To first find a discipline. Do what you're told, not what you want. Assuming the discipline is taught by a qualified master, this will enable you to gather & develop energy. This energy will direct you into spirit. The problem is that we chicken out – we too readily do it our way rather than the right way. Practising, as much as anything, is the struggle to remember how to do it right. Practising burrows back in time more than forward. It is dangerous in the sense that any slackness or lack of vigilance and all is lost. All taste or personal preference (ego) must be eradicated. Pain (suffering) is a matter of opinion – so clear away all doxa – dedoxicate. Spirit manifests when I withstand the pain – when suffering and courage collide. It is the whole body and mind about to shatter into innumerable pieces. The presence of death stalking me in the shadows. The embrace of life & death in a beautiful shimmering dance. Suddenly