I am writing this topic to clarify some topics. When you begin meditating or even when you advance, there is a cycle that will take place that is unavoidable. Due to misunderstandings around of what I will write here, many people mistake certain parts of the cycle for actually not advancing; which is totally false. Let me explain.
First, you might start meditations - there could be exhaustion or a surge of major power. For example, the first few days you do a meditation.
Then, despite of the above, you must continue; normalization takes place. Normalization means you will not be "totally shocked" anymore from meditation, nor exhaust yourself.
When normalization settles in, you must keep going. Similar to physical work in the gym, you are growing and you will go through small cycles (stumbling, doing it perfectly, then falling a bit, then coming up far stronger) within the context of you continuing.
As you continue and you maintain continuity -> Power grows despite of how you might be feeling. Somatic or Physical feelings can be conflated sometimes as result of meditation but they are not. As the body transmutes to handle greater amounts of energy and the soul awakens, you will go through re-adjustment phases.
Example in the body: You do a meditation and you feel a bit tired - simulatenously, the soul has grown in power, the power is there. The body might need rest or might be good to go, depending on adjustment. The soul however has imparted the work; and since they are starting to unite, there could be elation or tiredness. If you go too far in either way (extreme exhaustion or extreme elation) then you must balance out things and know you are overdoing it. Cut a little back, and try to stay "in the middle".
These phases, if they happen, they prove to you that the meditations have really started working. Especially more advanced practictioners will understand what I mean clearly by this.
If you deny this and continue meditating and imparting more and more energy, without taking the cycles in consideration, there are two potential ways to go:
1. Overexertion in pressure -> Fatigue -> "I am fried I cannot do this anymore" -> If continued further and not balanced -> Potential breakdown or inability to continue.
2. Overexertion in elation -> I am feeling super invincible -> I am feeling supreme nothing can stop me (stress builds up in the background) -> attempt to maintain this constantly (not feasible) -> Fatigue that is generated from a higher fall -> Fried -> Long way to go up.
Both of these scenarios are essentially the same, it's not having found balance. As one meditates constantly they will understand clearly what I mean here - many of us had to endure both circles until we found a balance.
For those who are starting out, just follow the basic guidelines and just keep the general rules here in mind. How these operate in the actual journey to spiritual growth, will show themselves on their own, so do not worry.
An example: You started meditating for 20 days; nothing so far. Then you go to 40 days; eventually you start feeling buzzes, energy, your senses spiritually sharpen, or an elevated sense of wellbeing. Then you continue for 10 days and this goes away and/or is replaced by mild tiredness. If manageable, continue. Then, after 10 days of this you get 5 days of supreme elation; time to continue but "balance it out" and not ride the wave all the way to the "top" - especially if you cannot maintain a constant meditation schedule.
Balance is basically to stay in the middle of both waves; push the limits when you can, control how you will manage after breaching those limits, respect yourself as you need balance after breaking them.
Essentially the case here is like running or jogging. Pace > everything else. If you pace yourself in a balanced way, you will advance tremendously. During the jog, you can sprint many times, but you cannot sprint all the time and expect to go the full distance.
Your body and soul are completing circles and it's important to not allow yourself to crash from a higher level of power, nor allow yourself to dwindle down after major sprints. You must persist in the middle line with duty and keep going.
The cycles will continue and how you know a cycle is over, is when no matter if you do a certain meditation or not, the effects are there.
To give another example: One evokes a God. One might get a very powerful impression from this depending on how open you are. Then, you might do this again and not get literally shocked out of your system; both events are equally real and operational. Difference is: you have adjusted better. Adjustment is NOT your enemy and it must not be mistaken for "weakness" or "lack of progression", but rather as a healthy route which means certain things and sensitivities are giving way to actual power.
Consistent shocks and extreme "sensitivity" is not good if destabilizing. It's only good to be open when you have power + stability to be open. When one reaches this point they will understand what I mean. The difference between this point and when one starts out, is that the same event happens, but you are not pressed on limits from it. That's key and means your battery (spiritual power level) has grown; you can still experience strong elation there and all these things, but you will not be "shocked" from voltage anymore so to say.
The example of a mastered person here, would be that they neither get shocked or fall down too low from when they encounter a God (ie, there is less high and less low - there is a sense of power arising from the middle, balanced and positive). The power is there but it's not tiring or taxing, and one is well connected regardless of anything.
-High Priest Zevios Metathronos
