If you do the 40 day meditation program it will become easier to see and hear the gods. However, you should also constantly perform the Clairvoyance and Clairaudience meditations from the Power Mediation site; this will make it much easier to see and hear the gods.
If you stop the mediation program at any time you should maybe not start over, but I would suggest back-tracking a few days at least (someone correct me if I am wrong on any of this please). "Skipping days will throw you behind and when you are new, inconsistency can cause depression as your body tries to adjust to the increased bioelectricity."
You should do the meditations exactly how they say. If you do not feel anything KEEP GOING. That is normal for many people. Page 3, third paragraph in the Meditation program, Madam Maxine talks about how you should keep going regardless of (possible) lack of results.
In regards to the Dedication Ritual, you should do the one on the JoS website, and no other one. As it states on that page, if you live with family and are unable to do it physically, you should at least perform it astrally; Father Satan understands, as long as when you get a chance you perform the ritual physically. Read the page for more details.
Again to other members: if I said anything incorrect or whatever, PLEASE correct me!!!
Dedication ritual page:
http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpent ... TANIC.html read the Frequent Questions and Answers.
Information regarding starting a meditation program:
http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpent ... ogram.html