The basic life philosophy cannot be religion, because being a Christian means being a victim of black magic. Atheism and secularism (non-religiosity) are better than religion, because at least a person is not an active victim of a religious system that was fundamentally created to enslave people. Esoteric conviction is the closest to the truth of all commonly occurring beliefs, and I perceive this conviction as the most positive.
I am happy to see how the Czech esoteric community is doing (in Slovakia, the esoteric community is far from doing as well).
On the other hand, the Czech esoteric community also has its weaknesses and shortcomings, and I would like to address this in this article: where the esoteric community makes mistakes and what it should improve:
I consider excessive commercialization to be a problem (people are able to throw a lot of money at big nonsense), many people think they have exceptional abilities and overestimate their abilities.
Intensive work on oneself is more than attending various expensive esoteric courses, seminars, and meditations.
The esoteric community overdoes it with business – if we compare it with various Christian and Catholic communities, Christians meet and pray in their communities without commercialism: they usually do not pay any money for any joint events, or it is a symbolic fee. For esoteric events, it is a rule and a matter of course that you pay for the given joint meditation event, and often an absurd amount.
A mistake in the current esoteric community is that the most basic and important type of meditation is forgotten, which is energetic breathing and cleansing of the chakras.
Now I will write about the so-called basic philosophical belief, which in an ideal culture and in an ideal society should be perceived as a matter of course to be guided by it. I personally perceive this as a matter of course, but for most people this is completely new. I am also convinced that for our Slavic ancestors who professed a developed "shamanic culture", this was also perceived as a matter of course.
While in the Czech esoteric community, people speak almost exclusively in positive terms such as love, goodness, positive and optimistic thinking, true and genuine "esotericism" remains completely misunderstood in its most basic essence (although the things mentioned in the esoteric community are good in themselves).
The basis and essence of esotericism should be to work intensely and hard on oneself. To work on change, on the transformation of oneself.
One should work on oneself constantly, throughout life, without end. One will never be perfect and should always work on oneself – to say that I have worked enough on myself and can stop would be a mistake.
An "esoteric" person should take their work on themselves at least as seriously as Christians take their faith in Christian communities or as Muslims take their faith. To understand this whole thing, more here https://filozofia.nett.to/meditacia/sk/co-pozitivne-si-mozeme-zobrat-od-islamu
The current esoteric community has something to learn from fanatical Christians: to work on themselves at least as seriously and intensely as fanatical Christian communities/congregations take their faith seriously.
A certain shamanic scholar also says that if a person wants to achieve some significant success in spiritual growth (such as astral travel), they must give their all, take it very seriously, and work hard on themselves. No pain, no gain.
Within the framework of properly understood esotericism, another thing should be taken for granted: the adjustment of the hierarchy of values. In the hierarchy of values, spiritual growth and self-work should be in the first place. In the second, third, and subsequent places, there is nothing – that's how it should ideally be – our only value is spiritual growth. For religiously fanatical Christians or Muslims, what many people would perceive as extreme is taken for granted – putting all energy into religion and faith – dedicating oneself entirely to religion.
By the way, within Catholic Christian communities, the so-called consecration is a common thing. It is something similar to religious consecration, but the person is not in a monastery, usually goes to work, does not wear a religious habit, and their duty is to observe celibacy and pray the prescribed prayers every day. This consecration, the so-called vow, can be concluded for several years and then renewed, or very often it is lifelong, valid until the end of life (similar to priestly ordination).
If spiritual growth is not taken at least as seriously within the esoteric community as Christians take it in Christian communities, then it will be for nothing.
Ideally, it would be good if an esoteric community of people were to emerge, in which people would really seriously follow the above-mentioned rules.
You can individually make a resolution to follow these rules as well. Make it your resolution to remind yourself of the above every day and try to check yourself to what extent you manage to follow it.
Don't give up.
Meditation is a difficult path. One can easily get discouraged from practicing meditation techniques because many times it is very difficult and there are no results. One very easily falls into frustration and discouragement and would like to definitively stop meditating and give up on it.
But let's take the fanatical Christians from Christian communities. Despite the fact that faith gives them nothing and because of the energy drain from demonic beings, they have even more suffering in life than non-religious people, they do not give up their faith and continue to fanatically profess their religion.
It is very important not to give up.
Why couldn't we take meditation at least as seriously as fanatical Christians or Muslims take their destructive faith? So don't give up despite the failure!