How to Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self (To Make Sure You Are on the Right Path)

By Ross Pittman ConsciousLifeNews.com

Contents
Meet Your Higher Self ..............................................................................................3 You Are ALWAYS Connected to Your Higher Self ..........................................................5 How You Communicate With Your Higher Self and Know If You Are on the Right Path ......7 You CAN Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self ........................................................9 The 10-Second Philosophy ...................................................................................... 10 Asking Quality Questions ........................................................................................ 11 Constant and Never-ending Improvement ................................................................ 13 Steps to Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self ...................................................... 15 Questions to Ask Your Higher Self about Manifestation ............................................... 17

How to Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self by Ross Pittman

Meet Your Higher Self

There are no ordinary people. The blur of everyday reality has created a world in which most of us have forgotten our unique and sacred existence...it is [our] true self, once discovered, that enables us to understand more clearly the nature of our world, and our own existence. - Kim Chestney Your Higher Self (or True Self) is your ultimate personal resource. It exceeds anything you know with your present awareness. Your Higher Self is the aspect of your consciousness that is closest to source. Its your divine essence and exists beyond space, time, and the confines of third dimensional reality. Your Higher Self is a fully realized eternal being, infinitely wise, and transcends your everyday consciousness. Access to the Higher Self is a capacity that we all have, but most are not aware of it. If you want to make sure that you are on the right path for your highest and best good and stay on that path, it is vitally important that you form a relationship and a bond with your Higher Self in order to receive its guidance from a perspective that can see clearly which way you need to go. This allows you to navigate and function in physical reality as a whole person. Without the guidance from higher self, you are like a ship without a rudder as you attempt to navigate physical reality. You have no idea if you are heading in the right direction. It is a hit or miss proposition, whereas forming a relationship with your higher self will enable you to receive guidance that will allow you to stay squarely on the vibrational path that represents your highest and best good The Higher Self can perceive all past, present, and future events. It has the perspective of being able to see all of the different possible realties that you can experience. So, the Higher Self is like the version of you that stands on the
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How to Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self by Ross Pittman mountain top, and can see far and wide all of the paths and pitfalls that you could take, whereas your conscious mind is like being down in a valley without the ability to see in advance the various paths and where they will lead. Your Higher Self is more aware of what you need than you are. It knows all you have been, all you are now, and all you are becoming. It is aware of all of the countless possibilities available for your growth and success, and which will best serve you. information. When you consciously interact with your Higher Self, you are accessing the highest level of your being. By establishing a bond with your Higher Self and regularly tuning in for guidance, you will have the rudder that you need in order to skillfully steer your life in the direction that produces the best possible outcomes. You will be able to manifest your experience of physical reality more efficiently, more powerfully, more clearly, and more consciously. This will enable you to design your life in the way that you truly want it to be. It has all of the solutions that you seek and access to great fields of

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You Are ALWAYS Connected to Your Higher Self

The physical mind has never had an original idea. Never! It is not the place where ideas are born. Ideas, concepts, imaginings come from the Higher Mind. - Bashar According to Bashar, you are always connected to and receiving ideas from your Higher Self or what he calls Higher Mind. Furthermore, Bashar says that all of our ideas come from the Higher Mind, and that the physical mind and the Higher Mind must work together in a balanced way for you to be a whole person. The following is a partial transcript of one of Bashars lectures in which he delves deeper into this topic: What you are experiencing when you conceive or imagine an image of an idea is actually coming from the Higher Mind. The Higher Mind conceives. The physical mind receives and perceives. The physical mind has never had an original idea. Never! It is not the place where ideas are born. Ideas, concepts, imaginings come from the Higher Mind. The physical mind and the Higher Mind must work together in concert in a balanced way for you to be considered a whole person. When you think that the physical mind is supposed to do all of the work, and think of everything, you are actually only functioning as half a mind. You must allow for communication to occur, balance to occur, and sharing to occur with the Higher Mind in order to be functional as a whole person. So, when we talk about visualizing your ideal reality, understand that what is happening is that the Higher Mind is conceiving that image and sending it to the physical brain, which then perceives the image. But the physical mind does NOT conceive the image. Its only perceives the image. More importantly, it only perceives an image that the physical mind is capable of
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How to Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self by Ross Pittman interpreting as relevant. There may actually be more information in that image than you are actually capable of perceiving with the physical mind that is coming from the Higher Mind. Thats why it is so important that when you get that image in your physical mind of what you prefer or desire, that you not insist that it must materialize in the exact way as it appears in the image because you may only be seeing half of the picture. There may be far greater ways that the Higher Mind can bring you the results that is actually more representative of the state of being of that reality of the vibration that you prefer in that reality. So, that is why you have to relax the idea and relax your insistence that what you manifest must match the image exactly how you picture it. When you relax that insistence, you allow for the possibility that you will manifest something even greater than you imagined with your physical mind. You allow the Higher Mind to manifest in a way that is truly most joyful, truly most loving, truly most exciting, and truly most creative, while at the same time simply using the visualization capabilities of your physical mind to get into the proper state represented by the picture the proper state that will allow you the capability of being open enough to receive the actual fullness of the manifestation that your Higher Mind is sending you.

