I've found out directly through experience as well as through communicating with expanded guidance, that the reality of Oneness and Individuality are equally true and equally important, co existing truths.
It's just that humans have a long history of over emphasizing the individuality part and so sometimes it's helpful to counter balance that with emphasizing the oneness part. But, it can be over done, just as individuality can be.
Quote:We are the higher level beings.
While this is essentially true, it doesn't mean a lot in a practical sense when so many operate from a largely unconscious and/or human centered way.
We are all parts of Source, and were made in the image of same--our Spirits were. We are of the same essence. Yet, through freewill, we have temporarily created blocks/hindrances between ourselves and our true Source nature.
It's not a matter of just thinking them away, and repeating to self, "I'm part of Source, I'm part of Source". It takes definite work, service, many experiences in varied environs. It takes living, choosing, and opening up to Love, which, when connected to a human animal being, is quite a difficult process to master.
I've yet to meet a fellow human in physical, in this life, who has completely converted all their slow vibratory/low density human parts of selves completely into pure Love/Light. I've met a rare few that are getting close and have the definite potential.
Meanwhile, everything in reality, operates according to Like attracts, begets, and resonates with Like. This fundamental, core Law built into creation means that you experience what you put out. Sourceness attracts, begets, and resonates with Sourceness. It also means that perception follows beingness. An individual begins to perceive more clearly, accurately, broadly, and holisically, as they "expand" or more purely attune to pure Love more and more.
There are no short cuts.
If it was as simple as mentally recognizing that we are the higher level beings, then there would be a heck of a lot more fully awake individuals out there connected to human form. 99% of the ones whom claim to be, seem to be either deluded or frauds.
Regarding guidance, I'm with Albert. The expanded guidance that I communicate with, I tend to think of as wise friends more than anything. While I think of them as friends, at the same time, I'm aware that some of the individuals and groups involved, are definitely more evolved than both "personality" level "me" (the flesh Justin), and more evolved than nonphysical version/level me.
This doesn't mean that someday, I won't be where they are at (that's the plan and the goal), but I also very much know that I'm not fully there yet either. And that's ok. It doesn't make my guidance "better" than me, but when they speak, I listen.
I do believe there are different levels and kinds of guidance though. I think it's important for people to have the conscious intention and desire, to communicate primarily with the most expanded/helpful/loving/aware/positive level of guidance.
These, I tend to think of as the Co-Creators, can help a person more than any other level, even more than their own Expanded self collective. That is because they are fully consciously in that pattern of being "higher level beings". They are fully intune with pure Love, pure wisdom, pure awareness, pure helpfulness. There is no lack of Love, no negativity within them anymore. They have removed all hindrances, all obstacles, all that kept them from conscious unity with the Whole and with Source--as they, like us, once experienced the lack (conscious unity).
These don't want to be worshiped, put on pedestals, etc but if we were practical, if we were wise, and humble, we would realize that such individuals and levels are worth listening to, even more than one's own self at times.
And ime, these are commonly perceived as having a brilliant, very radiant White Light emanation. So now we've come full circle.