Demystifying the Mystical- What is Your "Highest Self"?
You hear the term, “Highest Self” being used a lot, but what does it actually mean?
Let me help to demistify this for you (;
Simply put, your Highest/Higher Self means you at your very best. I’m not talking physically though, your Highest Self transcends that— I’m talking about your very best emotionally, mentally, and most importantly, spiritually. Your Highest Self is rooted in love and compassion— it knows better than to spout off something mean and vindictive to someone who may have hurt you. Sure, you’d like to— but your Highest Self guides you towards using words that are entrenched in love and understanding instead.
Your Highest Self wants the absolute best for you, but the way it shows up may look different for everyone. Say, for instance, you’re tired of waking up and rushing out the door to get to work, so you make the decision to create a better morning ritual for yourself. Your Highest Self can help guide you towards that change: rather than sleeping in for an additional 15 minutes (despite the fact that you’d absolutely love to), you choose to wake up earlier to journal instead, helping you ease into your morning. For someone else whose also wanting to create a better morning ritual, they may feel called to do a morning jog rather than journaling. Regardless of how your Highest Self shows up, ultimately it wants what’s best for YOU…and guess what?!
What’s in YOUR highest and best is also working out for EVERYONE’S highest and best.
Isn’t that amazing?
Like seriously though, how fucking amazing would the world be if everyone operated from their Highest Self (or at least tried to)?!
It’s not always easy to connect with your Highest Self— especially if your ego decides to get in the way, and trust me, IT WILL WANT TO. This is why in order for you actually CONNECT with your Highest Self, you need to consciously make the decision to do so. If you think about it, your Highest Self is really a higher level of a consciousness, so it’s up to you to decide if you want to meet yourself there.
How does your Highest Self show up? For me, I ask the universe to help guide me towards my Highest Self daily. It shows up when I choose to exercise after a long day of work rather than vegging out on the couch. It especially shows up when I’m upset about something and guides me towards a space of grace and compassion, rather than anger and resentment. I consciously make the choice to work with my Highest Self every single day and here’s the thing…
YOU CAN TOO!
Or at the very least, you can try.
So, my sweet soul, I challenge you this— notice when ego shows up. What space do you choose to react from? Is it one filled with love and forgiveness? Or do you choose to hold on to ego and stay angry instead? When you need help responding to ego, call on your Highest Self. You got your back.
And I got yours. XO
