Like so many of these new perspectives in these new times about the expanded life and the reclamation of the original design, it takes an openness of mind and heart. Being open to new forms and experiences recalibrates the sensitivity, washes the senses clean, and redirects the focus. Looking for the expanded means you must be willing to look beyond what has been in all its forms and entertain new forms and means.This is a big deal and is foundational to opening up and allowing the growth that will lead you to the deeper knowing of your whole self and all its capacities. Being open also implies that you have done your work to clear the toxic energetic debris that interferes so subtly with how you perceive and experience your moments. The unprocessed debris functions as a filter and a diversion to steer the interpretation and visceral response to the moment back towards the status quo or the comfort, thus compromising your openness.

In these transition times one benefits exponentially from clearing that debris from the chakras an energetic bodies and re-establishes the clarity needed to embrace the new paradigms. For now it is a conscious process of using the forms of the moment and the outer trigger events to initiate and allow the necessary releases. Perhaps in the times to come after this work has been done by a growing number of the conscious ones, there will unfold a spontaneous clearing of all that is vibrationally lower frequency, thus catapulting humanity into the reawakened state en masse. For now, those of us in the energetic trenches will have to do our work so that the collective can be finally jettisoned from the past.

Once open and clear then one can more successfully begin to massage the Higher Self connection and relationship. Fact remains that the Higher Self is already in contact and relationship, but our own history waters down the significance of the connection. It is not perceived as such and likely not viewed as reliable by the current self awareness. This can change through openness and focus and a willingness to trust and act upon perceived guidance. It has to be tested in order to develop that trust…for now.

Remember, the Higher Self is that Celestial go-between between self and Source. We are fed energetics and information that is aligned with our true design and incarnational intentional template. Whether we listen or not is the issue. And again, for now this is a process. Choose to engage and watch it blossom.

The Higher Self is not a lower frequency energy. It is very high and, by nature and design, can ALWAYS be trusted. The information and direction is reliable. Start there…Higher Self guidance arrives in the form of inspiration and insight, through the forms of the external  moments that arrive before us, through the individual living beings with which we interface. Knowing this can trigger your willingness to start paying attention. If you can simply trust that what comes before you is the best vehicle to remember your true design and all that that implies, then you are on a fast track to amplifying the depth of that relationship even more…thoughts and feelings that arrive in and through fear are likely not of the Higher Self, but rather, rising from the combination of restricted energetic debris triggered by the form of the moment, and the belief systems that have current hold of your subconscious self/patterned conscious self. Higher Self is positive, uplifting, and life affirming. Steps taken in good faith from that guidance will lead you to a greater understanding of you, as a being, and of your capacities, tools, skills, as that Whole Self.

Simple…now, let’s play…

Open up to the idea that there exists an Infinite Wisdom available to all. This Wisdom intends to expand you into the grand design, reveals to you all of your capacities as a Spiritual Being having a human experience, is likely far beyond most current, accepted human perspectives, will bring the vibrations of heart based Love and compassion for all of life, connects and unifies, will be a direct line to your creative self that will inspire you to “make the world a better place”…see where this awareness takes you

Pay Attention to What Shows Up

Since the Higher Self steers your moments of living and what/who shows up to align with your purpose/intent/mission then you can look for meaning and direction in that form. No longer interpreting through the good/bad lens, you can see that all has value and thus, information. Likely, this will serve to soften your moments of living and plant ever expanding seeds of trust.

Automatic Writing

Opening to communication with the Higher Self though this medium allows the development of a reliable conduit for information, guidance, and conversation. The idea here is to allow the HS to speak through you. It involves paper and pencil. I have had great success with this in establishing dialogue with three primary guides who have visited unannounced or on demand through the years. I greet or ask questions with my dominant hand. Then I switch hands and allow the non-dominant side to reveal the response. It is a curious process at first. Holding the pencil with openness and anticipation, you will soon feel the device want to move. It will start to spell out an answer that may be a bit illegible in the beginning. It feels like your hand is being written with. The information is made mindful just as the hand moves so you will know what it is as your practice getting more legible. Obviously this involves practice. The practice develops the “muscles” to make this a trusted form of communication. You are encouraged to give it a whirl…

Asking for Assistance/Guidance

Although the Guardian Angel is the only external being that will intervene on your behalf without being asked, the Higher Self is an actual part of your design, so it can be interfaced with at any time consciously or even unconsciously, through dreams and inspiration. Simply open up and ask your Higher Self for guidance/information…and be open and willing to receive and ACT upon the guidance. This trust must be developed. You will not be steered in a negative direction, though the guidance may invite you to do things differently

Counseling

Engaging the Higher Self in personal problem solving is like going directly to the Source. Once you have opened up the channels then you can call upon automatic writing, spontaneous expression, the sense that you are being fed information through the back of your head at the medulla. Engaging in seeking support is an active process that is a large leap of good faith. Reaching out to the unseen opens up additional inner channels of connection and communication that are uniquely available to you for your use. Remember that you massage the relationship by trusting and acting upon the guidance. Remember also that you can make adjustments mid course on the guidance if it “feels right”. Talking with Spirit as if they were at your side is the place to be. Know also that the audible expression of your ideas is a command to the Cosmos to show up in kind.

Meditation

Entering the deeper meditative state is a conscious choice to learn to listen to guidance beyond your immediate self. Once the mind is clear of chatter and the body is relaxed we slip into a receptive state that is perfect for engaging guidance. Your meditation technique can be anything from a walk in the woods, to a formal meditative program. Find something that will allow you to get quiet and listen and commune.

Direct Communication

At some point as you continue to explore the development of Higher Self and self, you will grow out of the need for a technique. Instead, you will be in consistent dialogue with the Higher Self through the expanded mind via the Pineal Gland, which includes the heart, the belly plexus, and the medulla. Your receptivity will be noticeable in each of these areas. Knowing that each has a frequency about it will assist in the deeper meaning of the guidance. The plexus guidance is about action. The medulla guidance is about inspiration. The mind guidance is about wisdom. The heart guidance is about relationship. All together they are capable tools for the whole person.

Your Higher Self is and has been doing connective and guiding work with you throughout all of your incarnations. This connection is really nothing new. What is important, however, is that you are consciously connecting. This opens up mighty doors that will become good friends on your journey. In that alignment you will grow to be comfortable in how life shows up for you, no matter the form. This will allow  you to stay in your center, your power, your clarity, and in your expanded Spiritual Self. And that, my friend, is a fine place to be walking this journey from…