcome by an internal crisis. I suddenly began to control my husband, I began to feel that I had become a mother not only for our daughters, but also for him. And he, although he did not openly admit it, first of all still needs a woman, not a mother. Then I realized that at that period of my life negative birth programs were activated (at about this age my parents separated) - and they are often so strong that stereotypes of thinking and behavior cannot be changed by practice alone. I was lucky: I ended up with a strong specialist in Hellinger constellations. It turned out that in my family, somewhere at the level of my great-grandmother (she had a very powerful, despotic husband who took all the love and attention for himself, and there was nothing left for the children), feminine energy was blocked and the flow of love, which should be passed down from generation to generation, stopped per generation. If this happens, unloved women with a predominance of male energies grow up in the family. They either do not have relationships with men at all, or they attract weak men, or cannot get pregnant, or do not feel strong feelings for the child and for the husband, so the latter begins to look for love on the side.

When I realized all this and the instructor and I made a new, healthier alignment, my behavior changed radically, immediately, without any effort. I no longer needed to “cultivate” femininity in myself - I simply became feminine. Closeness with my husband - at the level of man and woman, and not mother and son - was restored. But I didn’t give up practice and work with a psychologist. With a psychotherapist, we work according to Alfred Adler’s system - we find out how children’s attitudes influence us in everyday life. I also meditate regularly and also follow the lunar calendar. Every new moon I write down my desires, intentions and goals for the coming month. I believe that if you live consciously, dreams always come true.

Experience No. 3 to be cured with the help of a miracle

Anastasia Gosteva, 36 years old, writer, journalist

Since childhood, I have always been occupied with one single question: what remains if I subtract my parents and educators, genetics, and education? Will there be anything left? What's behind the mind? Later I learned that Zen masters asked their students exactly this question: what was your face like before your parents were born? I started practicing at the age of 17, in the hope of getting rid of many years of depression. The medications didn’t help, and I realized that either I would do something for myself, or no one would help me. The depression passed, I continued to try all sorts of techniques and practices in search of an answer to the main question - who am I? Meditation, holotropic breathing, trips to Indian ashrams, Tibetan monasteries and Mexican shamans, qigong, yoga, vipassana. During these searches, I several times encountered what can be called a miracle.

Once in India, Saint Sai Baba, in front of a dozen witnesses, materialized for me a gold chain and amrita (nectar of the gods - according to Hindu beliefs): rolling up his sleeve so that no one would catch him in fraud, with a circular movement of his hand, he “received” all this from thin air. He did this in response to my request to help me get rid of the fear of death and become free.

Returning to Moscow, I fell ill with typhoid fever. Doctors couldn’t make a diagnosis for three weeks; just in case, they just poured in liters of antibiotics, which didn’t work. About the 21st day, when it became clear that it was typhus and that chloramphenicol did not cure it, I was told that before, when there were no antibiotics, people either developed immunity on days 25–26, or they died. And then I remembered that I had several spoons of Sai Baba’s “materialized” amrita in a plastic Coca-Cola bottle. I drank half of it, fell asleep, woke up and saw that the amount of amrita had increased. I drank it for a week, until all the tests began to show that I was healthy - its amount did not decrease. Friends came, looked at the bottle, took measurements of the level - we tried to track the moment when it appeared. And that night, when I finally recovered, the amrita dried up and turned into dust at the bottom.

Of course, I got rid of the fear of death - I think that’s why I was given such a serious illness along with an antidote. But now, 10 years later, I can say that all these miracles are just baits with which Genesis lures us. Many people think that spiritual practices are when we sit in the lotus position in the Himalayas. But the main miracle and true practice is to be totally here and now, in the current moment. Go beyond the mind, stop identifying with the body, emotions, thoughts. Feel what spiritual teachers call Presence. Remember who you are and do simple everyday things. It was this practice that changed my life much more than all the miracles. Much of what is happening to me now would have seemed impossible to me before. I quit all my jobs, completed a two-year international program in systemic constellations, and began conducting seminars using my meditation experience. There are a lot of powerful energies of transformation in the world right now. It's like atomic energy - it can be peaceful, but it can kill. If you are identified with the body, emotions, pain, these energies seem deadly. If you are ready to become something more, to give up false ideas about yourself, if you are tired of suffering, they will become a priceless gift.

