A Higher Self

This entry is part 2 of 14 in the series Introduction to Spirituality

Introduction

We all have someone watching your life from a bird’s-eye view and from many angles you are not privy to. They are cueing and inspiring various endeavours and evolutions month after month so that each one manifests at the perfect time.

This “someone” is acknowledged in many cultures, spiritualities and religions and called many different titles. It’s often referred to as your “soul” but in modern spirituality we have begun to call this the “higher self”.

The Presence of Your Higher Self

The higher self assists you, by sending you subtle prompts that can be felt in a variety of ways. The most common of these are gut instincts. I’m sure you have heard the phrase “trust your gut”. There is a truth to this and what it means is there is someone overseeing your life. Trust that they have a clear view and are dropping intuitive feelings into your belly that tell you what to do and when to do it. Let me ask you this: how is it that sometimes you know things will happen before they occur? How are you aware of something you’ve never learned? Why do you feel a familiarity with seemingly random people and places? This is your divine intuition.

Your higher self is completely and totally aware of the current life mapped out for you. Your higher self is like the rudder of a sailboat. Though the higher self plays a vital role in your life, because it always fully emerges in water it is usually unseen and unrecgonised. But even though the higher self is buried deep in the waters of possibility, it is working tirelessly, completely unfazed, and never inconvenienced by what is happening on the surface of your life. The higher self is always conscious and listening to every conversation and every thought. It observes our lives through our eyes, remaining sensitive to any minor or major change and knowing the precise moment it should spark action.

The Human Assignment

Even if you are oblivious to it, your spirit is truly aware of what its doing here on earth. Your higher self knows exactly where you’re going and exactly why you are here. Even at those times you feel lost, have faith that your spirit guide is working away, just below the surface, to steer you back on course. Every person you meet, careers you have are all stepping stones leading you to a larger and more determined assignment. This is the Human Assignment.

Your higher self needs a physical body to inhabit to interact on the earth plane and make the biggest impact. And that’s exactly what your higher self decided to do before you were born: pick a body to enter earth and complete one assignment. Without our bodies, we are a perfect or complete spirit but the moment we enter the physical body we enter into humanness. Humanness can be a distractor in our life. With addictions, toxic relationships, and unhelpful patterns. Climbing the corporate ladder, hustling for more money and glory purely for your own sake. We can be easily distracted from the assignment laid out for us.

Sometimes, it takes defining what is not our path to truly figure out what is our path. When you’ve allowed things you truly want to flow into your life, you’ll find happiness comes easily. When you are aligned with your higher purpose, a pervading feeling of contentment and pleasure will hold you like a foundation in any given season. Some people are existing now in expired seasons. They might be experiencing worn-out feelings of dissatisfaction – a tell-tale sign, but one they’re slow to acknowledge. If you are in an expired season spirit will find a way to wave a flag that says ‘move on’. The more we are living in alignment with our higher self, the better impact we can make in the time we have.

The Only Mentor you Need

Maybe at times you have felt that you needed permission from the world to do X, Y or Z. but the truth of the matter is that you don’t need other people’s permission at all. They can be helpful and provide wonderful insight, but at the end of the day, it all comes back to you. Our higher self is the only mentor we need. It is the number one most reliable and credible source of clear insight, firm direction, guidance and support. This is because it is flawless by nature; it is not tainted by humanness. You have everything you ever need inside of you; there is no other half on this earth that you need to find. You can sit within a very precious peace when you radically accept that you are complete and enough – right here, right now.

A Spirit Being

A higher self is clear-minded. It doesn’t contain the grossly limited capacity of a human mind that competes with evolutionary processes and psychological chemistry. The higher self could even be described as the ‘complete mind’- the mind you wish you had all the time. The one that doesn’t jump to conclusions, become paranoid, feel unworthy or feel depressed, or harbour resentment, jealousy or anxiety. We might face tragedy, repeated traumas or crises that leave us feeling hurt. These teach you something very special that can never be taken away from you. Our mess is actually our mirror.

Exercise

Find a quiet place, take some deep breaths, and try to tune in to your higher self.