It definitely applies to magick, but try with the original method first and then build upon it by adding elements to it that add to it, and don't dilute it or make it confusing. If you're not going to increase the goal over time, then aim for thirty minutes. What we're practicing here becomes the ability to achieve gnosis, so we then will be reducing it once we get further along through Liber MMM so as to achieve absolute motionlessness quickly, centre yourself through the breathing exercise, then use the ability to reduce the mind down to a single point of focus gained through no mind to achieve a gnostic state.
Adding to a system you haven't fully explored dilutes the experience, like if you buy a games console and fifty games, then bounce around a bunch of games you like, never really finishing them or gaining the required skills to the degree you would through the repetition of focusing on just one thing at a time. Goethe said 'Everything is hard before it is easy', and you can read the statement two ways, either that You can't assume that you will be good at anything first try, but also that all things must begin before they can get better. Start with the basics, build upon them, add to them as you conquer them. Setting goals and then achieving them creates a morale boost, and shows progress, celebrating each small achievement. Consistency is definitely the key, so the idea behind Deliberate Practice could be a very applicable one for what we are trying here [thumbup]
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