FAQ's about Your Higher
Self
What is a "higher self"
and does it have meaning for me in my busy life?
Jerome Ballantine, A New York
fashion executive, told me recently:
"In meditation, in my inner eye I saw my higher self as
a tall, radiant being in yellow robes with penetrating large
brown eyes. Identifying himself as Sananda, he led me through
a doorway into a vast space. With stars and galaxies all around
me, I ascended into a realm of light and left time and space
behind. I became infinitely expanded, and the universe became
a tiny dot within me. I was filled with great happiness and peace.
For a time I became one with the universe and completely forgot
my body and everything else. As a result of this experience,
my higher self is with me daily, granting me constant support,
comfort, guidance, love, and protection."
Even busy executives can have profound experiences of their higher
self. Not just isolated flash-in-the-pan phenomena, these are
profound, meaningful occurrences that affect every aspect of
daily life.
The higher self is a part of you that usually remains hidden
from view. It's thought of as your spiritual self or the higher
aspect of your being. Yet most people misunderstand it and don't
realize its significance.
In what way does an experience
of my higher self have meaning to me?
Experiencing your higher self
can literally transform the way you see yourself, how you relate
to your environment, and how you interact with others. It can
augment your career success and dramatically improve your level
of self-confidence and measure of happiness.
Why and how can my higher
self transform my life?
Getting in touch with your
higher self awakens hidden aspects of yourself that haven't yet
been brought to conscious awareness. These higher aspects, with
special properties and abilities, can exercise your mind in new
ways. Like an out-of-use muscle that has atrophied, your higher
self needs to be used. Then it becomes an ally that transforms
your life into something new. You become more happy, successful,
radiant, beautiful, and fulfilled.
How can I contact my higher
self?
Through meditation you can
connect with your higher self. By quieting your mind, you can
recognize who the higher self is and what it can do for you.
In this book you'll learn some practical ways to do this.
How does my higher self
work?
Your higher self works with
your ego-self to carry out the process of your spiritual awakening
in consciousness. You're constantly reinventing yourself into
higher states of awareness every moment, opening to understandings
you weren't previously aware of. Each new day brings a higher
state of consciousness than the day before. You're waking up
day by day, as you recognize the perfection and truth of your
being.
What is the purpose of my
life?
Your life purpose is to enjoy
greater happiness and express more of who you really are. Who
you really are and who you think you are may be very different
from each other. For you are an enlightened, spiritually awake,
highly tuned, powerful being, at one with the universe and with
your divine self.
How can I begin to realize
who I really am?
Your higher self will teach
you who you really are once you experience it directly in meditation
and communicate with it. But this must be a direct experience,
not an intellectualization. Only by going direct to the source,
without any intermediary, can you realize your true self.
What benefits can I receive
through contacting my higher self?
1. Love
Contact with your higher
self brings more love into your life, since you drop personality
façades that previously created walls between yourself
and others.
2. Power
You also become more powerful and effective, since you're
tapping an unlimited gold mind of power and wisdom at the center
of your being.
3. Happiness
Since the experience of the higher self is great joy and
deep satisfaction, you naturally become happier and more fulfilled.
4. Energy
You have more energy, since you stop trying so hard to please
others and relax into being more natural and true to yourself.
5. Wisdom
You develop your full mental potential when you awaken to
the innate wisdom and inner knowing of your higher self.
6. Less Stress
You reduce stress and tension and increase well being and
contentment, since you become more self-contained and self-reliant.
7. Health
Your health improves because, as you start to identify with
your higher self, you become more physically relaxed and psychologically
balanced.
8. Contentment
You feel more content when you attune to the higher self,
because you gain trust in the universe to provide for your needs.
9. Peace of Mind
You experience greater peace of mind, since you find what
you've been seeking all your life, even if you didn't know it
at the time.
What is the nature of my
higher self?
Your higher self is your true
nature-the divine within. It may be completely unlike what you
believe yourself to be. In fact, you may not recognize it as
your self when you first encounter it. You might even think it's
someone or something other than you. But in reality it's the
true nature of your being-beautiful, free, loving, generous,
joyous, wise, and creative-the divine in action, expressing itself
as yourself.
What does my higher self
look like and how does it feel?
Your higher self is a radiant,
beautiful light being. It has no heavy mass like your earthly
physical body. It may be myriad beautiful colors and isn't confined
to the space or even the time where your physical body is located.
Deep in meditation you'll experience your higher self as a sense
of happiness, fulfillment, wholeness, and profound peace.
Can you tell me more about
my higher self?
Yes. It's multi-leveled and
multi-faceted. Your higher self is not your human personality
and not just your soul. It includes layer upon layer of dimensions.
All aspects of the divine abide within you. At the heart of your
very nature dwells the higher power (in whatever form you believe
that to be), in all its multifarious forms.
You'll experience your higher self in a way that's suited to
you and makes you comfortable. For example, if you happen to
be Jewish, you may not want to meet Jesus during your trips to
inner space. If you're Catholic, you may feel uncomfortable meeting
Buddha. (But don't be too surprised if you happen to run across
them at some point down the road.)
Beyond all your multidimensional aspects there's an even deeper
aspect-the absolute-beyond all forms and phenomena of the material
world and even beyond the celestial realm. But now we're getting
ahead of ourselves. We'll explore more about this later on.
Why do I need to know this
stuff?
If you don't learn it now,
it's okay. It doesn't matter. Eventually you'll come back to
it in the future, either in this life or another life (whoops,
yep, reincarnation). Somewhere along your path you'll have to
stop the madness of living in the illusion of maya (identifying
yourself as your ego) and wake up to who you really are. It's
just that simple.
"The question 'Who
am I?' is the one that annihilates all others."
-Ramana Maharishi
Above is an excerpt from EXPLORING
MEDITATION, published by Career Press.
Copyright 2002 by Susan Shumsky
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