Experience No. 4 get into the flow

Olga Danilina, psychologist-consultant

I fell into the first wave of interest in esotericism - the early 80s. I remember the shock of a techie, a student at the Moscow Aviation Institute, when in one of the closed laboratories on bioenergy I participated in experiments with photographing the aura using the method of physicist Semyon Kirlian and its changes through psycho-emotional influence.

More than twenty years have passed since then, people have changed a lot during this time. According to many scientists, the conductive properties of the medium also change qualitatively - changes occur on a galactic scale. Stars, planets and all living beings begin to feel the universal connection more subtly and acutely. In almost all my psychoanalytic sessions, I see that people become more sensitive to information flows, to what Jung called the “collective unconscious.” Archetypal beings, prophecies, and mystical insights come to my clients in their dreams. In ordinary life, many experience such a condensation of events (in psychoanalysis this is called “being in the flow”) that in a matter of months, or even weeks, their life scenario radically changes. Many people now complain that they are “going crazy”: we begin to feel everything so subtly that we are afraid for the integrity of the psyche. I explain to them that telepathy, clairvoyance, and, as if by magic, the fulfillment of some strong desires is our new reality, which we will have to get used to. More and more indigo children are being born. I believe that adults also become “individual,” it’s just that an adult has a strong internal censor that blocks those information flows that are not yet constrained in a child. Most of us are half-consciously already standing at the point of our personal “Transition”. Like on a treadmill: the speed increases, and whether you like it or not, you run faster! It doesn’t matter what or who will be the catalyst - rebirthing, vegetarianism, yoga, fitness, your psychotherapist, spiritual father, changing your environment, a new man, a new job... Everyone will have their own Guide.

Therefore, in the new year, I recommend everyone to be more attentive, aware, and sighted - to events, people, dreams and signs. It is especially important to pay attention to dreams - these are messages from our soul. And remember: everything that happens to us is never an accident.

From this article you will learn:

What is esotericism and esotericism

What is included in esotericism

How do religions relate to esotericism?

What are the main directions of esotericism

Where to start entering esotericism

What books on esotericism are worth reading?

As soon as the beginnings of spirituality appeared in a person, the question immediately arose: how are the events taking place in the world around us related to the reflection of these processes within us? Macrocosm and Microcosm interact with each other - this has not been questioned by any philosophical, religious or mystical movement. But how exactly does this happen? What is the connection between these two worlds? Various esoteric teachings have tried and are still trying to answer these questions. If you want to learn the deep secrets of the Universe, then esotericism for beginners will help you take this path. Today we will talk more about it.

What is esotericism and how is it different from esotericism?

Esotericism and esotericism are two different concepts. The first is broader, and with its help the ancient teaching is characterized. The second is used within narrower boundaries, describing only modern trends. Esotericism can be defined as a set of special secret knowledge, psychospiritual ways of perceiving reality.

Esotericism includes:

• anthroposophy;

  astrology;

  Buddhist Tantrism;

  Gnosticism;

• Freemasonry;

  mondialism;

• Theosophy.

Esotericism can be represented by a certain teaching that contains the quintessence of knowledge about the world and man. Moreover, this knowledge was always secret, and only adherents of one school or another possessed it. If you decide to study esotericism on your own and are wondering where to start, then remember: within each movement there is its own esotericism. The ideas of astrologers and alchemists, magicians, masons and others about many world processes may differ to one degree or another. Of course, there are some common points, but there is no complete identity in these teachings.

Over many millennia, so much knowledge has accumulated about the world around us that it is simply unrealistic to master it in one human life. When deciding where to start studying esotericism, remember the limitations of your capabilities, do not try to cover everything at once. In addition, recently a lot of pseudo-teachings have appeared that literally flooded the Internet. Therefore, when choosing the path you intend to take, be careful and careful.

With the help of esotericism, people learn the hidden, mystical essence of a person and the objects around him. Esoterics studies processes occurring throughout the Universe, and not just on our planet. And, according to the teaching, each human soul simultaneously reflects all these processes. Practitioners consider esotericism an applied science; it is still preserved in many mystical traditions to this day. But it is not recommended for beginner esotericists to use such knowledge; only experienced masters can do this.

Teachings widespread in the world necessarily contain certain practices. Eg:

Sufism in Islam;

neidan in Taoism;

Yoga and Kabbalah in Hinduism.

