Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-173.220.119.10-20140402022823/@comment-24766261-20140402162538

Back in the day, I started with inducing gnosis states. That can be seen as an alternative for meditations. Making it impromptu is a bit hard, but manageable. The effects on short term are somewhat similar to meditation.

As for abilities, I started with EM as well, however I did not use visualization, but direct control, or 'willpower' (whatever term you fancy).