How do You Contact Your Higher Self?

[Sebastion]

Hi TraineeHuman

You have made many statements that you of yourself, must believe, have an opinion/ realization to be true for you, hence your truth. You have said " I say all this high-faluting talk about Source is unnecessary BS." Is that not "your" truth? Certainly appears that way to me but it most certainly isn't mine! Oh God! We disagree, what shall we do now? LOL! Oh I know, let's get back to the topic! It's all good!

[TraineeHuman]

Sebastion:

My post was in the context of a long thread discussing what is involved in direct contact with one’s Higher Self. My post was talking strictly from the point of view of what it is like to actually experience deep contact with one’s Higher Self. I believe most or all of the members who thanked me also experience direct contact with their Higher Selves, or something close to that at least.

I wasn’t denying the existence of Source at all. Much as Buddhists aren't recommending homicide when they say: "If you meet the Buddha while you are walking down the street, kill him straight away!"

[Siegfried The 7]

Happy New Year Everyone!

I think the higher self is the essence of the soul which can be found by looking at the sum(theme) of all things in ones life. I think what we believe to be living is an auto-pilot side to existing while our subconscious analyzes, records, deciphers, and decides continuously. It knows who/what you are already. It is driven by the intent of your essence to guide you to your honest intentions and to teach you about your dishonest ones(through karma, failure, repetition,etc).

For this reason, I think the dream world is very powerful and mysterious place. I am beginning to believe that it is an infinite realm where any intention can be created. It is a place to merge with the higher self, where all the data collected thats too much to comprehend in the waking world is available. But thats another topic..

Back to the higher self, I definitely believe we are all connected which is why we attract those to us like ourselves. I believe when this is done again, it is the higher self helping you to understand an aspect of yourself or helping you to gather more of a like-minded collective together for some reason that is a desire in your intentions(Like searching for truth brought Avalon Members to collect at this nexus).

How about when you have that feeling that you shouldnt go here/there or Im in a hurry and Im gonna run this red light and I hope no policeman is near only to see one? LOL! Those too are calculations being done by the higher self. I think because we are so out of tune with ourselves we do not know how to tap into that energy for our benefit, but the more you try to "listen" or grasp your inner connections to everything around you it becomes more familiar

[Dawn]

I just became aware of a very ancient document called The Divine Pymander. It was authored by Hermes Trismegistus who lived in pre-Egyptian times. He is also thought to be the same person as Thoth, the Egyptian god. I’ve ordered a book with an in-depth analysis of this writing. Meanwhile, I found the original text online here: http://www.alchemylab.com/pymander.htm

Like many ancient texts, it seems very short and simple, however it has tremendous depth. It has precise instructions for leaving death behind, and attaining the deathless state, which is our true nature. It refers to the ‘divine mind’, or the ‘higher self’ this thread is focused upon. I thought you’d enjoy a little excerpt here:

"You are right! Light and Life is the Divine Mind, and from it Man was born. If then you know that you are yourself of Life and Light, and that you are made of them, you shall return to Life and Light." Thus did the Shepherd speak.
"But tell me further, Mind of me," I cried out, "How shall I come to Life again, for God does say 'the man who had Mind in him, let him learn to know that he himself is deathless.' Have not all men then Mind?"
"Again you speak well! I, Divine Mind, myself am present with holy men and good, the pure and merciful men who live piously. To such my presence becomes an aid, and straightway they gain Gnosis of all things, and win their Father's love by their pure lives, and give Him thanks, invoking on Him blessings and entering his Kingdom, intent on Him with ardent love.

[Dawn]

A few posts ago I mentioned the 10 bulls of Zen, which is a way of understanding the search for our 'higher self'. Although I posted the link I did not actually put these pictures on this thread and I'm doing it now because they are so useful. Basically NO ONE who has posted on this thread is WRONG. Everyone is RIGHT. What you are aware of depends on where you are in the hero's journey:

Dawn: Below is a depiction of the stages of enlightenment as seen by Zen Buddhism. Study them carefully, they are a sort of code for what the pathless path is. Can you see that the posts here conflict depending on which of the 10 stages someone is experiencing?

PS: I do not consider myself a Zen Buddhist, but I love some of the ways they point to the Truth!

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johnf: Awesome response Dawn! I Googled the ten bulls of zen in an attempt to find this cartoon version you posted. Both your prelude, and the version of the paintings seemed to say what I was trying to say in a much simpler way.
Then I found an Osho discourse on it:

http://www.messagefrommasters.com/os...lls_of_zen.htm

I didn't notice the presence of imbibing booze in the last painting, and it really gave me a different way of looking at my anti-self self in a new way.

