How about non-formulaic spiritual advancement?

[Jrvan]

If your Hatha Yoga routine is too much for you right now then you may want to adjust it. You don't have to do many Asanas right away. Start small, and build up over time.

One of the important things gained from Yoga is energy for the soul. It's as necessary as eating with your physical body. If you're really, really struggling with Asanas then you can start with Pranayama followed by corpse for 15 minutes.

To put this in simple terms, you have to do the actual work on your soul, just like nobody is going to manipulate your body for you to do your workouts that you do. Does that make sense?

 

[Egon]

There's nothing the Gods can do to save you from starving if you quit eating food to just read about it. Oh how humble you are, you wanna get rewarded for sitting here and learning the rewards the Gods gave us, just so you don't have to apply any of these.

 

[Endsieg_Enjoyer]

This is not how it works you cannot be a Satanist only in philosophy and still reap the benefits of this path. The gods aren't going to just take care of everything for you they expect you to advance and progress, the gods help those who help themselves. There are some here that chose to only adopt it as a philosophy but few if any benefits are given to them because the true lifechanging nature of Satanism is in the meditations and practices. Plus these things allow one to understand the philosophy more effectively than if you only researched and did no meditation. So yes you will actually have to meditate and progress along this path, it may be uncomfortable at first but the rewards are worth it.

Ave Satanas!

 

[Nameless One]

I do wonder if there is some way to deviate from this path. What if I approach this whole thing as if I'm an academic? What if I pour my energy and time in becoming a sort of JoS scholar who knows all the reading material in the archives like the back of my hand? And of course, I'd believe it all, otherwise I wouldn't be here.

That would be totally useless. You would only have intellectual knowledge, no practical experience, and its whole transformative power is in practice and experience, not just knowing about it intellectually.

My ultimate question... To Father Satan, my Guardian Demon, and all the Demons of Hell. Will it count to something? Will they favor me in certain ways? Will they give me some rewards? Will they give me a better condition in my next incarnation? Will they themselves advance my soul manually?

If you want rewards from Satan for doing nothing for yourself, then sorry to say that, but you'll be disappointed. There's a sort of meritocracy in Satanism: you have to earn your advancement. There are those Satanists who earn rewards, but these are the ones who work with Satan and the Gods to help them in spiritual warfare or other things. These actually do more heavy meditations than the average person and participate in spiritual warfare and they also often suffer heavy enemy attacks because of their work. These are the Spiritual Satanic equivalent to the US Marines. They are surely rewarded for their efforts, but even then the Gods don't do their advanced for them.

Satan and the Demons don't do your work for you, no matter what you do. They only guide in your spiritual work. Their role is that of a guardian and guide and teacher to those people who are interested in advancing. The advancement of your soul is your own responsibility, not that of Satan and the Gods.

The only benefit you'll get is that you will not have the same fate that Christians have after death because you'll be protected by Satan and the Gods as a dedicated Satanist. But it's just the bare minimum.

 

[Blitzkreig [JG]]

....

It is natural for some jobs or abilities to come easier for us than others. For example, our Mars placement shows where and how we can expend energy, such as through a job function.

You must likely have a predisposition for thinking and research and therefore it is more comfortable for you. However, our advancement and quality of our soul improves us on all levels, including our philosophical abilities.

If you push yourself to meditate, even though it may be less comfortable than something else, then this will amplify your scholarly abilities in ways that are impossible to do otherwise.

Our path represents the basic form of evolution for a human and is therefore impossible to get around. However, it is understandable that you are having to adjust to it, as we have been forcibly removed from it for so long.

I will tell you a "trick" that you can use: Just as your soul is naturally geared to do certain tasks, so too can you create the pathways in your soul which significantly increase your drive and desire to meditate. However, implementing this first requires you to have some baseline spiritual competence.

So, keep trying, as you are doing very well so far. At the same time, do your best to avoid these sort of comfort-based traps as a way to avoid one's responsibility to evolve.

 

[General Yeager]

The Emperor hates freeloaders. He hates cowards and complacency. He favors the ones with an iron will ,with unshakable resolve, and an indefatigable mental Acumen.

He likes to see his warriors achieve glory. Knowledge is wasted if not used.

Use his knowledge. Achieve your life's glory. One of his will definitely notice and guide you.

He never leaves his followers without answers.

Ask and if you really want it, you shall receive.