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How You Communicate With Your Higher Self and Know If You Are on the Right Path
By following your passion, by following your excitement, by pointing the needle in that direction only, you will always be completely, purely, squarely on the path that is most truly you your core true natural self. - Bashar In another lecture, Bashar provided some great information about how we communicate with Higher Mind, and how we know if are on the right path. Watch this video titled Bashar Imagination... June 14, 2008 that contains a portion of that Bashar lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM-FDqWkuAw#! The following is a partial transcript of the above video: Imagination is the conduit between your Higher Mind and your physical mind. It is the pipeline through which your Higher Mind communicates with you, and through which, in receiving that communication, you can then, as physical beings, as physical personalities, apply the information, the imagination that comes from Higher Mind, the communication into your physical lives to alter them, to change them in ways that are more reflective of your passion, your excitement, your joy, your preference - or not. It is up to you to use this positively or negatively. It is up to you. Imagination is the key to allow an alignment to occur. And, if you are willing to use your imagination without filtering the communication from your Higher Mind through belief systems that contain fear, then you will find that the outcome can always be a positive one. And, you can always amplify and magnify that in any direction, in any area of your lives, whatsoever - no matter what.

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How to Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self by Ross Pittman The Higher Mind guides you towards the path of least resistance the path that is most truly you. The vibration of excitement, the vibration of passion, is what functions like the compass needle. It is your magnetic north to your true self. By following your passion, by following your excitement, by pointing the needle in that direction only, you will always be completely, purely, squarely on the path that is most truly you your core true natural self. Your imagination is the conduit through which your Higher Mind can guide you in this very easily, if you allow it to be effortless, which you can. Physical mind then chooses, in physical reality various ideas of how to apply these ideas coming from the Higher Mind in ways that are also pleasing to physical being that you are, the physical personality that you are, and you learn to work in concert as a whole being, as a whole person, with the Higher Mind... If the physical mind thinks that it must be the only one doing that job, it is going to be burdened; it is going to be weighed down; it is going to be tired. Because, the physical mind is not designed to know how things will happen. The physical mind is only designed to know how things have happened. The idea is thus then to trust the Higher Mind to let you know that if the Higher Mind is sending you information that pushes you in the direction of your passion and you trust that, what the Higher Mind is telling you is that by following your passion the HOW will be taken care of, because the Higher Mind can see how you are going to get there. And, the translation of that HOW through the imagination is the physical sensation of excitement, joy, passion, and love. Thats how the Higher Mind speaks to the physical mind through the conduit of the imagination with those feelings, those vibrations, those energies, pictures.

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You CAN Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self

"What you love is a sign from your higher self of what you are to do." Sanaya Roman Receiving guidance from your Higher Self or True Self is very attainable for everyone. All you need to do is to want to develop a relationship with your Higher Self and follow a few simple steps (which are detailed below). Pursuing an ongoing relationship with your Higher Self can alter your life forever. What would happen if you connected with such guidance every day? You can ask your Higher Self for anything: help in making a decision, insight into a particular area, as well as help manifesting any of your desires (see the manifestation questions below). Always be in gratitude for your Higher Self and offer thanks in advance for the answers that you are about to receive, which can help to open the channels for receiving. Whenever you receive an answer, always drill down and ask more questions to glean all of the guidance that you can get. For example, you might ask: What is the most important thing for me to do today for my highest and best good? Lets say that the answer that you receive is: Love yourself. Your next question should be something like: How can I best love myself? Lets say the answer is: Do something that makes you really enjoy doing. So, then you ask: What brings me the most enjoyment? Etc. When receiving guidance from your Higher Self, it is important to be open to any answer you receive, because it may not always be what you expect. As mentioned above, your Higher Self has a much more expansive view of your reality and may respond with an outside of the box answer.