If you'd like to go to the original link for this post, where there is more dialog, here it is: https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post387290

[Kenn]

Hello,

I read this thread multiple time's from begging to end. I read the information to the best of my ability and understanding. I wanted so badly to be able to respond and add to the conversation that I had to really think about my intention's on the "why". I thought about it even shut down my browser and walked away. But here I am back to it. Honestly I know I am so far away from the subject matter, but I know at least I am in transit. I try so very hard to just walk in my day to have my own thought's and to know the intention of my emotion's and there path. I don't consider myself enlightened I believe that it is an academic term. But I am weary of my purpose even on minuscular chore's, and I micromanage my thought's till I am in a dizzy. But the moment's I lose myself in are those time's I just am, no responsibility's no "train" of thought just smiling and content. I could not tell you what bring's them because they are as pure as a baby in a whom. I do not seek them because I fear that they will be taken away by myself for thinking to deeply about them. I cherish moment with friends when I feel there signal's strongly weather they know they do it or they are lost in chatter and reveal in my company as well. The moments I feel I am with myself and other's in a proper way is when I am not thinking or driving to a source or contemplating "the right" or the "wrong" it is just the moment that has no address or purpose for anyone not even myself, I am just lost in life and the beauty of it all.

I am sorry if this does not go with the subject but I felt a need to share it. Thank you for giving me the space to do so.

Thank you Always
Kenn

[Anchor]

Kenn, great post.

Dont worry, it absolutely freaking does go with the subject!

Those thoughts that bubble up, unbidden and not directly associated with your own processes of living life in a conscious "micro-managed" manner - where do you think they come from?

Sorry but I cant see the wood because all these trees are in the way

[RedeZra]

Posted by DNA (here)
Anyway, so I'm screaming my bloody head off, and he holds me firmly in his hands and begins whispering in my ear.
"Eat your vegtables and choose your friends wisely".
He repeated this three times before I woke up.

hey you got a wise higher self there ; )


as we are defined by the food we eat and the company we keep

because both will produce thoughts and emotions within us which we eventually will externalize to those around us


not every vision or speach is from higher self or soul since spirits can inject speach vision and emotion into our consciousness

and so can God the Great spirit who is an integral aspect of ourselves


test the spirits

is an important spiritual method to see if it is from soul God or spirits


so many are refering to spirit guides as sources of information but don't they know there are misleading spirits out there ?


there is one foolproof test to check if a spirit is from God or not

and that is the Name of Jesus


if the spirit starts to shutter and flee then know it's not of or from God

[Dawn]

Ken: But the moment's I lose myself in are those time's I just am, no responsibility's no "train" of thought just smiling and content. I could not tell you what bring's them because they are as pure as a baby in a womb. I do not seek them because I fear that they will be taken away by myself for thinking to deeply about them. I cherish moment with friends when I feel there signal's strongly weather they know they do it or they are lost in chatter and reveal in my company as well. The moments I feel I am with myself and other's in a proper way is when I am not thinking or driving to a source or contemplating "the right" or the "wrong" it is just the moment that has no address or purpose for anyone not even myself, I am just lost in life and the beauty of it all.

That is a great description of IT!!! Any analysis, attempt to have a silent mind, concern we aren't doing it right, and so on, takes us away from that place. That is when life is good, like a baby in the womb.

Most would say that the fruit gained from the search for the 'Higher Self', or the journey on the 'Pathless Path', is to be in this place, and know it for the first time. That is why the there are so many wise texts that speak of traveling to the mountain top and then coming back down and going back into the market place (normal life). When we have concluded the heroes journey we come back to the place where we began, and know it for the first time.

Thank you so much for your contribution Ken!

[Jenci]

Posted by Kenn (here)
Hello,

Honestly I know I am so far away from the subject matter, but I know at least I am in transit.

I think not. I think you are exactly on topic here.

But the moment's I lose myself in are those time's I just am, no responsibility's no "train" of thought just smiling and content.

And this is exactly it - the experience of the Higher Self which we have been speaking about. When the illusory self is lost, the higher self is revealed.

I could not tell you what bring's them because they are as pure as a baby in a whom.

This is really you realising your true nature. The baby in the womb is exactly the same before all the conditioning and the identification with "me", the illusory self.

I do not seek them because I fear that they will be taken away by myself for thinking to deeply about them.
I am just lost in life and the beauty of it all.

Something has woken up and this that has woken knows exactly what it is doing. This is happening all by itself for you. Even those who seek and try so hard to realise this, can find that in the end it starts happening all by itself without any effort.

Once the Being, the Higher self, has freed itself somewhat from the illusion, there is no stopping it.
It's like a river rushing back to its source.
It knows exactly what where it is going and what it is doing.

I'm glad you shared this Kenn.
Jeanette

[TraineeHuman]

Kenn, when you first learnt to drive, I’ll bet you didn’t read the technical manual that describes how the car you were learning to drive worked.
If you had tried to work out how to drive based on that manual, that would surely have confused the hell out of you – would it not?
Ditto if you had begun by reading the latest issue of one of the magazines for racing car drivers.

Meditation and self-psychotherapy are one of those “hands on” fields, just like driving is.

It’s not mostly about what you know, but about who/what you are. Two of the most important qualities are:

a radical self-honesty and
a deep sincerity that’s combined with a kind of thirst or strong inner sense that we were all meant to be happy, and not like the way most people are today, thanks to our society.

Your post certainly suggests that you have both of those qualities. (I sometimes wish some members would show stronger evidence that they had them too. So, you're doing just fine.)

At every point, a person needs to be guided by – and ruthlessly listen to – their inner sense. Enough with the thinking. Now just listen, deeply. Every moment that you have the time, or that you are reminded. It’s a bit like the way animals listen to their instinct. No confusion. Eventually you'll learn to refine and slowly sharpen and develop that "instinct."