HI, Some views on the higher self/awareness



Higher Self is a term associated with multiple belief systems and is sometimes associated with the eternal, conscious, and intelligent being. The term has been popularized by those involved in new age and new religious movements (Neopaganism); however, it is used by many different groups and it can therefore have multiple meanings and interpretations. It has been linked to Aleister Crowley and the Holy Guardian Angel, as well as Theosophists.
(I  dont like these people and believe they were bad or even evil)



Summary

All individuals are one of the many incarnations that the Higher Self or the "real" you, sends to garner experiences on the third density, in this case, Earth. When an individual dies, the energy stream is withdrawn from the physical body. Without the physical constraint, an individual is allowed to spend more time exploring the third, fourth, and parts of the fifth densities in order to keep building a portfolio of life experiences. This is done until the energy stream is completely absorbed back into the Higher Self. This happens when all of the incarnations have achieved their main objectives, at which point the individual and its other incarnations are merged back with your Higher Self, the "real" you.

The physical universe (the Earth, sun, galaxy) is within the confine of the third density. The fourth density is where dreams, astral projections, or out-of-body experiences occur. The fifth density is where the Higher Selves live.


Groups of Higher Selves

Non-participating Higher Selves: these are individuals who have not ventured out of their most primitive and native territories.
Sequentially-incarnating Higher Selves: Sequential incarnation is a new incarnation that will begin when the previous one has ended and its Higher Self has determined a need for further 3rd density experience. They do so by extending an energy stream from the 5th density into physical vehicles on the 3rd density. This process is commonly known as incarnation. Currently, all alien species (in contrast to Earth inhabitants, or "Earthers") within this galaxy, including those on Earth, are incarnation streams from sequentially incarnating Higher Selves.
Simultaneously-incarnating Higher Selves: these individuals were once in sequential mode, but now have a desired to learn and experience at a faster rate and made the decision of switching to the simultaneous mode. The process resembles that of sequentially incarnating Higher Selves except that all of the energy streams are extended at the same time, thus the term simultaneously. This group consists of approximately 35% of the human population on Earth.

Others: there are other Higher Selves such as the Nature Higher Self that inhabits Earth and gains experiences through manifestations of various natural elements, animals, and plants. A planet or star is considered dead when its former inhabiting Higher Self or other types of being completes its goal and withdraws their energy. Planets like Earth which undergo serial attempts at Higher Consciousness are known as thrones. Earth itself is undergoing somewhere between its 6th to 13th attempt at a higher vibration/consciousness. See Alice Bailey's writings.

Comparison

Sequential: the initial incarnation is given no pre-incarnating knowledge, much like creating a blank portfolio. While an incarnation is having its ups and downs in the 3rd density, learning in the process, valuable experiences are gained and "uploaded" into the Higher Self via the energy stream. This is similar to adding voluminous collections of textual descriptions, images, feelings, etc. of the experiences into the said portfolio. When sequential Higher Selves decide that more incarnations are necessary, they provide the next incarnation with the existing portfolio up to this point as the base knowledge to start anew. Therefore, sequentially incarnating Higher Selves start with one empty portfolio, pack more and more knowledge into it with each incarnation, and pass the hard-earned portfolio to the next incarnation. They may decide to switch to the simultaneous state if so desired.

Simultaneous: the Higher Selves decide that they probably require a specific number, say N (hundreds or thousands), of incarnations to gain the experiences they desire. As a result, again using the portfolio analogy, they open up N blank portfolios at the same time, and each of the N incarnations is responsible for one of these portfolios. Having N incarnations at the same time has the advantage of learning N different things, enjoying N different lives, etc. However, the challenge is that these incarnations have to work out the contents of the portfolio by themselves alone because there will be no previously created portfolios available, as in the case of sequential incarnation. Because there are N "uplinks," simultaneously incarnating Higher Selves are constantly receiving an incredible amount of information from their incarnations. As a side benefit of uploading, real-time information sharing is possible among the incarnations: the essential, related, funny, or otherwise useful contents of one portfolio, as determined by the Higher Self, may be filtered to the portfolio of other incarnation(s) via the energy streams of the Higher Self.


Huna
According to Max Freedom Long, the Huna of Hawaii teach that the higher self is a trans-personal super conscious that connects with the Universal life force energy and is located above the crown chakra.

Some Western models teach an approach to the higher self via raising consciousness through the conscious mind of the individual, using meditation and methods like these. In contrast, the huna recommend first connecting to the lower self or subconscious mind which communicates to the higher self. In these teachings, the lower self possesses ESP, telepathy and clairvoyant abilities for example. In this capacity, it accepts reinforced messages from the conscious which it transmits to the higher self, and gives the conscious mind messages it receives from the higher self in symbolic form via dreams or intuition.

At some point, the selves shift when the conscious fuses with the higher self, the subconscious self moves into the place of the conscious and a new subconscious takes its place in the capacity of the former lower self. This is likened to a process of transformation or ascension.

I dont agree with this all, but it makes good reading

alan

Hi Guys-
The Kruger experience parallels one of mine that I obtained (in my 20s - not as an older and wiser individual) by simply holding my breath until I passed out -  but it only lasted a few seconds while my internal mechanisms rest and brought me back again. I still can locate the levels of perception and the faces that look back at me by pausing my everyday life.

The general teachings of Ramana Maharshi aim at recognition of one's "True Self", as do those of many other Hindu teachers. Personally, I always thought of it as the God-end of the line connecting me to God. Us people get the "other end of the stick". This would also explain the experiences of yoga, in which we are progressively more aware of God as we deepen meditation, until everything vanishes into the oneness.

I recall a story about Crowly. It seems that he and some friends had organized to perform a long incantation intended to bring forth, among other things, the odor of roses.  They went through the ritual, and finally, at the penultimate point they were rewarded with a horrific crash. The water closet from the floor above, together with its sewage piping, had fallen through the floor. The oder was profound, but not of roses.

Knda makes one want to avoid that kind of magic.

dave

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Regarding the above comment, again, I don't know about the Theosophy people, but I "don't" get the feeling that people such as Robert Monroe and Bruce Moen are evil, nor some of the people who have visited this forum on occasion and have made contact with their higher self in a disk sense.

Isn't it at all possible that it is through our higher selves that we make contact with God?

I would also like to add that I don't beleive it is accurate to say that each self/probe that returns to a disk/higher self is eaten by its higher self. I'm not 100% certain, but at this point I believe that when a self/probe returns to its disk/higher self, it becomes a participating member of its disk, and eventually obtains the knowledge of its disk and other disk members.  In the end you get many beings who exist at higher self level, rather than just one being.

Or in other words, a higher self/disc being extends parts of itself, until such parts become beings in their own right.  Similar to how God has extended his own being in various ways. Of course, nothing ever becomes completely seperated. Extend might not be the best term, because everything happens within. I'm just speaking in 3D terms.

Alan:

I wasn't suggesting you were.  In the past you've spoken kindly of Bruce.

Considering that you don't speak of them in such a way, you have some examples of people who speak of higher selves without being evil in some way.


Alan McDougall wrote on Feb 1^st, 2008 at 4:36pm: