If you aren’t sure how to identify the voice that comes from Spirit and/or your higher self, the easiest way to tell is by evaluating the feelings that come with it. Messages from Spirit and your higher self will always come with a sense of peace. You may have a “what-if” response that causes you to feel fear and anxiety, but the message itself will never have those feelings attached to it. Messages from Spirit and our higher self always come with feelings of peace and well-being. Even if they guide us to be cautious about something, it will still come with a sense of peace and protection; their message will never be that we have something to fear.
Facing Ourselves: Misconceptions and Delightful Surprises
Our biggest hurdle in facing ourselves is our fear that it will make us feel awful about ourselves. We spend our lives using all kinds of methods to run from ourselves because we’re sure that facing the truth of everything we’ve done and has been done to us – and what those things must mean about who we are – will crush us with the badness of it. Once we remember and embrace who we are, that shifts and broadens our perspective. Our eyes are opened to the fact that we have nothing to fear about anything, including our past. If we face our fear of connecting to ourselves, we learn the very truth that reveals EVERY fear we have is of something that doesn’t genuinely exist.
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Technique: Embracing our Ego/Shadow Self
In the previous post, I explained the significance of our ego/shadow self, as well as the importance of embracing it. In this post, I’ll explain the specifics for that process.
The Significance of Ego/Shadow Self
You can find a short definition here: Terminology. As mentioned here, we’re all being pulled in two different directions by our human self and being (higher) self. Both have the same goal – to feel happy and safe – but they have very different ideas about how to achieve this. The higher self knows exactly what will get us there. Unfortunately, the ego is a lot louder and more emphatic than the higher self and has biological wiring on its side. Every message from the ego comes stamped with “necessary for survival.” The higher self knows better so its messages rarely feel as urgent. The ego is panicked and reactive, whereas the higher self knows there’s never a reason to panic. This post covers the nature of the dynamic, how to shift it, and how the change will make our life better.