What’s the best way to work on the inner to get answers to spiritual questions?

A good way to start is with an ECK spiritual exercise known as the Easy Way technique.

Just before going to bed at night place your attention on the Spiritual Eye, that place between the eyebrows. Chant HU or God inwardly and silently.

Hold your attention on a blank screen in the inner vision, and keep it free of any pictures if at all possible. If you need a substitute for mental pictures flashing up unwantedly, put the image of the Living ECK Master in place of them.

Do this spiritual exercise for fifteen or twenty minutes a day. It generally won’t happen overnight, but when the time is right, you will begin to see lights, usually blue or white. You will then be led to the next step within your own worlds.

The Easy Way technique is an opportunity in learning to rely on the Inner Master. Mentally ask your question while you’re doing the Easy Way technique, and again ask it before dropping off to sleep at night. The answer will come, sometimes in an obvious manner. Other times it comes subtly—through the advice of a friend, a humorous anecdote, or as a symbolic dream that you develop the knack of interpreting for yourself.

List all your questions on a sheet of paper. A month later, review them to see if any have resolved themselves. Do this with all your questions every month. You can send a report to me, if you like, regarding the results.

(from Youth Ask a Modern Prophet about Life, Love, and God, pp. 61–62)