3 Easy Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self
by Livnam Kaur
I had left a difficult life in another state to move to a place where I had no friends. I was desperate for income, companionship, and spiritual understanding.
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It simply is. It really does come from within. It flows naturally from our spirit. Yet when we are sitting around lonely, worrying about our rent, or generally depressed, it can be difficult to actually experience our spirit. But it is not impossible. And it is completely necessary. |
But why isn’t it easier? Why doesn’t happiness come from things or people or circumstances? Why is it that some people get everything they want and are still not happy? Why do we so often turn to outside stimulants? It is because of the nature of the ego. work or even great Happiness, true happiness of spirit, is the domain of the Higher Self and connecting to it is as natural as breathing. It is hard to hear sometimes because the ego is really loud and will keep telling you it’s the bag of chips/new shoes/guy/girl you need, not self-connection. But you can listen to your Higher Self clearly and find the happiness of self-love.
Here are a few things to help:
1. Get still. Yes, I know it’s hard to quiet the mind, put down the phone, and not check email but it is important that you do so. Learn to meditate without judging your experience. And know, please know, that the first thing that will happen is that your mind will run, and run, and run. That’s okay! That’s what it’s supposed to do when you first sit down to meditate. The subconscious is cleaning itself out. Meditation showers the mind just like water showers the body. So let your mind run and when you find yourself stuck on any one thought, just acknowledge it and let it go. Eventually you will be able to sit down and go swiftly into a meditative state. It is there that you will get to know yourself and begin to experience happiness within.
2. Know that to give in love is to receive. Once you get still, you begin to experience God within. God within blooms in your heart and you experience Divine Love. You cannot help but give that love as you relationships will ultimately keep us satisfied. But we can use the dissatisfaction of the ego to help us become aware of a higher existence, our Higher Self.
It is the Higher Self, the part of us that knows we are spirit that holds the key to self-love. The Higher Self is our soul, our spirit, our true nature. The Higher Self doesn’t judge us for our ego wants and desires. In fact, the Higher Self can use our ego wants and desires by shifting the searching of those things to the searching of the spirit. It does this by reminding us that we are more than our bodies and minds. It allows us to live a full and prosperous life on earth while acknowledging that our bounty showing forth on earth does not come from earth. It comes from the divine flow of spirit working through earth. That flow comes from God. The way we experience that flow is through our Higher Self.
experience it for that is its nature. That experience then shows up in the world as that which you need. That experience is the love of God working in you and through you. A Course In Miracles tells us “For Love must give, and what is given in His Name takes on the form most useful in a world of form.” Your self-love, your Higher Self, is your God-connection, and it cannot help but show up in your life. The more you experience your Higher Self the more love you experience and the more positive change you see take form.
3. Find one thing every day in your physical life that you are grateful for. Do not mistake gratitude for things in your life as feeding the ego. Gratitude says “thank you” without assuming that is all there is or that the thing you are grateful for is greater than your spirit. Gratitude also knows that joy belongs to All whereas the ego thinks joy is yours and yours alone. So take note of a flower, a great book, a smile, your favorite TV show, a good meal, anything that brings a spark of gratitude, for it will help you build a bridge to higher awareness. Do not discount “small” things. Say a prayer of gratitude and feel your heart open.
Practice these steps to connection with the Higher Self and find love within. It is that love that will show you what happiness really is.
Here are a few things to help:
1. Get still. Yes, I know it’s hard to quiet the mind, put down the phone, and not check email but it is important that you do so. Learn to meditate without judging your experience. And know, please know, that the first thing that will happen is that your mind will run, and run, and run. That’s okay! That’s what it’s supposed to do when you first sit down to meditate. The subconscious is cleaning itself out. Meditation showers the mind just like water showers the body. So let your mind run and when you find yourself stuck on any one thought, just acknowledge it and let it go. Eventually you will be able to sit down and go swiftly into a meditative state. It is there that you will get to know yourself and begin to experience happiness within.
2. Know that to give in love is to receive. Once you get still, you begin to experience God within. God within blooms in your heart and you experience Divine Love. You cannot help but give that love as you relationships will ultimately keep us satisfied. But we can use the dissatisfaction of the ego to help us become aware of a higher existence, our Higher Self.
It is the Higher Self, the part of us that knows we are spirit that holds the key to self-love. The Higher Self is our soul, our spirit, our true nature. The Higher Self doesn’t judge us for our ego wants and desires. In fact, the Higher Self can use our ego wants and desires by shifting the searching of those things to the searching of the spirit. It does this by reminding us that we are more than our bodies and minds. It allows us to live a full and prosperous life on earth while acknowledging that our bounty showing forth on earth does not come from earth. It comes from the divine flow of spirit working through earth. That flow comes from God. The way we experience that flow is through our Higher Self.
experience it for that is its nature. That experience then shows up in the world as that which you need. That experience is the love of God working in you and through you. A Course In Miracles tells us “For Love must give, and what is given in His Name takes on the form most useful in a world of form.” Your self-love, your Higher Self, is your God-connection, and it cannot help but show up in your life. The more you experience your Higher Self the more love you experience and the more positive change you see take form.
3. Find one thing every day in your physical life that you are grateful for. Do not mistake gratitude for things in your life as feeding the ego. Gratitude says “thank you” without assuming that is all there is or that the thing you are grateful for is greater than your spirit. Gratitude also knows that joy belongs to All whereas the ego thinks joy is yours and yours alone. So take note of a flower, a great book, a smile, your favorite TV show, a good meal, anything that brings a spark of gratitude, for it will help you build a bridge to higher awareness. Do not discount “small” things. Say a prayer of gratitude and feel your heart open.
Practice these steps to connection with the Higher Self and find love within. It is that love that will show you what happiness really is.
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About the Author
Livnam Kaur is a spiritual intuitive, healer, and writer working to express divine guidance through The Counsel of Light which can help us hear God's Word within us. She facilitates a weekly study group for A Course In Miracles, teaches Intuitive Development, Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, and offers Personal Sessions and Coaching. ACIM, IKTYA, IET®MI, Reiki MT, AWP, ATP® Articles written by Livnam Kaur were published with her explicit written permission
