October 16th-
Focusing, Focusing, Focusing
Introduction
Today we will be discussing the practice of focus and the different strategies to do so as well as a look at some of the benefits. The one thing about focusing is that it can be incredibly boring to train however itâs worth it. If you can focus on what you are bored with, with the same intensity of focus as what you are passionate on you would have attained mastery. We need to approach everything we do in life with that level of passion, excitement, and enthusiasm as that allows us to have control over our mind and direct our thoughts where we want them to go. When we direct our thoughts in the areas, we desire we can learn to control the world around us. Akelta has written about this a bit that when we take control of the energies around us, we basically shift the world to our desires. This is where advanced manifestation abilities come in when someone is very focused. Akelta has a friend that is incredibly skilled at manifesting and what he does every day is from the moment he wakes up to his bed time he focuses only on what he wants. Throughout the day he doesnât allow his mind to detract from those desires or have anything disrupt it.
In fact to demonstrate this Akeltaâs mentor was challenged after talking about focusing and how powerful it by his wife. She said â
if itâs so powerful manifest a movie starâ he had her name one and she decided on an actress from Silent Hill. So he focused on that and they ended up getting invited to an event where once they walked in, they saw that the actress was there, and his wife was stunned. Akeltaâs mentor then went up to the actress and casually started talking with her and his wife was amazed by it. Thus, there is so much that can be done with focusing.
When Akelta started to work with her mentor he told her she had to learn how to focus before anything else because she couldn't progress on this path or attain the results she wanted without it. Both of Akeltaâs mentors were successful and big in the investment field. Her first mentor who was a theistic Satanist was big in the stock market and her second mentor was keen on real estate investment, so Akelta had a well-rounded perspective of the investment world and in the business world. Her first mentor also had his own business as he had a very keen mind to make smart business choices. In a sense she got mentored in two aspects within the business world and with demons. This mentor also was the one who told her to work with Lord Mammon, but he made sure she knew not to reach out to him unless she was absolutely committed to focus and the development of her path.
The Dot Exercise
Akeltaâs mentor thus, started her off with a bunch of focusing exercises. The first one involved a dot. This is where you have/place a dot and stick it on the wall and gaze at it. The goal of the dot exercise is that you want to gaze at it until the everything including yourself ceases to exist and your focus is 100% on the dot as that is all you focus on. The goal and what to assess is how long you can hold this focused state until your mind wanders, and something gets back into your head. When we are putting our full focus on this dot and suddenly a stray thought breaks into our head then that means we have just broken our concentration, so gently move past this thought and move your concentration back into focusing on the dot. When you're working with the dot exercise you want to see how long you can focus before a thought invades your mind.
The dot exercise seems easy at a glance and most people will say yes I can do that but what it requires is very intense focus. That intense focus burns energy and it takes concentration it takes a lot of effort as it's a muscle and practice is key. Some people when they start can't hold their focus even for a minute, so the first goal is to hold the focus on the dot for a minute. Once you get it to one-minute move on to two, then three then four, and so on. They say once you are able to focus for 15 minutes you are in a position where you can do evocations where you call the demon to the physical plane. From there you can craft the space, the altar to create the conditions where they can physically manifest. It's why many ancient practitioners and those that work with demons would train their minds before doing evocations because they could then create situations where they could have physical manifestations. Her mentor actually had a physical manifestation with his succubus and Akelta has been trying to recreate what he did since he passed as he was able to make it so his succubus could physically appear to him. He had an intense skillset which came from his ability to focus and sharpen his mind and direct his attention where it needed to go.
Akeltaâs Mentor and Focusing
Having a strong focus means you can focus on the dot for a very long period of time. Akelta's mentors longest record was 21 hours of focusing in this exercise. Akeltaâs mentor had his own mentors that guided him. The first of his mentors was a Raja Yogi master and another mentor was a high priest of a theistic Satanic order in Australia, so he had education from both backgrounds. His raja yoga instructor had an event for people with powerful minds to come and focus with the master, so everyone sat and focused and the master did too. If you weren't able to make it to the 4 hours, mark you were asked to leave and never brought back because your focus wasn't disciplined. Akeltaâs mentor thus made it to 21 hours in this event, but his mentor stopped at 4 days because everyone was out by then and there was no point to continue but he could focus for a long time. Akelta has also heard of monks that do focusing exercises for 40 days and 40 nights where they will sit and focus and gaze at a candle. It can certainly be trained to be maintained for long periods of time.
