Aligning with Your Higher Self

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of talent. Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is
full of educated derelicts Persistence and determination alone are
omnipotent. They have solved and always will solve all the problems of
the human race." (Calvin Coolidge)

Dear Soul Friend,

Do you want to have greater awareness? There is only one way to get it:
persistence, persistence!

Consider this excerpt from the prosperity classic, "Thought Vibration!" by

William Atkinson.

"Mental Force operates best when it is concentrated. Give to the desired

thing your best and most (serious) thought. Just as the man who is
thoroughly in love will think out plans and schemes whereby he may please
his love, so will the man who is in love with his work or business give it
his best thought. The result will be that numerous, important plans will
come into his field of consciousness."

"The mind works on the subconscious plane and always along the lines of
the ruling passion or desire. It will fix up things, and patch together
plans and schemes. When you need them the most, it will pop them into your
consciousness and you will feel like (cheering), just as if you had
received some valuable aid from outside."

"You must love the thing you wish to attain. Nothing but intense love will
enable you to surmount the many obstacles placed in your path. Nothing but
that love will enable you to bear the burdens of the task. The more Desire
you have for a thing, the more you Love it. And the more you Love it, the
greater will be the attractive force exerted toward its attainment - both
within yourself, and outside of you."

So if you want to achieve greater awareness... you must persistently focus

your attention on doing so. A time tested proven way to connect with
inner guidance is this f-r-e-e exercise "Aligning with Your Higher Self"
on - persistence in doing this will connect you!

Exercise: Aligning with Your Higher Self

Summary: Contacting Your Higher Self Directly by Energetic Alignment

Background: Your Higher Self is the most perfect form of "you" that
exists in the universe. It is always gently guiding you on your
journey through life. It's guidance manifests itself in your life in
many ways: as a still small voice, as vivid images, as flashes of
insight, and as intuition and knowingness. If your Higher Self has led
you to this exercise and has prompted you to read this, then you are
ready to do it.

Joan Borysenko and Joan Drescher communicated the importance of

contacting your Higher Self in their book, "On Wings of Light:
Meditations for Awakening to the Source" (1992). Let the beauty of
these words sink in before continuing.

"The whole of eternity is present in each moment.

When I live my life one moment at a time, one breath at a time,
I live from my Highest Self which is one with all.
I am a child of the one light, a bridge between heaven and earth.
When love flows across that bridge, miracles happen".

Goal: This exercise help to connect you energetically to your Higher

Self. This will enable you to better "see", "hear", "feel", or "know"
their guidance. Your Higher Self's guidance will come to you in the
way that is best for you to receive it.

Some people receive guidance from their Higher Self by seeing it in

the form of images and pictures. Others receive guidance by hearing
the voices. Still others get guidance by feeling it in their bodies.
And others just have a sudden knowledge of what this guidance is.
However it comes, it is always timely and invaluable.

Preparation: For the best results, you will need to do this exercise:

1> When you are in a quiet place where you will be undisturbed for 15
minutes.

2> When it can be performed standing or lying down (it works less well
if you are sitting since your body should be perfectly straight and
aligned while doing it).

3> If you are not familiar with the location and functioning of your
energy chakras, please take a few moments to review these terms, just
click here.

4> How ready you are to receive guidance from your Higher Self
(assuming that your body is reasonably healthy and clear) is what will
determine how long it will take you to connect with it. The average
person will take from 3 to 6 months to establish the connection. Many
people have connected with their Higher Selves the first time they try
this exercise. So - literally - it all depends on you.

5> Be patient with yourself in the time to come. Contacting your

Higher Self can be quite disorienting for your body until it is able
to accustom itself to the energy of your Higher Self. If you are doing
this process to effect a change in your life and to receive a greater
degree of personal guidance, then you need to be fully prepared for
it. You know the old saying: "Be careful what you wish for, you might
get it!"

How to Do This Exercise:

1> Take some deep, refreshing breaths until you are totally
comfortable and relaxed in whatever position you have chosen (it
should take you no more than 3 minutes to get comfortable).

2> Close your eyes and put your attention on the screen of your inner
vision. See your body in your mind's eye being bathed in white light
(or whatever color light represents healing to you). Whatever you do,
do NOT use the color of black for this purpose under any circumstances
(for more on this click here).

3> Although you do not need to envision how your Higher Self looks for
this exercise, you will need to know that your Higher Self is located
somewhere above your head. This exercise will connect up all your
energy chakras with your Higher Self by running energy cords from
these chakras through the center of your body, out through your head,
and up to your Higher Self.

4> Imagine an bright cord of healing light extending from your crown
chakra travelling up and connecting directly to your Higher Self
located above you.

5> Imagine a cord of that light extending from your third eye chakra
travelling up and connecting directly to the healing cord between you
and your Higher Self.

6> Imagine a cord of that light extending from your throat chakra
travelling up and connecting directly to the healing cord between you
and your Higher Self.

7> Imagine a cord of that light extending from your heart chakra
travelling up and connecting directly to the healing cord between you
and your Higher Self.
8> Imagine a cord of that light extending from your solar plexus
chakra travelling up and connecting directly to the healing cord
between you and your Higher Self.

9> Imagine a cord of that light extending from your sacral chakra
travelling up and connecting directly the healing cord between you and
to your Higher Self.

10> Imagine a cord of that light extending from your root chakra
travelling up and connecting directly to the healing cord between you
and your Higher Self.

11> Once all these connections are completed, there should be single
energy cord coming from each chakra which are blended into the giant
energy cord above your head that connects to your Higher Self. In
essence, the "line" to your Higher Self is open and you are ready to
receive their guidance.

12> At this point, you must ASK to receive from your Higher Self
whatever guidance or wisdom that they wish to impart. They cannot
contact you directly without first receiving your permission.

13> Then you must be open to receive whatever comes through. Remember
that it can take awhile for this connection to be made. So be patient
and have faith in the process. If you are sincere in your desire to
receive contact from your Higher Self then you absolutely will receive
it... that is what "they are there for".

Example: It is impossible to give an example of exactly how this

exercise might unfold for you since we are all unique, Divine
creations and we all connect with our own divinity in different ways.
When I think of my journey through many lifetimes and what my Higher
Self is all about this is what I think of. It is the most inspiring
poem that I have ever heard. It is "Envictus" by William Ernest Henley.

Out of the night that covers me, black as a pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever Gods may be for my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance: I have not winced or cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance, my head is bloodied but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears - looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years finds and shall find me unafraid.
I matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishment, the
scroll.
I am the Master of my Fate. I am the Captain of my Soul.

Credits: adapted from an exercise developed by Ellen Mogensen and

Elizabeth Severino