From that tuning-in, automatically a spiritual development follows. By this time, humanity should have learned something about love. If you choose for your example a lesser known person, please describe in some detail what there is about him or her that expressed love, the energy which the Christ embodied. In answering these questions thoughtfully and carefully, you are adding your quota of thought to the group's thinking about love. You already know it is not that easy.
Interest is the first requirement .
A fleeting interest, or superficial interest, based upon curiosity or a desire to try something unfamiliar to one's friends, will not carry you far upon the path of approach to Hierarchy via meditation. On the other hand, interest that is persistent and thoughtfully cultivated, interest that is deeply rooted in the desire to contribute worthily to humanity's spiritual unfoldment, such interest is likely to indicate that the student has already spent a series of lifetimes in preparation for the spiritual opportunity of the present time. Training in meditation is a long program, covering several lifetimes. Interest in such training, and the ability to persist with the necessary patience and cheerfulness, are probably signs of some previous esoteric training. Such interest and persistence indicate a certain progress already achieved upon the spiritual way.