Due to the world tour of the main members of this board, there has not been a lot of interaction. So for people who wish to do the preliminary practices, I have opened a Telegram group. It is here. https://t.me/devipuram_beginners_unofficial It is not an official Devipuram group, but nothing is controversial or incorrect. Only the most basic practices will be gone over. Please join and download the PDFs and get started on the practices. There are five main practices, as are explained. There is little point in skipping ahead to something else, as these are the beginning practices for all new Devipuram students.
Slow down. Do the practices. Get your feet wet with divinity. Enjoy life. This is how you get started with Sri Vidya. You learn to enjoy life with Devi present. Forget about all the dikshas and esoteric studies and forget about becoming a Sri Vidya bigshot. Forget about being a Sri Vidya guru and making money giving courses. Get your own mind right. Learn to center within the samadhi of your own self.
You are Devi. Learn to open up. To feel. To become clear within. To become strong. These given practices are what Swami Amritanandanathaji thought were most important, and Devipuram makes one practice these preliminaries before taking the beginner's classes. They are great practices. Join the Telegram group, download the PDFs, do the practices. Easy.