There are many routes you can take to begin ascending. Typically you will be drawn into a specific teaching though intuitive nudges then proceed to research your insights towards deeper knowledge and wisdom through books and videos.
Any teachings that bring you back into yourself, into knowing thyself is the first step of necessity.
Teachers/teachings that direct you towards thinking for yourself, listening to your own intuition rather than simply following orders or acting out instructions/methodology without truly understanding their underpinnings or questioning their reason for efficacy are at the centre fold of healthy ascension.
If you really want to know, you first ought to desire to know how and why you think you know the things you do.
Contemporary teachers might not have studied the original teachings they claim to have knowledge of or might not have been initiated into the mysteries through the universe itself. Investigating this is part in parcel to your experience of ascension if you so chose to be mentored or initiated by a specific school or person.
Know that a contemporary teacher is not someone who has special powers more so than you do, they are simply people whom have taken the time to expand their knowledge to begin trying to understand the mysteries themselves. Everyone can have access to secure expanded states of awareness/consciousness albeit gifts and talents will be different for everyone.
Take heed, we are all students and teachers all the way up the ladder. Don’t fall victim to imposter syndrome, especially in the new age circles where much emphasis is put on the glamorization of spiritual gifts and special knowledge.
True ascension takes a lot of study and experiential application to obtain embodied wisdom. Years of learning, trials and errors and growing.
A healthy ascension corridor/teaching ought to first take you into learning about your ancestral lineage, gifts/talents and traumas, learning about your family names, their origins, your family origin stories and their cultural mythologies.
Healing from trauma changes our perception of the world, that’s why it’s so important to heal first, so we can see beyond our personal limitations.
The reason why it’s best to ascend through knowledge and wisdom created from your specific lineage/cultural heritage is that those ancient texts were written in a way that your DNA can unpack and absorb differently than knowledge and wisdom transmitted through a different expression of being.
It’s about how your specific type of mind/body/energy interacts with the knowledge transmitted by your people of origin that allows you to extract its wisdom. You will for example understand things on a metaphorical and intuitive level that would not otherwise be transferable through the wisdom texts written by another lineage, not in the same depth and scope because their whole movement of thinking, being and understanding was created differently.
This is how we both preserve the knowledge and wisdom and why we seek out people whom have done so themselves.
It’s not recommended to be initiated by just anyone. Learn about the teacher or mentor’s lineage, whom they have studied from, been initiated by and how they are applying the teachings they have learned in their own ways and expressions.
Do they appear to be integrated? You will typically be attracted to a mentor or teacher who is learning to develop along the same lines as you are with more advancement in terms of understanding. Knowing this can help you chose in accordance with your goals, needs and intentions.
We are all learning, healing and growing. If an exchange with a mentor does not resonate move on quickly and gracefully. Each person on our path has something important to teach us.
Asking about what lineage they come from and what mentors they have studied with will give you a huge amount of information about what you can expect if you chose to be initiated by them.
The key is to develop a stronger connection to your core essence and to the universe itself, your soul, your source of consciousness/awareness.
If you are feeling in a constant prolonged state of confusion while interacting with a specific teaching or while applying teachings from a specific teacher there’s a good chance you are being led away from true knowledge and wisdom.
A mentor or teacher ought to provide you with written or verbally transmitted information about some of the important things to expect after being initiated into the mysteries, whether an energy worker, feminine wisdom teacher, mystery school, magical school, men’s healing group ect ect …if otherwise, they might not have progressed far enough along in their own initiations and are most likely not working responsibly or coherently within proper teachings.
A major part of the reason why people fall into all sorts of unhealthy states after initiation is due to not being properly prepared or given the correct knowledge and wisdom to navigate the alchemical stages of transformation.
Being autodidactic is necessary for individuation…for personal ascension to occur, that being said, it is best to study with strong mentors whom can guide you onto a clear path rather than trying to learn a little here and there from a variety of different teachers.
A mentor is someone you can talk to directly over a prolonged period of time for necessary guidance, not someone who’s videos you listen to on Youtube daily. That’s simply a one way broadcast system that won’t cater to your specific needs and path-work trajectory deeply enough.
Going to the root source of modern day teachings through reading ancient texts and understanding our ancient wisdom traditions will save you much time and confusion on your path. Scratching the surface of modern day spiritual teachings will leave you susceptible to all sorts of false light movements and old traps and snares designed to keep you moving in circles, wasting time and energy..