Resources for learning to quiet the mind and spiritual development

Bendiciones

! I love everything about what you just shared — you are asking exactly the right questions and working on exactly the right things.

Learning to discern what is you versus what is spirit is honestly some of the most important work a developing medium can do. Most people skip this step and it causes so much confusion down the road. The fact that you're prioritizing it tells me your development is going in a really healthy direction.

Here are some resources across each area you mentioned:

Psychic & Mediumship Development

Sanaya Roman — Opening to Channel is a classic for learning to distinguish your own thoughts from spirit communication
James Van Praagh — Talking to Heaven and Reaching to Heaven are warm, accessible entry points into mediumship development
Gordon Smith — The Unbelievable Truth offers a grounded, honest look at how mediumship actually works
Sonia Choquette — The Psychic Pathway is excellent for developing intuitive discernment specifically

Quieting the Mind / Spiritual Discipline ( I met her in person, she's so sweet)

Eckhart Tolle — The Power of Now remains one of the best books ever written on silencing mental noise
Thich Nhat Hanh — The Miracle of Mindfulness is simple, practical, and genuinely transformative
don Miguel Ruiz — The Four Agreements speaks directly to the internal chatter that gets in the way of clear spiritual perception

Ifá & Lukumí Tradition

Wande Abimbola — Ifá: An Exposition of Ifá Literary Corpus — if you read one book on Ifá, this is it
Lydia Cabrera — El Monte — foundational for understanding the tradition's relationship with nature and spiritual forces
John Mason — anything he has written is worth your time
David H. Brown — Santería Enthroned for deep ethnographic context
Joseph Murphy — Santería: African Spirits in America is a great starting point if you're newer to academic study of the tradition

Yoruba Language Resources

Antonia Yetunde Faseun — Teach Yourself Yoruba is one of the most accessible structured learning tools available
Pelu Awofeso — has produced workbooks and audio resources specifically for diaspora learners
For ongoing practice, YouTube channels dedicated to Yoruba language learning have grown significantly and are worth exploring — search "learn Yoruba language" and look for channels run by native speakers
The app Ling now includes Yoruba and is useful for building vocabulary consistently

One thing I always say about books — read them, enjoy them, learn from them. But always bring what you read back to your elders and your lineage for context. Not everything in print applies to every house or every path.

Your foundation is clearly solid. Keep going. 🌪️

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Resources for learning to quiet the mind and spiritual development