There are times in our lives where we feel off, as though something isn’t quite right. We feel irritable, angry, aren’t treating people how we want to treat them, we let the stresses of life get to us easily.

Does this sound like your life at the moment?

Or do you feel as though this is something which constantly happens to you without your control?

When we recognise that our outer world is a reflection of our inner world then we will see that this outer chaos, these outer dramas, perhaps even illnesses are manifestations from the level which we are operating at internally. Whether we are operating through our ego self or our higher self will affect every aspect of our lives.

So what exactly is our higher self?

Our higher self or our true selves is the connection we have to the universe.

The higher self focuses its energy on love, unity and wisdom. Your higher self not only has the best interests of you but realises that we are all interconnected and allows your life to be led in a holistic way helping all of those around you.

Alternatively, you have the false or ego self which focuses its energy on greed, anger, jealousy, masking itself as who you think you are.

Our ego selves are strengthened throughout our lives and exist due to a build-up of fear and suffering which we encounter. Many people are attached to their ego selves falsely believing that is who they are and as a result they are unaware of being able to connect to their higher selves and living a life of truth.

Picture your higher self as a beautiful flourishing garden, who some of you may not even know exists yet. This garden thrives on love, unity and exists in paradise.

Now imagine your ego or false self as an arrangement of plastic plants positioned into a garden. It is much easier to give these plastic plants your attention, little needs to be done and they will continue to exist.

Society tells us that the physical appearance of objects is high ranking, so this ego garden thrives because of its seemingly pleasant surface appearance. However, these plastic plants are unable to give back to you in the way that your higher self garden can.

Your higher self garden can grow and blossom and give back to you, purifying the air and providing you with sustenance and life giving energy. Your higher self asks nothing of you but to become one with it, to realise you are that beautiful flourishing garden.

There are simple methods we can implement daily to connect us to our higher selves and lessen our dependence on our ego selves.

1. We can implement a meditation regime daily, whether it is as soon as we wake up, before we sleep, the 5 minutes we have on the bus or train ride home or to work. Firstly set the intention of connecting and integrating our body, mind and spirit with our higher self. By integrating all of these aspects with our higher self we are able to achieve the level of inner peace and integrity we need to grow and flourish in our lives.

2. At random points throughout the day spend a moment to give thanks and express gratitude for something in your life. It could be the relationship you have with a friend or family member, or a beautiful sunrise you saw that morning. Give your energy to this situation and send that positive energy outward. This will help strengthen the connection to the higher self and put the ego self aside.

3. Give through whatever means you can. This may be giving through doing a small favour for someone you know, or even a complete stranger. We all have gifts to give whether it is the gift of art, singing, music, writing or dance. There are endless ways you can give back to others.

By giving back we let go of the connection we have with our ego self and realise the interconnectedness of the universe and how small acts of kindness ripple through society.

1. Recognise what patterns bring you down to a lower level of your ego self, where you are slipping into bad habits and repeating past mistakes.

For some of you this may be the people you are surrounding yourself with, the external stimuli such as the shows you are watching, the destructive news you allow in your environment or the food and toxic substance you allow into your body.

Connecting and integrating our higher selves in our everyday life, and eventually living our entire existence this way allows us to live the best possible life we are here to live.

Remember that every day we wake up we have the choice to live our lives through our ego false self or choose to connect to our higher selves and live in truth, love and wisdom.

- viazenar

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