The Higher Self

Making Contact

Your Higher Self (HS) is you and exists with other Higher Selves who are also you. We often think of our Higher Self as above us somewhere and separate from us — as in above our crown chakra; this is true — in part. Our Higher Self is also in our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies too in a different dimension at a higher vibration interspersed through our body. In the Sufi tradition there are points of light in or near organs that connect with the Higher Self, these “places” are called Latifahs. The first Higher Self we contact exists in a higher dimensional vibration or realm. The other Higher Selves exist in even higher vibrational “realms” getting “closer” to “All that Is”, Spirit, or God. Many of you that are reading this may already have contact with your Higher Self.

Contact

There is no one way to contact your Higher Self. The HS makes contact in a variety of ways that are part of our make-up. In other words, if we are primarily visual oriented people then the Higher Self will appear or impart messages with visual communications that may be symbols or metaphors for the message (It’s up to us to translate the message into something understandable to you). The HS may use the impression of a voice, or sound, or a body sensation to make contact. Or the Higher Self may provide a flash of “seeing”, “feeling”, or deep “knowing”. Or it may be a combination of all three modes of perception. Our ability to accept contact depends on how receptive our communication skills have been nourished. One way to exercise our receptivity muscles are through meditative or inner practices engaged-in on a daily basis.

If you have been doing meditation practices especially the ones that employ the use of the breath this may lead to access with your Higher Self. Deep prolonged meditation down to our core or essence and nothing else may lead to contact with HS. Spending time in nature away from others for about three days[1 end notes], immersed in the cleansing forest, in mountains, by rivers or the on a coast near the ocean for days; our minds (stream of consciousness) may cease for a time. While alone in a “nature practice” we may engage in safe fasting[2 end notes] supported by the living world around us and this can open access to the Higher Self. Searching and seeking often lead us to spiritual practices and disciplines that are gateways to higher dimensional realms and the HS.

Ways I contacted my Higher Self

The silver lining of the sexual abuse I experienced as a child was an immersion in higher vibrational spiritual worlds. The experience of childhood trauma does not necessarily give people access to the spiritual realms — there are many different responses to trauma and abuse. (I am certainly not recommending exposing oneself to abusive or traumatic situations to cultivate a relationship with HS.) I have had three major peak experiences where I came in contact with divine love and aspects of HS before the age of eighteen and many other extraordinary experiences.

It was through these aspects and the body of the Gurdjieff Work that I opened to “divine” or higher parts of myself. Here I’m specifically referring to the Gurdjieff Sacred Dances or Movements. For depictions of the movements see the Peter Brook film: “Meetings with Remarkable Men” (based on the book) towards the end. A portion of the movement called “The Great Prayer” is depicted near the end[3 — see You Tube link in end notes].

It was through the practice of “The Great Prayer” — with counting in multiples of three to eighteen in Russian — though not included in the clip with our class (40 of us) and 20 of the residents that during the last fifteen minutes or so a higher or divine aspect of myself (Higher Self) did the movement in me and with me. Words fail to describe this experience which continues to exist within me in present time.

Sound, certain kinds of music, music with chanting[4 see end notes] are capable of introducing the Higher Self to us through trance work. Also work with essence — a meditation into essence can sometimes use a candle flame preferably a taper candle similar to the photograph below.

Essence-Breath Meditation for Core Issues

Find a room in your place at night where no light can enter even if it means tacking a heavy cloth to the window. On the same night or the next night put a taper candle in a candle holder with the light on. Get a wooden chair (with a flat surface) or a metal or wooden stool that is relatively lower to your chair. This is so — because you want to look slightly down into the candle’s flame while being able to see the entire flame. You might want to have a flashlight with you too. Light the taper — I usually use white as a symbol of purity for my essence. Then switch off the lights and position yourself above the candle flame. Wait for the flame to steady itself.

Stare deeply into the flame, especially where the flame meets the wick. You may notice a blue arc and below that nothing, or translucent heat waves. The candle flame is analogous to the light of your essence that runs from your root to your crown chakra.

Stare at the flame while watching your breath move in and out of your nostrils and/or your mouth. Concentrate on these two perceptual experiences until everything else disappears. When the candle flame disappears from your consciousness and even the breath you have created a space within yourself where your Higher Self may enter.

If you’ve done this one time with the candle flame and have not had the desired result, a second night with the candle flame may be unnecessary. All you need do is remember the flame in the beginning and then go deeply into the breath until the breath disappears and you’re left with null space — or enough space for your Higher Self to make contact.

This may not work for everyone.

The Nature of The Higher Self

The Higher Self has a wider perspective than our inner or intuitive voice. It has the perspective of being able to see into the past and future of this life to a degree. It is not omniscient like God or being able to see through many past or future lives like an Ascended Master. For instance — one day I was in a hurry and my Higher Self told me to turn right down the street in front of my house instead of left. The voice was strong, but I didn’t pay attention and I went left. I didn’t see the cop and I was given a ticket for speeding. Lesson learned: “Listen and heed your Higher Self.”

The Higher Self like High Vibrational Guides and Ascended Masters have never responded to “Why” questions because why seeks to rationalize and often leads to circular thinking that traps energy in lower vibrational realms akin to the obsessional loops of “figuring it out”. My Higher Self has never been wrong because where he/she resides is in a place that transcends the duality of right and wrong. The Higher Self may not have a gender or may switch genders. Mostly I do not know the gender of my Higher Self and so I deem it as not important.

If you have a voice you believe to be your HS that tells you that it can give you great powers. This is not your HS. A colleague of mine told me that his HS said: “I can give you great powers.” I warned him not to fall for this trick of a dark being posing as his HS. He didn’t listen to me. A few years later he contacted me and asked for help removing a dark spirit from his fiancée but did not think he was possessed. My HS told me not to engage with him and refer him to someone else. I did. Because the HS is a high vibrational being its job is not to feed your ego with tales of power. Real power is something that cannot be possessed. Real power are not powers, rather it is the power of presence and flows from a higher vibration that is you.

When the Higher Self communicates to you if comes from a pure place and because of your connection to the higher aspect of yourself you can immediately feel the purity of its divinity and intent.

[1] Going alone into nature or wilderness can be dangerous for a novice and is only recommended for those experienced in long-term backpacking or wilderness training. [I no longer backpack into wilderness areas alone due to a few factors. I once did throughout my 40s and 50s.]

[2] Fasting on water alone may destroy electrolyte balances in the brain and body and may lead to brain damage. Before fasting, I would make up a vegetable broth to drink two or three times a day to balance my electrolytes. If you are going to do fasting research first, consult a nutritionist and /or a medical professional such as your doctor or trusted healer if need be.

[3] Movements from the film “Meetings with Remarkable Men” in this You Tube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKPwZqUUrQo

[4] In the Altai Mountains in Russia there are shamans called Kaichi or singing shamans who heal and/or open interdimensional portals to higher vibrational worlds, for example. see the book “Enter the Circle” by Olga Kharatidi, MD https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1140413.Entering_the_Circle?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=QExk6gXpLx&rank=2

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