Trying to link to link with these higher layers of the mind requires inner quietude and peace. As the mind grows silent these higher faculties begin to appear.
What is needed along with that is aspiration, not an aspiration to achieve the higher mind etc since then it would be more like an ambition and desire. The aspiration should be for the Divine for the sake of the Divine, and not with ulterior egoistic motives of becoming a Yogi etc. It is the Divine who can grant these gifts to us if He feels we are ready for it. Since these capacities may disturb the normal working of nature if the consciousness is unripe and nor ready. Just as the ministers automatically come when the king arrives so too as we grow closer to the Divine these faculties automatically develop. No special process is then needed.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
