NEW EARTH CONSCIOUSNESS

On Channeling Your Higher Self

What is the Higher Self?

I have often heard people use the term ‘Soul’ and ‘Higher Self’ interchangeably.

I ascribe to the great Edgar Cayce’s definition of the Higher Self. He was an Akashic Records Reader who specialized in medical intuition and gave over 14,000 readings which were documented by his wife and then by a faithful secretary over a period of many years.

Edgar Cayce (18 March 1877–3 January 1945) set up the A.R.E, Association of Research and Enlightenment, in Virginia Beach, VA. Many people benefited from his readings and quite a few of his medical recommendations —all received through intuition — are still used by doctors and medical practitioners today.

Edgar Cayce defined the Higher Self as

The visionary channel of the imagination

He saw the Higher Self as the intuitive part of us, that connects our subconscious with our Superconscious (or intuition) and recommended that we learn to channel our Higher Self in order to grow our connection with God, Creator Consciousness, or (put your word here___________).

He believed that when we channeled our Higher Self in different ways, our connection to our own Soul and the Greater than Self would grow.

I have to say, given some direct application of his methods, I believe he was correct!

Discovering ways to channel the Higher Self

There are many ways that we can learn to channel our own Higher Self.

Edgar Cayce was a great believer in the ‘imaginal forces’, our imagination, and hence our ability to visualize what we desire to manifest in our lives.

Great visionaries are constantly visualizing, whether they are learning to become an athlete, designing a new invention, organizing a new community, or baking a cake.

All require visionary focus or the use of ‘imaginal’ forces.

So when we are visualizing, we are channeling our Higher Self!

There are other ways to channel the Higher Self, also, in my experience and the experiences of Edgar Cayce.

Visualization of a higher aim or goal
Bringing through that visualization by manifesting it — taking ACTION to bring the idea, concept, or process through into the 3D world.
‘Seeing true’ with the psychic eye.
Practicing empathy — an emotional connection with others, and therefore the singularity, all that there is.
The practice of lucid dreaming — focused dreaming with a goal in mind.
Consciously connecting with the etheric field.
Developing our imagination through pretending.
Meditation as a regular practice.
Inspirational writing, art, sculpture, or creation of something material from the ‘mind's eye’.

How to begin Channeling the Higher Self? Practice.

The above list may seem by turns to be helpful (for example most of us know that athletes use creative visualization to increase performance); completely out of our reach (how do we ‘see true’ with the psychic eye?); just plain silly — (developing our imagination through pretending) and out of reach (inspirational writing, art) — if we don’t see ourselves as an artistic being.

Becoming a channel of our Higher Self is truly simpler than we think, even if we don’t lean towards art or even know what the etheric field might be.

Below are some simple ways to get started, or move forward on your personal journey of intuitive growth.

One of my teachers, an amazing energy intuitive called Peggy Phoenix-Dubro, always used to exhort us to practice our energy techniques until we knew them well. The practice would take us where we needed to go. She would repeat the idiom

What is the secret to Mastery? Practice.

Practicing the energy work I learned from her over and over again, with many clients, created openings I couldn’t possibly have seen at the time, and that my imagination or even Edgar Cayce’s imaginal forces couldn’t possibly have conjured up, yet now they are manifesting in 3D.

Working with her body of work ultimately opened me to my own Higher Self awakening and a powerful connection to the Akashic Records. I didn’t know it at the time when I lived in Virginia Beach and visited the A.R.E. regularly, but Edgar Cayce accessed the Akashic Records every time he helped a client with a medical issue.

Some simple examples to begin your Higher Self Connection and Channeling process

So, how to begin? Here are some simple activities that, when repeated over time, can create a deeper and much more long-lasting connection with your natural intuitive abilities as you move forward on the spiritual path of awakening.

Pick one vision, idea, dream, or desire that you have, just one, it doesn’t have to be world-shattering, and take some ACTION to bring it into being. If it’s a new idea or process, make a folder and put notes about it in there. Talk to two or three people about it. Go back and look at your notes and pick one thing you could do to try this new idea out. Just do that one thing. And then repeat it several times. Nike wrote ‘Just Do It’ for a reason. You don’t have to take it any further than those first few steps if you don’t want to, but just doing it will make a big difference to your Higher Self connection. Who knows what else you will dream up next? When we start to talk about ideas with other people, the energy of the idea makes the transition from purely being a 4D concept. Edgar Cayce called 4D ‘the realm of ideas’. Once you have begun to take ACTION, the idea moves to 5D, your Akashic Record, and then into 3D — physical reality — when you manifest something related to it, such as writing a set of notes.
A lot of people believe that seeing with the psychic eye is all about opening it! Let’s get that third eye chakra open, and all sorts of amazing visuals will result in HD! Our Higher Self connection manifests throughout all of our chakras and all of our energies. So just start with something simple, like imagining a tube connecting all your chakras, and imagine running your breath through all chakras daily when you are brushing your teeth in the morning. Just once a day, that’s it. Channeling the intuition, the Higher Self is a practice.
Practicing Empathy can teach us a lot about intuition. Becoming aware of others’ emotions, or even the intentions of your dog or other pet by their body or eye movements adds to your knowledge of intuitive awareness. The Higher Self connection will grow fast this way!
Lucid dreaming and setting an intention to dream. Lucid dreaming is a form of dreaming where one or more of our senses is involved and the dream seems as real as daytime existence. Edgar Cayce was a big proponent of using our dream time for focused spiritual work(astral travel in 4D, and in deep sleep, soul work in 5D). I like Carlos Casteneda’s book ‘The Art of Dreaming’ to get things going. The first time I practiced looking at my hands, and then successfully dreamed of looking at my hands, I was able to fly fantastically high in my dreams and direct much of my dreaming. This process is a big part of actively channeling our Higher Selves.
Consciously connecting with our etheric field. Any form of energy work will help to grow the connection with the Higher Self. When it happens, we can get the chills or goosebumps as confirmation. If you find yourself in a chills moment, dig deeper! What was the insight or intuition that caused that response in you, and how is it relevant to something you are going through in your present life?
Developing our imagination — the imaginal forces. Children love to actively grow their imaginations by dressing up, playacting and telling stories, even creating characters. As a child, I had an imaginary friend who was a squirrel. This squirrel would appear when I was being bullied by other kids and remind me that I would be just fine in the long run. Guides can appear as friends, and we can access our own as yet unknown gifts, talents, and abilities through imaginary wordplay, and dress up. Adults might call it cosplay, when we do this we are accessing unconscious parts of ourselves!
Meditation as a practice is key when intending to channel the Higher Self. I do well with chanting and creative visualization. If neither of those appeals, then I highly recommend the practice of Autogenics. It’s very body-based, relaxes the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and can be done in 2-minute intervals. We can all manage 2-minute meditations!

Inspirational writing, art, sculpture, or creation of something material from the ‘mind’s eye’. Edgar Cayce believed in making that connection between what we dream, intuit, imagine, feel, or sense, and the material world in 3D. One of his practices was to encourage students to paint or draw a ‘seal’. This was a circular picture including symbols or images that a person found significant in daily life, combined with images from the dream world. Think of the seal as a representation of your Higher Self. Actualization of this image in 3D is a literal channeling of your Higher Self or intuition.

So many ways to channel the Higher Self

I hope you enjoyed hearing my thoughts and experiences on Higher Self work. As you can see, there are many ways to channel. I’d love to hear your ideas and experiences in the comments on your path to opening your intuition and channeling the Higher Self.

Lots of light to you!

Sarah