The Higher Self is a term used across various spiritual traditions to describe the essence of who you truly are. It's often seen as the part of you that's not limited to your physical body or ego. This includes (or you may think of it as), but is NOT limited to:
Your Wise Inner Guide: an infinite wellspring of wisdom and compassion within you, patiently nudging you towards your greater purpose. This includes your Inner Child, as well as your Inner Teenager, Inner Elder, and also your Anima or Animus (Jung), and your Soul's Companions to mention some.
Your Intuition: that special sense of knowing or feeling an answer or channeling messages, even when there seems to be no logical source for that energy or information.
Your Spirit and Your Soul's Essence: your Spirit is that part of you that transcends your current physical body and that is a mirror expression of Source itself, and your soul's essence carries your experiences and information across lifetimes and dimensions. Together they are the essential part of you that remains true even as you shed outer layers and programmings and transcend entire paradigms and levels of consciousness.
Connection to Something Greater: the Higher-Self can represent your link to a universal consciousness or cosmic consciousness, and what you may call God, Source, Creator, Universe, Infinity, the Beyond, the Mistery, the Tao, or however you may call or understand the Great Bryond. However you may understand it, our very own "individual" Higher-Self is DIRECTLY connected to this Source.
This may all sound great, but it could also be taken as a bunch of vacuum new age jargon.
So you might wonder why is the Higher-Self not common knowledge?
Here are three key concepts that get on the way...
Our focus on the Material World and Material Success: Our culture often emphasizes the material world - achievement, possessions, and external validation (think the business world of "certiified" yogis and "manifestation coaches", etc). The inward focus required to connect with the Higher Self, even within acclaimed "spiritual" circles often takes a backseat and is disregarded as non-scientific or non-authentic.
Scientific Dominance: The scientific method emphasizes a logical, provable reality. The Higher Self is not known to be in the realm of "provable" facts. And because that is the stablished norm, even provable spiritual events, so to say, escape the public eye as non-facts.
Lack of Traditional Practices: In some cultures, spiritual practices that cultivate connection with the Higher Self are woven into daily life, or they used to in previous eras. In the modern West and western ideals, such practices are often less prevalent and again, often disregarded as non productive and non scientific.
However, there are MANY signs of a shift and an actual Rise of Consciousness and Vibration.
The growing interest around healing body disciplines, as well as mindfulness and meditation practices, and all sorts of deep and somatic healing therapies, etc, has become a diverse and massive international movement with a great power and plenty of opportunities for people around the world to reconnect to their own Higher Self, regardless of their background, origin, or circumstance, allowing to raise the actual frequency and vibration of people and their environment, on individual and collective levels.
There is a also a growing interest in personal growth and self-discovery, which inevitably leads individuals to explore the idea of the Higher Self, knowing (learning, trusting, remembering) that we are indeed powerful spirits co-creating a greater reality, in harmony with the beautiful planet and cosmos we all live in, where we will aim to thrive in peace, love, unity and respect!
Ultimately, wether the Higher Self is a familiar concept or not for you depends on your background and worldview. And it is your unique personal path to find.
If it resonates with you, there are many resources available to learn more and explore ways to connect with your own Higher Self, in whatever form or practice you may approach that feels aligned with your soul...
There's another concept to dive into: Soul-Alignment. I will leave this one for you now...
What does Your Soul feel deeply-aligned with? What is the greater spiritual truth or feeling behind the concepts you resonate deeply with?
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As you integrate all these new concepts and awareness into your journey, remember, the connection with your Higher Self is an ongoing exploration as you learn and grow, and as our shared reality keeps evolving. There's no single "right" way, and the most important aspect is finding practices and teachings that resonate with your unique path or somehow call you from within.
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