I think meditation with a focus on consciously communicating with expanded guidance is a good start.  Other than that, things will happen organically and he will be nudged here and there, if he needs it. 

   Also, Bruce Moen's teachings and exercises about opening up to and feeling Love can help a lot in many areas. 

   Abilities are not so important, unless they are helpful to be part of an individuals specific path and in a service sense.  The more one attunes to that which is Creative, the more one expands in every sense and in every way, which sometimes means bringing the greater conscious awareness of the Whole, or the ability to modify the information of Earth reality on a consciousness level.