Akeltaâs mentor loved to strengthen his mind and he loved mathematics as he actually had a degree in it. Another focusing exercise he would do is by seeing how many numbers he could multiple in his head and see how high as well as how quickly he could do it. He would do things like calculate compound interest and see how fast he could calculate probabilities and statistics in his mind. Akeltaâs mentor would focus on those different tasks and see how far he could push it. He was committed to focus and he would wake up at 3 am every day because he wanted to be ready by 4 am for his mediation. This hour is also when energetically the body goes through a cleansing cycle so if you do specific meditations at 4am it can flush different toxins and energy out of your body. This can help you stay healthy and vibrant for the day so he would do this and meditate from 4am. Additionally, he would do his enn chanting at this time which is why he had 100,000 repetitions of Mammonâs enn in just a few months because he was so disciplined.
Candle Gazing
There are other focusing exercises than can be done as you don't have to be limited to only the dot. Another exercise would be to practice candle gazing where you sit and gaze at a candle. Focusing is a foundational skill that opens you up to kinesthetic powers and Akelta knows a few people that accomplished this through focusing. One of Akelta's friends' grandmother was an old school witch and she had some incredible abilities. Her ability in evocation was so powerful that her friendâs father one day came home and heard a demonâs voice from down in the basement, and he doesn't believe in these things. Her friendâs father still doesn't believe in it as he denies this happened and won't tell this story unless he gets drunk. This is an example of another level of spirituality and elements that are at a higher level as it allows one to tap into advanced skills where you can do phenomenal things like physical evocations or moving objects with your mind. Her friends grandmother was also skilled and able to move things if she focused, she could make an orb move and roll around on the floor by using her mind but she would have to nap afterwards as she was getting older in age.
With the exercise of gazing at the candle you are to focus on the flame so as you focus you start to connect to the energies of the candle. This will then let you get to a point where you can influence the candle and make it move. You can try to make the flame grower bigger or smaller or try to move it with your mind in this exercise. It's a focusing exercise that incorporates more interaction as you are working on focusing on the candle and then trying to influence the candle with your thoughts. The dot is a pure focusing exercise and the candle involves connecting and directing the energies which is also great for manifestation. Focus is a powerful tool for manifestation if you can direct energy where you want it to go you can cut through obstacles, barriers, and direct manifestation where you desire.
If you donât want to focus on a candle you can also choose to lie down on your back and focus on your forehead and holding the focus there which can let you connect to your astral body and help you can learn to shift into your astral state.
Eyes Watering
During the focus exercises you have to direct all your attention to the point and let go. Doing so successfully your body ceases to exist, your breathing ceases to exist. When you are focusing you wonât blink however often times people will find that they need to at first. When you gaze at the candle your eyes will likely water in the beginning which is simply meaning that you are detoxing.
Our eyes will stop watering when they are cleansed. Our eyes water when there are toxins and they need to clear, you get to a point though where they donât water anymore.
Focusing on our Body
By focusing you can also control your body, your immune system, and have control over what goes on inside of you in general. We can also affect our heartbeat through focus. Akelta and her husband have both experimented with this. Before Akelta found her calling she was in nursing school and she was experimenting with the heart rate machines. She was able to lower her heart to the point that her teacher told her to stop as she yelled â
she wasnât supposed to be alive at that rateâ. Another example is when Akelta went to the hospital with her husband since he was experiencing chest pains. They were forced to wait for 8 hours and even after Akelta tried to talk to the nurses to find out what was going on they were very rude and told her to go back and wait in the room. Therefore, her husband decided to focus and dropped his heart rate, so it went code blue and that got their attention.
Thus, through focusing it is possible to regulate our heartbeat too. To do so you would focus on breathing and focus on your heart while thinking of relaxing and slowing it down. With this exercise you go internally within yourself and connect with your heart and from there you can slow it down. Breathing deeply helps with it. When you can connect and regulate different parts of your body itâs fantastic as a skill.
How do you keep breathing?
Breathing is regulated by one of our nervous systems so when we are focusing on our body we are naturally breathing. Itâs like when we focus on breathing vs. stop thinking about breathing, our automatic nervous system automatically takes over.
Focusing on Chakras
Another way focus can be utilized is by directing our attention to our chakras as itâs good way to stimulate and work with the energies within them. When you focus on your chakras you can connect to the energies, arouse them, and see how well your energies are flowing. For example, when you connect to your root chakra there may be times where you feel pain or stiffness in some areas and that is because the energies are blocked and, in that moment,, you are connecting to it. By focusing you can open the energies, clear the chakras, and work on allowing the energies to flow freely. Connecting to different chakras can assist in different areas. Using the root chakra as an example by connecting to its energies we can activate and connect to the primal passion inside of us as well as our creative energies.