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The 10-Second Philosophy

The right word, thought, question, phrase, or idea is all it takes to cause you to stop, go deeper inside, and reach your True Self. Derek Mills Derek Mills is a great example of somebody who drastically altered the course of his life when he decided to follow the guidance of his Higher Self, or what he calls True Self. Derek is the author of a book titled The 10 Second Philosophy: A Practical Guide to releasing Your Inner Genius. Heres a quote from the book: The 10-Second Philosophy is about immediate change and revealing your True Self, your inner genius. The right word, thought, question, phrase, or idea is all it takes to cause you to stop, go deeper inside, and reach your True Self. When you live from who you really are and use Standards to keep you in your Truth, life will never be the same again. Before Derek started connecting with his True Self, everything was on a downward spiral in his life - his work, his physical and mental health, his relationships with family and friends. But one insignificant question from an office security guard when Derek was working late one night caused Derek to stop, connect deep within himself, and in the next 10 seconds he began to see a way to change his entire life completely. Over the next few years this process led Derek to making amazing changes that created balance and harmony in all areas of his life, becoming a millionaire businessman, and sharing his 10-Second Philosophy with audiences worldwide. Here is an excellent interview with Derek on YouTube in which he tells his story about his life before and after he began tuning into guidance from True Self, titled: Changing your standards in life and live the life of your dreams! Derek Mills, UK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mITSJfiydfA

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Asking Quality Questions

Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential. Quality questions create a quality of life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers. Anthony Robbins Throughout his career, Anthony Robbins has been driven by a single question: what makes the difference in the quality of people's lives? He came to the conclusion that it is the questions we ask of ourselves and how well we look inside to find the answers that plays a key role. probing questions is your key to success. "You and I have that same power at our disposal every moment of the day," says Anthony Robbins. "At the moment, the questions that we ask ourselves can shape our perception of who we are, what we're capable of, and what we're willing to do to achieve our dreams." The genuine quality of life comes from consistent, quality questions," says Robbins. If you ask great questions, your Higher Self will provide great answers and solutions. Conversely, "If you ask a terrible question, you'll get a terrible answer," he says. Robbins popularized the use of questions in his excellent Personal Power programs. He devised three sets of questions: one for mornings, one for night, and another set to use when dealing with problems throughout the day. Morning Questions What am I most happy about in my life right now? What about that makes me happy? What am I most excited about in my life right now? What am I most grateful for in my life right now?
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In other words, asking quality and

How to Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self by Ross Pittman What am I enjoying most in my life right now? What am I most committed to in my life right now? Who do I love? Who loves me? What can I do today that will bring me joy? What are the most important things for me to do today that are for my highest and best good? Evening Questions What have I learned today? What have I enjoyed today? What have I improved upon or contributed today? How has today added to my life? What did I do today towards reaching my goals?

Problem Solving Questions What do I need to do today towards reaching my goals? How can I become successful and enjoy the process? What can I learn from this experience? How can I make this happen right now and enjoy the process? Whats working? What can be better? What is better than this? What's actually funny about this situation that I haven't noticed before?

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Constant and Never-ending Improvement

We only learn our limits by going beyond them. I propose that we all commit ourselves to the process of Constant and Never-ending Improvement - or CANI. Anthony Robbins In asking yourself the above questions, you can work on making incremental improvements every single day of your life, which build upon the improvements that you made the previous day. The cumulative impact on your life will be transformative. Anthony Robbins calls this process CANI, which stands for Constant and Never-ending Improvement. The Japanese have a single word for constant and never-ending improvement called "Kaizen." Kaizen is derived from the Japanese words Kai and Zen, where "kai" means change, and "zen" means good. Change is good. The philosophy behind Kaizen is usually credited to Dr. W. Edwards Deming, whose quality management principles of continuous improvement were embraced by the Japanese and was largely responsible for transforming their economy. According to Robbins, investing the time and effort to continuously improve yourself is how you create true security in life: "Most people never feel secure because they are always worried that they will lose their job, lose the money they already have, lose their spouse, lose their health, and so on. The only true security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way, that you are increasing the caliber of who you are and that you are valuable to your company, your friends, and your family."

