The Holy Spirit was poured out with great power as never before at the founding of the church when people were gathered together in the name of Jesus . In these days of alternative spiritualities and many competing claims about ways to know God, it is important not to be deceived into thinking that knowledge of God the Holy Spirit, who is amongst us and within us, might be conjured up in some way, magically, by going through the right procedures, applying some sort of formula in what we say or the way we sit or think. It is not something we achieve, either be looking up or by searching within ourselves, but a gift which may be received from God by accepting his offer of communion with himself as a free gift. It is not something that can be earned or achieved in any way, even by doing spiritual exercises. That can be just another kind of manipulation.
Prayer is different from magic.
True Christian meditation admits our complete dependence upon God. It does not contrive to obtain benefits from God. It does not manipulate. It desires the free gift of God's grace. Another difficulty which comes with too easy talk about the Holy Spirit is the threat of division resulting from individuals claiming to have their own private insight into the will of God.