Manifestation Exercise
Thereâs a great exercise where we can manifest through our root, sacral, solar plexus, and heart chakras. You can focus on what you want and then focus on it being created and crafted in the primal energies of your root chakra and then you can bring it up into your sacral chakra and add the energies of passion, desire, how youâll feel when you have it. Then bring it up into your solar plexus and infuse it with the energies of divine creation because your solar plexus is the physical chakra that is connected to your crown chakra, which is connected to your divine self. It is your physical divine chakra. From there move it into your heart chakra and into the world. You can focus on your heart chakra for love or your third eye for awakening and stimulating your psychic senses. Also by focusing on your forehead which is where your third eye is located around you can connect to your astral body and astral project (AP). You can also connect to your crown chakra to connect to your higher self and receive powerful messages and images.
Is focus helpful for those that thrive in chaos?
Focus is very orderly. However if chaos is around you one way to thrive in it is to focus on where you want to go and cut through the chaos, so from that aspect yes to not let anything chaotic around you distract you and move through it. You want to take what you need to and go forward, making the best of the situation.
Focusing is a foundational skill so it can be applied to everything. When you are working with chaos magick, creating thought forms, tulpas and working with those sorts of things focusing helps with that as you will have to focus and channel the energies. It helps with crafting and giving life to something. Focusing in general will make you sharper and thus everything in your life will get better as you will be able to handle things better, memorize more, and be stronger. If you focus your energy you can even force your physical body and spiritual body to work together and you can lift heavier things. This is something Akelta would practice all the time as she would will her spirit to her physical body.
Skills and Focusing
If you have natural precognizant abilities, they will get stronger as you focus. When you add focus to any spiritual skill it will get stronger. As you regularly work and practice on your skills and focus itâll steadily become more ingrained into your life. If you practice focusing consistently it starts to become habitual and more of an instinct within our daily lives, so we naturally get sharper. Itâll be more automatic as you train your mind, and your mind will begin to apply a focused state to all aspects of your life. Thus, any natural skills you have will improve with your focus training, so at times you may experience more visions, results, etc. which shows that itâs improving with it.
Too Much Focusing?
There are no bad consequences for too much focusing as itâs one of the skills you can keep doing. You will keep improving as you focus more and will get better at everything through it. It can be applied to every area of your life. Your physique, your mindset, manifestations, magickal abilities, ability to connect with your companions, etc. will and can improve. Focusing however is also one of the skills that if you donât continue to practice it, you lose it. Therefore, you have to keep training in focus to maintain it. We can always retrain it back if we lose it, but itâll require practice and effort.
Focusing is taking control of your mind and directing it where you desire, so as long as you are in control where your mind is going you wonât lose it. The only thing we lose in focus is directing our attention and thoughts if our minds end up wandering and we are distracted thinking into many other different areas. When we are focused though we can direct our mind, so as long as we are choosing what we want to focus on and choosing where they go weâll be fine.
Focusing vs. Mindfulness
Mindfulness is being present where you are and focusing means to direct your attention where you want it to go. In mindfulness you center yourself and become present so the similarity between the two is that you donât allow any distracting thoughts in. During mindfulness you are completely focused on the present so there is a focusing component. However, mindfulness has to do with the present while with focusing you can focus on the future, task at hand, your goals, visions, things you want to attain and so on. Mindfulness is useful for our mindset and helping us relax, center ourselves to be calm and happy.
Tools in Meditation?
Akelta enjoys Tibetan bowls and chanting for meditation. Additionally tools that can help with meditation is putting on music or binaural beats. If binaural beats give you a headache you can use something else as you donât have to use it. Akelta wouldnât recommend using anything that gives you a headache as it is likely for a reason. She recommends finding tools and methods that wonât cause any headaches. Soothing music, water sounds like waves are useful tools for those that enjoy it.
Why some prefer music over silence?
Some people find that music can tune out stray thoughts which will allow them to focus better. While other people can direct their attention without having to distract stray thoughts with music. It depends on where you are in your practice and what works for you. Akelta prefers silence but if she wants to AP and her mind isnât cooperating then in that situation she will put on some music.
We all have good days and bad days when focusing so itâs all good if itâs harder to focus one day we just need to figure out how to navigate through any bad days. If we have a bad day, we donât have to be at the mercy of it as we can take control with enough focus and shift the energies to bend to our will.
