An awakened heart is a necessary condition for being able to receive the light.
Consider choosing three days where you pay special attention to any appropriate living creature, whether it be your spouse, parent, child, friend, pet, or plant. Imagine that these are the last three days you will be with them. Tell them that you are taking three days to conduct a spiritual experiment and that they are not to have any unnecessary concern about your actions. Repeat this every other month until it is a bimonthly holy day for you. Watch how the practice of love's actions helps deepen your preparation to encounter the light and enrich your every day.
— Bradford Keeney in Everyday Soul