I've read in a couple of thread (or one thread over and over ) about working with Arzel, as opposed to just calling him and jumping on to the next step of work one wants to get to. So, I started doing that, and I've been really amazed at things happening as a result. I wanted start this thread to give people a chance to either share along those lines, or to become aware of it. The book doesn't really talk about working with Arzel.
What I've done is once I call Arzel three times, we have what I guess would be akin to a progress meeting like on a big construction project. I: review what we're working towards, make an accounting of steps taken towards the completion or advance of the project and subsections of it (which are akin to the physical steps one must walk to get to a light switch to flip it) which include my own mundane real world workings and the things which came to me via divine providence (where I express my thanks for the latter), assess any changes to the goal that may have come up for what ever reasons, and restate what we're working towards and why. I conclude this one-on-one with Arzel with stating what we'll do next in the ritual which is to advance some part of the overall plan. Then, at the end of it all, I do a "license to depart"/"let's go get to work", where I conclude the meeting with Arzel and any other entity/energy thanking them for working with me.
Since I've done the NAP ritual this way, I've seem big changes around me-- and that's all I can say about it right now, but it is very similar to what I've heard from others in terms of how things began moving in big ways in their lives.
I've read where some feel funny about bothering Arzel with such things, but I see this very much as a meeting with a project manager. It's a very big project, where the work must always be measured and reassessed and redirected as conditions on the ground dictate, in keeping with the goals that the carefully and accurately planned blue prints demand.