If we talk about the semantic meaning of the word “esotericism,” then this is any hidden spiritual practice.

Every esoteric teaching says that in order to fulfill his desires, a person first of all needs to learn to concentrate on achieving a goal. This will set the surrounding forces in motion and direct them to the materialization of well-constructed thoughts.

Basics of esotericism for beginners

Esoteric training for beginners should be carried out gradually. First you need to know the very essence of the concept. A person who has learned to tell fortunes in one of thousands of possible ways is not yet a full-fledged adept of the teaching, who has managed to understand its full depth. Yes, some esoteric lessons for beginners are devoted to teaching how to read data from the information field surrounding any person. But fortune telling only facilitates this process - with the help of one tool or another.

As in any business, there is no need to spread yourself thin. Beginners should prefer an in-depth study of one area - for example, maps. Simply having achieved a professional level in one method of fortune telling, it is much easier to comprehend the secrets of all the others. The main thing in practical esotericism for beginners is to learn to read information, and not at all to become proficient in using the means at hand.

Everything unusual has attracted people from time immemorial. For example, people tried to connect events occurring in life and dreams seen the day before. Some people showed the gift of looking into the future, others became aware of what was happening to other people. Many such abilities have not yet been fully studied, although their presence has long been unquestioned.

The basics of esotericism for beginners are easier for those who have paranormal abilities. Such a person can figure out what is happening to him much faster, and then help other people do it. Christianity does not welcome esotericism, but for many other religions it has a certain significance.

Why such a different attitude? According to Christian teaching, a person's whole life is inherently wrong, and he must admit it. And esotericism is able to explain what is initially incomprehensible to the human mind. Because of this contradiction, the Orthodox Church has a very negative attitude towards the occult sciences. But even in esoteric literature for beginners one can find many examples of the effectiveness of this teaching. And no matter how some try to deny the obvious, many phenomena in the surrounding world simply cannot be explained from the point of view of physical processes alone.

For beginners, esotericism as a teaching can cause certain difficulties. Every day you will learn something new. Moreover, you will have to get acquainted with processes for which it is not easy to find an explanation, and to understand their essence as much as possible is even more difficult. Only after completing this part of the path can a beginner move to the next level of mastery of this science. And the road ahead can be very long - in fact, it is endless.

Basic directions of esotericism for beginners

The world community does not consider esotericism a science. This teaching is considered rather as a theory about the mystical destiny of man, about the processes occurring inside our consciousness, one way or another connected with the Universe. But for those who have dedicated their lives to esotericism, it is of great importance. Even those just beginning to study esotericism, even those who do not plan to study it seriously in the future, are able to reconsider their attitude towards the world around them and themselves only after a small amount of knowledge acquired.

Esotericism covers a variety of aspects of human existence. But as illustrative examples, the following areas can be listed:

Immersion in an altered state of consciousness. Such states can include sleep and meditation, trance and astral projection, hypnosis and the influence of psychotropic substances. As well as travel to other worlds outside and inside the human mind.

Working with energy. This is a remote influence on a person with the aim of harming him or, conversely, healing him. This practice often uses objects of power and involves energy flows. We can also talk about acupuncture, chakras and subtle bodies.

Mind control. This refers to awareness and self-change, neurolinguistic programming and other psychotechniques.

Control of the world. It is carried out with the help of certain rituals, work with flows, intentions, pendulums and egregors.

Obtaining the necessary data. Communication with entities, fortune telling, clairvoyance, dowsing, psychometry and appealing to your own subconscious helps with this.

Working with the body. This includes the practices of tensegrity, qigong and yoga.

Social sphere, which consists of stalking and applied psychology.

Before you start studying esotericism, you need to have an idea of ​​some of its main practical directions:

1. Self-knowledge.

You need to improve throughout your life. But first you need to free yourself from cultural prejudices and open the boundaries of your own mind. To help get on the path to enlightenment, esotericism for beginners includes various meditative techniques and breathing exercise systems. Of course, it won’t be possible to immediately erase the usual boundaries. But regular training will gradually bring you closer to your desired goal.

1. Knowing your own abilities.

Every person is endowed with certain abilities from birth. These include, for example, levitation and telekinesis, telepathy and the gift of healing. But to start using them, you need to realize that they exist in principle. And develop one or another esoteric skill.

