Speaking from experience:

What gets you there from here?

I have been encouraged to think about ascension and the eternal
invisible world of being from an infinite mind as much as possible,
during the non-work time I have during the day. It hasn't been easy or
fun, as pleasure for me is seeing progress, but I've been
experimenting with different approaches, like trying to see myself
from the standpoint of an invisible aura/program icon/thought/being,
or telling myself from that state of mind not to be afraid of
encountering other eternal invisibles that I perceive as people,
trusting that they won't be afraid of me.

I've had experiences where I put a lot of effort into a good deed
(even if I only spent $7.00), where there was a strong sense of being
a transparency for good, and that conviction seemed to be golden ruled back.

Is there a good strong affirmation or ritual, argument or interior
decorating that can help someone like me sense myself more there than
here? For instance, I used to wonder if the flaming sword and the
cherubim in Genesis 3:24 were invisible arguments to guide us into
Eden, but which we mislabel and hold onto. So, the opposite of the
sword would be "I will order, unite, nurture" and the cherubim,..
well, beats me.

I've been asking this of friends for years, so I thought I'd ask it here.

Howdy scotttygett-ga,

One of the first things I would suggest is to try to rid yourself of the
concept of "progress."  There is only the state of "being" or the state
of "being in the now."

As one gains knowledge, and the ability to see things as they truly are,
to remove illusions and beliefs from one's own self, then that clarity of
vision, or a state of transcendence, will come to you.

It is not with work, but rather without work; it is not with an effort,
but the lack of effort (effortless); with observing (nonthinking), rather
than thinking, that such a state can come to you.

Wind does not work to be a breeze; water does not think to flow.

Try to know yourself, rid yourself of negative and extraneous thoughts.
Try to learn as much about the world around you.  This will tell you the
differences between yourself (the self) and that which surrounds you.

A state of grace appears to come from knowing yourself, realizing you
have no limitations (you are infinite), knowing the world, which leads
to recognizing opportunities (which are infinite as well), having the
abilities, skills and knowledge to use those opportunities, and then
acting on those opportunities.  At a point, this becomes effortless, so
things "just happen."

Some applicable quotes.  These happen to be from the Jan Marie Dore
web site.
http://janmariedore.com/html/simplify.html

- "Simplify, simplify, simplify" - Henry David Thoreau
- "Out of clutter, find simplicity." - Albert Einstein
- "In order to seek one?s own direction, one must simplify the mechanics
of ordinary, everyday life." - Plato

There is still the mundane to handle, but that is something else.

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

Seems like you are trying to find out why you exist. Hope you don't
mind seeing it from the point of view of what the Bible has to say. I
do not mean what religion we see today has to say, because they have
got themselves so muddled with tradition, they are lost. The Bible
simply says that there exists a God who is love itself. To share it,
He created his Son Jesus as a helper [ Proverbs 8;22-30]. He created
angels as messengers, the complete universe including the earth, set
up its basic laws, e.g. gravity, the 23 &1/2 degree tilt to establish
the seasons, and the consistency of rate of spin etc....just as
somewhere for us to live. He commenced us with Adam and Eve [ Genesis]
and the final result is a populated earth. He did all this because He
wanted to share His love. Its us who have messed it up by
disobedience. But we can still get back into His good books by each
individual simply obeying. The mosaic law was complicated but Jesus
did away with all that when he said, Love God, love your neighbour
[Matthew 22;37]. If we all did this there would be no disrespect and
even no war. God himself has earned our worship and Jesus' teaching is
our guide. Another instruction at Matthew 23;9 points to which
religions are really obedient or just doing their own thing. The whole
purpose of our existence is summarized at Matthew 28; 19,20.

If i get yor rigth i would just simply try meditation.