Does Environment Effect our Focus?
In actuality we shouldn't be concerned with our environment as a person who is skilled in focus should be able to have a bomb go off next to them and not have their focus broken. The goal is to be so focused that nothing detracts from our focus.
Dark Lords Recommended to Help with Focusing?
Akelta would recommend Lord Azazel as he helped her immensely in her own focus as he pushed and trained her in it. When she would AP to him to work together, she would have to sit in perfect stillness in her astral form. Itâs fun because a single thought can teleport you to a different place, so it requires a lot of concentration. Azazel can really help with focus and Mammon in his own way can also help with it. A caveat is that Mammon is big on structure, so you have to focus to work with him.
Kundalini
Kundalini to Akelta is if someone lit the lower half of your body on fire and the energy is flowing, moving through you, and getting stuck everywhere. When kundalini comes across a block it can hurt, so you have to get it out. If youâre feeling odd sensations focus on the energy and explore it to see where it goes and learn more about it. Akelta recommends that if you feel something specific that is consistent that occurs, she would recommend going with it and focus on it to see where it goes. What should be a natural state like connection to ourselves can often feel weird to people. Itâs like someone who experienced chronic pain and suddenly they no longer do, so itâs a strange sensation when it should be their natural sensation.
Diet and Focus
Certain foods are very grounding which can help after doing some spiritual work. If Akelta wants to accomplish something her diet consists of water and veggies and when she wants to come down from a spiritual activity, she eats cake and sugar. Pasta is a carb and pretty heavy so it can help ground you down. Chocolate, red meat, steak are other foods that can be used to ground. Akelta considers garlic under a spice category as spice can alter things like rosemary is a sludge repellent and can eliminate sludge. Akelta's rule is if the first ingredient on the box is sugar, she would rethink it. If it's an actual fruit go ahead. For carbonated beverages Akelta would wait until after the ritual to partake on it.
We attain our spiritual skills through dedication, devotion, and training our senses. Diets do count which is why Akelta tries to eat as healthy as possible. She noticed that when she eats crappy food that her spiritual skills slip and she becomes lethargic, not as focused, and not as dedicated to her practice. There are some things Akelta doesnât partake on as she found it affects her and her skills. Akelta's mentor was similar to her and is one of the reasons why she doesn't partake on certain substances like alcohol, drugs, or coffee.
Alcohol and Offerings
Akeltaâs experience with outer spiritual world (OSW) demons is that they do not like alcohol, itâs one thing that clashes with them. Akelta prefers to offer tea as it will not vibrationally impact the OSW connections. Alcohol is an earth vibration and it is tied into natural paths like the pagan path. With OSW and high vibrational demons it clashes with them because itâs a vibrational inconsistency. However, if you work with the pagan gods or Hellenic then they are alright to receive alcohol. It depends on the deity you work with. When it comes to offerings you have to figure out which deity you are working with like if youâre making an offering to Dionysius for example itâs fine to offer wine which is something he would probably enjoy. Whereas if you offered Mammon wine, he might set your house on fire. The process of fermentation is a breaking down within the natural world so it naturally would be an enhancing agent when it comes to the natural world, and gods. It can also be tied in with death gods as fermentation does have a process of disintegration, decay, rot, and changing states.
The vibration of it is why Akelta says do not offer your OSW demon companions or angelâs alcohol. They wonât do anything to you or try to get you to stop drinking but at the same time it clashes with their energy so it wouldnât be a good offering. Not all demons are from the OSW although, the ones S&S conjures from are within the OSW but there are inner spiritual world (ISW) demons. There are different connections that can be had. OSW demons just donât like alcohol and wonât support people using it. If you were to drink and be aligned with an OSW demon at that time it would actually knock them away from you. So, a good way to understand this is ISW demons yes, OSW demons no.
An easy way to tell from where the demon comes from is by their views on alcohol. Vibrationally speaking alcohol will not work with OSW demons and cause problems for them while ISW demons by offering it, it may even enhance your ritual. Working with any of the ISW demons, pagan gods and Dionysius are fine with it. While OSW demons if you drink, they wonât join you, but they donât care if you do as long as you donât try to force them or put it in their altar as they wonât like that. If you want to drink however it wonât deter them from being your companion though that is fine.
Dream of Fighting your Companions
We donât need to worry about our companions as they can handle themselves and many often enjoy sparring. A lot of demons enjoy fighting and they can take care of themselves in astral better than we can. They can disappear, move, protect themselves, etc. So we donât need to be concerned over them.
The End!