1. Knowledge of the worldaround.

From books on esotericism for beginners you can learn that a person has the ability to influence the world around him. Study the ways of this influence. Knowledge about magic and parapsychology, the origin of energy, the astral plane, etc. will help here. Experienced magicians, for example, can attract success in various endeavors and make sure that a person’s feelings do not remain unrequited. Sorcerers and psychics have a lot of similar opportunities. Thanks to esotericism, the existence of parallel worlds around us has actually been proven, which in one way or another intersect with the real world.

Of course, this classification of directions is nothing more than a formality. In fact, esotericism consists of many different teachings, the knowledge of each of which requires many years of life. But once you get acquainted with the basics of esotericism for beginners, your views on your own life and the world around you can radically change.

Where to start your development in esotericism

Where to start studying esotericism is the main question to which you need to find an answer before you begin to develop your spiritual “I”. It is equally important to decide on the purpose of the chosen path - this will make it much easier to follow it in the future.

The goals of different people may differ. Some begin to engage in esotericism in order to improve their financial situation, others dream of power over others. There's actually nothing wrong with such ambitions. But in order for them to come true, those starting to study esotericism need to set a clear goal, and only after that move on to acquiring knowledge and using practices. In addition, you need to follow one rule that will not allow you to wander away from the right direction, namely: everything needs to be checked for reality. After studying the material, be sure to try it in practice. If this is not done, various kinds of illusions and fantasies can take over reality, which is fraught with the most unpredictable consequences.

Esotericism for beginners involves performing several steps:

Step 1. Before diving into a topic, change your mind.

Esoterics should be nothing more than science for you. Stop associating it with magic or magic. Beginners often think that the ability to read data from the information field, materialize thoughts, and the ability of consciousness to leave the body are nothing more than fairy tales. But think about this. If a few decades ago someone had said that at the beginning of the 21st century everyone would have a small box with which they could see and communicate with someone from another part of the world, then hardly anyone would have believed in such “nonsense.” People simply could not imagine that such technologies were possible.

It's the same with esotericism. Superpowers not only exist, but every person can have them. If you accept this statement as a fact, then consider that the first step towards spiritual development has already been taken.

Step 2. Once you are confident in the possibility of having superpowers, begin to master meditation.

With the help of meditation, even beginners in studying esotericism can clear their minds of unnecessary problems. If you practice every day, you can push everyday problems into the background. Meditations also help you get answers to questions that interest you, allow you to maintain contact with the subtle worlds, and much more. The main thing for beginners is to master the basics, find the most suitable techniques that will help you free your mind from unnecessary thoughts. To achieve a similar result, it is not at all necessary to climb a high mountain, sit in the “lotus” position and spend several hours like this. A regular chair and relaxing music will do just fine.

Step 3. Having mastered meditation a little, start working with chakras and energy.

Esoterics for Beginners gives detailed recommendations on how to do this. To feel the energy of your own body, rub your palms together vigorously and spread them apart, 15–20 centimeters. Imagine a balloon between them, try squeezing and releasing it alternately. If a tingling sensation appears in your palms, this means that you have begun to feel the energy of the body. The Bronnikov technique can give the greatest effect here. The result will appear as soon as you master its first two steps. And then everything will only go progressively worse.

Step 4. Look for like-minded people.

If you are a beginner in esotericism, but have already mastered meditative practices and working with energy, try to find those who are also interested in such teachings. This is necessary so that you have the opportunity to compare your own techniques with those practiced by other people. It is not enough to double-check the theory in practice; you need to compare your results with the results of those around you, thereby getting rid of possible illusions.

And the last thing you definitely need to do is find a teacher who will help you with self-development. Usually, teachers themselves find people who begin to study esotericism and communicate with like-minded people on this matter. Then all you have to do is follow your chosen path. But, speaking frankly, this is not the only option for learning the secrets of esotericism. There are a great variety of roads, and your task is to choose the most suitable one.

Practice of esotericism for beginners, or how to become an esotericist at home

Where to start studying esotericism? The question is far from idle and requires an individual approach. There are many esoteric teachings, each of which implies its own practices. Moreover, a method that is suitable for one person may be completely unacceptable for another. It is enough to give a simple example: drawing up astrological charts and influencing the world around us with the help of magic are completely different things. The initial essence of both of these practices is similar - knowledge of oneself and the world around us. But the methods of this knowledge are very different.