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How to Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self by Ross Pittman Below are links to two terrific, short videos in which Robbins discusses the power of asking quality questions. The first one is titled Anthony Robbins: Shift Your Focus - The Power of Questions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr7Wkz7W7Vs The second video is titled Anthony Robbins: Asking the Right Questions. Robbins provides some examples of questions that we typically ask ourselves, and by simply changing the question you are instantly empowered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h7Sc53ZbHE

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Steps to Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self

Before you can receive guidance from your Higher Self, you must first get out of your head and into your heart. In other words, you must become heart centered, and the first seven steps below are about doing just that. 1. 2. Have the intention of becoming heart centered and be still (whether lying down, sitting or standing). Close your eyes if you can, because your attention is drawn inward when your eyes are closed. If you prefer, keep your eyes open and focus on a spot ahead of you. 3. 4. 5. 6. Slow down your breathing a bit, taking longer, deeper, and more deliberate breaths. Touch the area of your chest above your heart with one of your hands, as you would when you say the pledge of allegiance to the flag. Notice the rise and fall of your hand as you breathe in and out. Its as if you are breathing from your heart. Now, think of something puts a smile on your face (while keeping your hand over your heart). Perhaps its a fond memory of a parent, a child, or loved one. Or, perhaps its your favorite pet. Whatever it is, feel gratitude as if the memory is happening in the now. You should be smiling. If not, find another memory that puts a smile on your face and it generates the feeling of gratitude. 7. Continue doing that (slow breathing, hand on chest, and happy thought in mind) for several minutes. After two-three minutes, you should be heart coherent, which can last for up to six or seven hours. You are now out of your head and in your heart. 8. Next, while continuing to breathe slowly and deliberately, move your attention to your solar plexus for several breaths, and then even lower to your gut. Breathe slowly from there noticing your lower belly expand

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How to Receive Guidance from Your Higher Self by Ross Pittman and contract as you breathe in and out. It is helpful to place your hand on your stomach, covering your navel, and notice the movement of your hand as you breathe deeply and slowly. 9. You should notice a shift from external to internal consciousness as you continue to focus on your breath and the movement of your belly. You are in the now, just being, which is where you access your Higher Self. Trust that you have clear channel of communication with your Higher Self. Its ALL about trust. 10. Now, you are ready to ask your Higher Self a question (refer to the section above on asking quality questions). Start your question with Dear Higher Self 11. Whatever comes back to you first is the answer. Receive it without any doubt or judgment. 12. Follow whatever answer, guidance, or ideas come from your Higher Self. After a bit of practice, you be able to do steps 1-7 fairly quickly and become heart coherent. Then, you can move your focus down to your gut and ask quality questions of your Higher Self. When you receive an answer, it up to you to act upon it. Its your choice. Know that every single small course correction and improvement matters. Remember CANI and Kaizen. Good change is good, no matter how small or insignificant it seems at first. Because, when you make that change, you are actually shifting into an adjacent possibility of existence. Every time you make a small change for the better, you are stimulating a butterfly effect that will, in essence, change your entire life.

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Questions to Ask Your Higher Self about Manifestation

Always make sure that you are heart-centered and connected to Higher Self whenever you want to get clarity and clear the way for manifestation. The questions below are for manifesting abundance, but can easily be modified for anything that you want to manifest: Is it in my highest good to have abundance? (Sometimes you get an answer that it depends upon how you are going to use it. So then ask: What would my intention for using abundance have to be in order to manifest abundance?). What kind of person do I need to become or who do I need to be in order to manifest abundance? What do I need to clear and/or heal in order to allow the abundance in?

Constantly check in to see how you feel about manifesting your intention. Anytime there is any doubt (less than 100%), continue to ask probing questions: What is preventing me from manifesting abundance? What is it that I need to know about abundance to move forward? Is there something or someone in my life that I need to clear in order for abundance to come into my life?

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