Connecting with the Higher Self

I've explained in prior posts that the higher self is the part of our soul energy that stays in the higher realms when we incarnate. Essentially the soul is too big or too much energy to incarnate into a human body. In the book, Destiny of Souls, it says, "If we were to bring 100 percent of our energy into one body during an incarnation, we would blow the circuits of the brain". However, even though I understood this definition, I still struggled to understand who or what my higher self was.

When Stephanie channeled my higher self, I noticed that my higher self had a personality. Stephanie had channeled different spirit guides and different people's higher selves and I could tell that each soul had a distinct personality even in the spirit realm. You may have read the channelings of my higher self in my prior blog posts. If not you can find them here: Channeling the Higher Self and Another Fascinating Channeling With My Higher Self

When I thought about this, it of course had me questioning, who is my higher self vs. who am I? I believe the difference is my human brain and my current awareness. My human self is my higher self but reduced by the human belief systems, fears, culture, and human brain. For example, I did not grow up thinking I was a powerful soul that had the ability to manifest. My higher self doesn't have the limiting beliefs that our society and culture on Earth put on humanity. The other difference I thought about, is that my higher self is aware of all the incarnations I've lived so it has the full awareness of what it's like to live in different time periods on Earth and on different planets and dimensions. And then of course my higher self has a much better understanding of Source, eternity and the spirit realm.

What I have noticed is that the longer that I meditate, I feel more connected to my higher self and who I actually am as a soul. The limiting belief systems are slowly fading and are replaced with the knowledge my higher self has access to. I was listening to an interview with Dr. Linda Backman and someone asked her a question about the higher self. She said, "I think of my higher self as a big sister" and this made total sense to me. My higher self is me but just a higher, more informed perspective.

I've also often wondered, when I die and return to the spirit realm, how do I merge back with my higher self? Do we actually physically merge? In the book, Destiny of Souls, Michael Newton talks to this topic in his chapter, Soul Division and Reunification. He says, "The ability of a soul to unite with itself is a natural process of energy regeneration after physical death." He shares examples of hypnosis patients that detail out their merging with their higher self energy. The higher self energy tends to be attracted back to their energy body like a magnet or physically handed to them like a ball of light. I believe these hypnosis patients are seeing the process from a human perspective since they are still in a human body. From talking with mediums, the process of merging back with our higher self energy is very natural but perhaps it's hard to understand with a human brain.

So the question is, who are we without the belief systems that we grew up with because that isn't who we actually are. The only way I think we can figure that out is through meditation and to quiet the noise of the outside world. Really just laying down or sitting comfortably in a quiet spot with the intention to connect with the higher self is enough. I personally like the meditation app by the Monroe Institute called the Expand App. They have two meditations called Inner Universe and Total Self Communion that I really like for connecting with the higher self. I hope this post is helpful for someone on their journey!