However, the basic basis for such teachings is always the same, and a beginner studying esotericism must understand this. There are certain rules, the purpose of which is to protect the adept from mistakes and allow him to use knowledge exclusively for his own benefit. The main ones sound like this:

To begin with, recognize that a person is not only a physical shell, but something much more, albeit not amenable to the usual sensations.

Live consciously. It’s not that simple; many people spend their entire lives trying to achieve this goal. What does this advice mean? You need to understand your own thoughts, desires, words and actions - as well as foresee all their consequences.

Don't avoid responsibility. In any case, it lies with each of us, but not everyone realizes it. Even those just beginning to study esotericism and those who have barely lifted the veil of secret knowledge must take responsibility for their storage and application.

Realize that you are a creator. Your spiritual activity, physical efforts - everything is reflected in one way or another on the world around you. Imagine how much you can change!

And the main thing. Your life and the actions you take should be directed only for the good. According to most esoteric teachings, the Universe is created in such a way as to maintain a certain balance between good and evil. Only by starting to sow goodness will you receive goodness in return. This is the highest wisdom.

Even beginning esotericists are able to resolve the issue of self-determination. Thanks to modern information technologies, choosing the right books, documentaries, audio or video recordings is not difficult.

Books on esotericism for beginners

Today a great many books on esotericism have been published. The main thing is not to get lost in this mass of publications and find what you really need. Below is a list of the most popular books on this topic.

Carlos Castaneda

For beginning esotericists, the books of this author deservedly come first. When writing the texts, Castaneda was based on his own experience. He received all his knowledge in Mexico, from an Indian mentor. Moreover, the author was initiated into shamans and received the title of magician. Only after this did he begin to write his biography, a significant part of which he devoted to the process of obtaining secret knowledge.

Castaneda talks a lot about magic and shamanism, and does it as an anthropologist. Beginning esotericists will be interested in learning techniques with which they can develop the ability to change the world around them. Books will help with this:

"Separate Reality" Talks about how you can expand your perception of reality with the help of psychotropic flora.

"Journey to Ixtlan." It is a continuation of the story of how Castaneda followed the path of a warrior and realized the experience acquired during this time.

"Tales of Power" Useful for beginning esotericists as a guide to conducting the most secret magical rituals, helping to comprehend the ambiguous human essence.

"The Eagle's Gift" A book about travel to the worlds of the past, made possible by lucid dreams.

"Fire from Within". Even for beginners in studying esotericism, this book will tell you how to get out of a whole series of troubles without consequences.

"The Power of Silence." In this work, Castaneda for the first time directly addresses readers and talks about the magical capabilities of each person.

"The Art of Dreaming". The work is about astral flights and their features.

"The Active Side of Infinity". It turns out that there are those who want to prevent novice esotericists from mastering the art of magic. Advice on how to stop such ill-wishers will be very useful to you.

"Wheel of Time". A book representing a collection of quotes and sayings by Castaneda. A kind of result of learning from an Indian mentor.

"Magic Passes" A very useful work as esotericism for beginners. It contains specific exercises that Castaneda mastered at the very beginning of his journey.

Vadim Zeland

The life of this man is full of mysteries and secrets. In his series of books, the author presents a teaching called “Transurfing of Reality.” If you are a busy person and don’t like to waste time, then you can find audio and video versions of these books on the Internet.

Transsurfing is understood as moving from one version of space to another, more attractive one, using volitional effort. People starting to study esotericism will certainly find this interesting.

Robert Monroe

One of the books on esotericism that is worth starting with. Monroe talks about such an important practice as out-of-body experience. Sound waves can influence a person’s consciousness in a certain way, as the author of the book, an American officer, learned from his own experience. Monroe describes how his mind was separated from his physical body.

“Journey Out of the Body” is the author’s first book, and the hero’s experiences are told with a good sense of humor. For those beginning to study esotericism, the possibility of the existence of subtle matters is explained in a simple and accessible form.

In his second book, Long Travels, Monroe describes the experiments that were carried out on volunteers. The purpose of these studies was to collect data on binaural beats. The book describes how you can improve the quality of your dreams and the easiest way to get rid of stress. Questions such as the meaning of human life, whether to believe in reincarnation, and whether there really is a God are also not neglected.

