If you take the kabbalstic tree of light as a starting point i shall explain. In the tree itself its a diagram with 11 points the left and right side do not go all the way down or all the way up at all where as the middle pillar does that is very important to remember. let me explain. The left side is luciferic and shines brightly and the right side is satanic and is pure darkness the central pillar which is rooted or grounded but goes all the way up to the 'heavens' is the middle path which exists in the middle of the two separate yet powerful polarities. You see in life we need a mixture of light and dark, heat and cold, sleep and awake and so on to function healthly. As stated above i mentioned that the luciferic beings possess great light but are quite simply a broken path 'not grounded' and the right pillar or path is satanic meaning dark not that doesn't mean it's pitch black like a black hole it means on a simple level confusion and all negative emotions (I am very aware that it goes much deeper than that for those of you in the 'know')
The reason i want to shine a light on these issues is quite simple there are spiritual beings/energies that have no interest in anything human whatsoever they are either indifference or plainly just don't care and some are much worse but that's a conversation for another place and time. Now the middle pillar is the one path that you much aspire to be upon at all times please don't misunderstand that being on the middle path is all holier than thou and all that nonsense because just plain arrogance and that is something to guard against as in further down your spiritual pathway/journey you need to allow an death to occur now not a literal death but an ego death. YOUR OWN EGO. The middle path is a realisation that to proceed forward you need walk in the midst yet not be controlled by any polarities that you encounter along the way. You cant allow yourself to be a reactive person react to all and sundry as that is a waste of your own energy and you need to only consume what you need.
The ego of any person is the battle ground for all spiritual energies as through your ego you can by manipulated or abused by any person or any energy if you are not careful. I know this sounds daunting and i am not going to overwhelm you because sadly the education system about all things spiritual is an absolute mess which just confuses the hell out of people. This is the real point of this post i aim to give you hints and tips to enable you to differentiate about all these things but the success of it is all on you you will be the one doing the heavy lifting.
First things first is you must learn and be comfortable in complete SILENCE. Make it you best friend
Secondly observe all emotions, thoughts, feelings and interactions you have
Thirdly take a mental note of what triggers you drains you and affects you. This is important
Silence, Observe Non Reactionary to internal or external stimulus.
Depending on how deeper entrenched these things are within you it'll take time to achieve just one or all of them but thankfully it's not as bad as back in Plato's mystery school you were made to remain silent for up to TWO YEARS!!! The objective of these task is to show you the importance you your patterns of thoughts, emotions and speech that radiate from you. The harsh truth is no matter if you don't speak your mood emanates out of you through your thoughts and internal feelings more so than through your words and the aim is to get your thoughts feelings and words into alignment with each other to better enable you to create a better live for not just you but all those you come into contact with. We have encountered strangers who have made or broke our day by saying a throw away comment please don't be that person.
The point here is everything you do, think and say creates your reality. This is the sole reason i detest all cosmic ordering books and self help gurus as they just don't get the connotations of what they are actually trying to achieve. You know the ones. Just give it to the universe crew sorry to break it to you it's complete and utter bollocks sorry for bursting any bubbles but it has never and will never work because all thoughts, feelings and words put out into the cosmos can and will be used either for or against you depending on A. your intent and B. which spiritual being/energy it's used by.
So in the short term just relax, chill, stay silent and monitor the impact of your actions and words on your surrounding people. If they drain you with what comes back that is your cue to cut them loose as you don't need them around you because you are trying to create your own peace.
Once you have brought about some peace and quiet into your life and you'll know when you've achieve it aim for the next step on your journey which is.
Concentration of thoughts
Initiative in actions
Composure in pleasure/pain
Positivity
Freedom from bias
Repetition
Thought control
Will control
Equanimity (weakening strong points and strengthen weaker points)
Open-mindedness
Inner Harmony
The other factors to bear in mind which are also important is the cosmic laws also called the seven hermetic principles which are non negotiable
Mentality: Creation of your mind. What you creating within your mind daily is your daily reality
Correspondence: The mirror effect. People and life are reflecting you back to you
Vibration: Nothing is ever still. When we sleep we vibrate remember this
Polarity: Dual nature of all things. We all have good and bad within balance them out
Gender: Non physically. Just balancing out the left/right parts of your brain
Rhythm: Remembering that what goes up must come down and balancing that out
Cause and Effect: What you do externally/internally affects and creates an effect within and out with
On a final note which is a play on words i would love you to bear in mind please. The word is Present you hear a lot of people saying being mindful which doesn't scratch the surface in terms of explaining anything. You need to remain PRESENT. It's a play on word. Your PRESENT is PRE SENT. What you do now creates your next step so if your life is awful for whatever reason you created it before hence why it's PRE SENT