The Ultimate Journey is the book that completes the trilogy. In it, the author presents to the reader the conclusions of his many years of research. Describes the path of man beyond the boundaries of the material world. Novice esotericists will be interested in Monroe’s opinion about what awaits a person after death, what is the general meaning of life in earthly incarnation.

"Hatha Yoga Pradipika" with commentaries by Swami Muktibodhananda Saraswati

This literary work is considered a classic; it is a reference book for more than one generation of people who practice yoga. The peculiarity of the text is that it is understandable to beginner esotericists even if they are representatives of Western civilization and have no idea about Eastern practices.

The book, unlike its analogues, does not suffer from excessive metaphorical language and does not burden the reader with additional educational load.

The Russian translation contains four chapters.

The first part is devoted to proper nutrition, moral lifestyle and what postures in practice contribute to healing the body.

In the second part, beginning esotericists can learn about breathing practices, cleansing the nose and stomach, and methods of concentrating on a candle flame.

You also need to be able to fold your arms correctly during exercises. This is what the third part of the book is about. It also makes clear the purpose of energy channels and the benefits of awakening Kundalini flows.

Beginners studying esotericism will find the final part very interesting. It talks about various meditative techniques that involve relaxing the mind and subsequently achieving enlightenment. It also speaks of sensory distraction and the ability to concentrate the mind on specific objects.

Esotericism for beginners is an inevitable waste of time, effort and concentration. But it's worth it! If you choose the right path and follow it, everything will definitely pay off!

Maheshwarananda

Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda has written a book giving maximum information about the energy meridians in the human body. The author considers the structure of the main chakras and the possibilities of opening them from a modern point of view.

Initially, the book immerses the reader in Eastern philosophy and gives an overview of its spiritual practices. The author talks about karmic laws, about the relationship between a person’s personal “I” and what was intended by the Creator. We are talking about obstacles to spiritual growth and the connection between energy and consciousness.

Beginners studying esotericism will learn about the eight main human chakras, including the rarely studied chakra band. In addition to the properties of each energy center, its attributes and methods of disclosure are shown. After this comes a description of the continuity of Swami's teachings.

The book is useful for beginning esotericists in the sense that it teaches a person discipline and responsibility, and also helps to find the right approach to one’s own energy potential. According to the author, if you bring divine reality closer to your life, it will be easier to get rid of the cycle of “bad” reincarnations and deaths.

Mikhail Nekrasov

His book, entitled “Ensemble of Universal Worlds,” teaches beginning esotericists how to correctly work with the chakra system and energy layers around the body. It is not so often that truly good esoteric books for beginners come out from the pen of domestic specialists, but this publication is a pleasant exception. Mikhail Nekrasov is not only a psychologist and athlete, but also a recognized practitioner of yoga and an expert in Eastern philosophy.

The author looks at the structure of the Universe and man from the point of view of the Cosmos, where the sacred sound, the word of power, the original mantra AUM (OM) influenced all the laws of the universe and the rules of harmony. The book also talks about Yin and Yang, human memory, abilities and reincarnation.

After reading Nekrasov’s book on esotericism for beginners, you can quickly get an idea of ​​your own aura - by its color and emotional states.

Boris Sakharov

Esotericism for beginners is not as easy to study as it might seem at first glance. And Sakharov’s book is no exception. But if you are interested in the practices of clairvoyance and clairaudience, and want to develop intuition, inner vision and other superpowers, then you should definitely study this work.

The book contains a lot of advice on how you can “train” your own psychic skills by following certain techniques.

The author also teaches beginning esotericists the ability to concentrate attention, correct meditative techniques, the basics of yoga and proper breathing systems. Tells how these practices were discovered by humanity.

Esoterics for beginners Sakharov teaches a person to immerse himself in the system of visions step by step. First, he needs to focus on objects, changing their perception in his mind. Then try to see what is inaccessible to ordinary eyes. Your work will not go unrewarded. Anyone who has opened their third eye will be able to master hypnosis. Also, using the techniques proposed by the author, you can sharpen your sense of smell and strengthen your nervous system.

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Live and learn!

We communicate with many people every day, and there are always those who are angry or negative, not to mention energy vampires.

What to do in such a situation so as not to get hurt? How to neutralize the negativity coming from a person? Can you appease an aggressive boss or husband, or can you somehow protect yourself from him? The most common thing that can be applied in this case, it seems to us, is to send “Love” to the person.

But what happens when we send a positive message to a perfect negative there (a highly charged negative potential), that is, we want to influence evil, turning it into good?

In this case, the reaction of the “recipient” will depend on the magnitude of his opposition, namely, how much is he in the minus and how far from “Love” or a balanced state?

If it does not have such a large gap in energy potential, then with your message-desire you will neutralize it, as if convincing you that you are right.

If it is deeply negative and consists of obvious opposition to your desire, then, most likely, an explosion will occur. This can be both emotional and can materialize in physical manifestations (breaking dishes, etc.).

A disaster may occur if this is in clear contradiction with the natural or physical characteristics of the object. After all, when we send Love, we actually add “fire” to his fire of indignation. High energy will only make him angry and fan his flames of anger even more.

How to proceed?

And here it depends on what you want: to protect yourself from aggression or to “calm down” the raging one?

You, of course, can mentally pour a bucket or barrel of water on him to extinguish his fire, but this will not be environmentally friendly on your part, since you will perform this energetic impact against his will, and in the Universe no one has the right to encroach on someone else’s will. . By doing this you will violate the Law of the Universe, which may later be fraught with danger for you. Roughly speaking, you may be held accountable for such arbitrariness, especially if you use it often.

If you start regularly sending and bathing him in Love to a person who is always angry, somewhere even existing on animal instincts, then, if this is your alcoholic husband, he will run away from you in an unknown direction. You will knock it down or blow it away from your reality, since the energy of Love has a high vibration frequency, which is clearly opposed to its essence, its life-sustaining frequency.

And if for some reason he cannot escape from you (there is nowhere to run or he is afraid), then he, as they say, will get sick, and his energy body and all subtle bodies will burn out. Your love will truly burn him to ashes.

I know a case when the owner of an atelier, who was engaged in spiritual practices, began to send Love to her workers from the breadth of her Soul, and one morning they all flatly refused to work with her and placed their resignation letters on her desk.

It turned out that, acting for the good, according to her understanding, she “scorched” the energy fields of her workers with high-frequency energy. At some point, it became uncomfortable for them to be in the same energy-informational field with her, and they could not stand such an aggressive environment for themselves.

What does this mean? About the fact that everything needs moderation!

How does a positive person react to negativity?

I can say exactly the opposite about myself: in the field of a negative person or a low-frequency person - a drinker, an envious person, etc., I become uncomfortable and I stop communicating. Especially if it’s a remote conversation - on the phone or on Skype, I immediately hang up. My energy fields cannot withstand low vibration, and my resistance exceeds the rules of decency at the moment. Although, as I believe, these rules of behavior should not apply to a person who decided to speak out and pour out all his problems and all his accumulated negativity on you, despite your comments, since he violated your biological boundaries and thereby already expressed his your disrespect.

But in life there are also face-to-face conversations in the same vein, and in this case there are energy protection techniques. And only you can decide whether to communicate with such a person or not, since with each such meeting he will encroach on your integrity, and at the same time, even if you own and use defense techniques, you will still be in a stressful situation. The choice in this case is yours. The only exception can be made for close relatives (husband, children), from whom, as they say, you cannot isolate yourself or refuse. In this case, you need an energy protection technique that is effective for you personally.

I will describe some of them, the most acceptable for the average person, in more detail.

* Light. Mentally imagine yourself in a stream of Light. Imagine that from the Creator through the top of your head your body is filled with bright white Light. Fill your physical body and all subtle bodies with this flow. Then condense this energy, forming a protective cocoon of White Light around yourself. Stay in this cocoon throughout the entire conversation or conflict, and no arrow from your “well-wisher” will hit you.

* Shielding. Surround yourself with a reflective screen. It could be a mirror directed outward; or any other reflective surface in which the one from whom you are defending yourself sees himself, and the arrows of his indignation or his envy are returned back to him by a rebound.

* Dome. You can imagine yourself under an impenetrable energy dome, inside of which you feel completely protected.

I will not be original if I recommend that you do not get involved in negotiations with him or get involved in his problems. If you are dealing with an energy vampire whose goal is to profit from your energy, then he will very soon leave you behind, as he will feel that you have closed yourself off. At the same time, he will quickly lose interest in you and immediately leave as if nothing had happened.

In fact, everyone can come up with an energy protection technique for themselves: one that will be more acceptable to them, according to their imagination, and the image of which will be easy for them to hold throughout the entire conversation or conflict.