What It Means To Align With Your Higher Self

The term “higher self” is a term often used in spirituality, metaphysics, and psychic work, but it can be very confusing. What exactly is it? Is it our subconscious, our conscience, our alter ego, our soul, our spirit?

While these aspects are all related in some way to the higher self, it’s best understood as the most enlightened and transcendent part of our being.

Our soul or spirit is the conscious, evolving part of us in this lifetime, while the higher self is our soul’s highest potential. It is our divine blueprint and our eternal spiritual essence that exists beyond our physical self in the non-physical. It’s the timeless, eternal part of us that embodies the divine essence of who we are.

While the incarnated aspect of soul is the conscious experiencer throughout our lifetime, the higher self is the permanent aspect of the soul that exists in the higher realms.

The higher self is not a separate personality or individual being, but a deeply integrated, higher foundation of our soul. It is like a spiritual archive of all the wisdom, experiences and lessons accumulated from our past lives, as well as our soul contracts and higher purpose for this lifetime, serving as a blueprint for our soul’s evolution and life journey. It reflects the highest aspects of our being.

When we connect with our higher self, we align with this elevated aspect of who we truly are and what we intend to accomplish in this life and the next. This connection gives us clarity and insight into our soul’s path. It allows us to see life from a higher perspective and guides us to make choices that promote personal and spiritual growth. Connecting with the higher self helps us navigate life’s challenges with greater ease and purpose, allowing our soul to evolve and expand.

Energetically, we connect to our higher self through the crown chakra (7th chakra), which is located just above the top of our head. This chakra is traditionally seen as the link to spiritual enlightenment, the universal consciousness and the divine. It is the energy center that governs our spiritual awareness, higher consciousness, and understanding of the universe. It is the gateway to the higher self, the spirit realm and the divine.

However, some modern spiritual teachers also speak of the soul star chakra (or 8th chakra), also called the ‘angel chakra’ or the ‘higher self gateway,’ as the higher energy point that connects us to our higher self. While the crown chakra connects us to the universal consciousness, the angel chakra is thought to be more directly connected to our individual soul’s purpose, wisdom, and karmic lessons we’ve learned along the way.

Either way, the energy center at the top of our chakra system acts as a bridge between our human experience and the higher, spiritual part of who we are, helping us to understand our soul’s path and inspire our spiritual growth.

The higher self does not “speak” to us as a separate entity. Instead it is divine energy that manifests as intuitive knowing, inner guidance, and divine inspiration. Sometimes the emergence of this innate soul wisdom prompts us to release what no longer serves us or to embrace new paths that align with our soul purpose.

Connecting with this higher wisdom requires us to be open and in alignment, willing to face truths that may challenge our current goals or beliefs, and ready to embrace new paths of personal and spiritual growth.

How To Access Your Higher Self

To access and align with your higher self, here are some practical strategies:

Self-reflection: Taking time to reflect, especially through journaling, helps uncover deeper thoughts and patterns. Setting an intention to connect with your higher self can bring clarity to questions or challenges you’re facing. Over time, reviewing your journal entries may reveal recurring themes and insights that clarify your soul purpose and karmic lessons.

Meditation: Meditation is one of the most powerful ways to connect with your higher self. By calming your mind and turning inward, you create space for clarity and wisdom to emerge. Whether through breathwork, guided meditation, chanting, or simply sitting in silent contemplation, meditation heightens your awareness and helps you tune in to higher consciousness.

Psychic Mediumship: A reading with a trusted psychic medium or channeler can provide direct access to your higher self. Through these readings, the medium taps into the Akashic Records – your soul’s energetic archives – to offer profound insights into your life path and spiritual journey.

Divination Practices: Tools such as tarot cards, runes, or pendulums can help you access your higher self. These tools act as gateways, providing information and guidance that aligns with your soul purpose. With an open heart and clear intention, you can use divination practices to gain valuable insights.

Past Life Regression: Revisiting past lives through regression therapy can reveal karmic lessons that need attention. This practice helps to release old beliefs, heal past traumas, and bring awareness to unresolved soul-level lessons, helping you to align with your higher self.

Energy Work: Techniques such as Reiki, chakra balancing, crystal and sound healing can remove blockages that prevent you from connecting with your higher self. Focusing on energy flow in the crown (or angel chakra) can enhance your ability to tap into the wisdom of your higher self.

Shadow Work: By addressing the repressed parts of ourselves – often rooted in fear, shame, or past trauma – we heal deep emotional wounds and release energetic blockages. Embracing our shadow allows us to release limiting beliefs, energy blockages and negative patterns, removing barriers to spiritual growth and alignment with the higher self.

Dreamwork: Your dreams are a valuable tool for connecting with your higher self. Before going to sleep, set an intention to receive guidance from your higher self and keep a dream journal. Analyzing your dreams can reveal patterns, insights and inspirations from your higher self.

Rituals & Ceremonies: Personal rituals or ceremonies create sacred spaces where you can consciously connect with your higher self. Lighting candles, saying prayers, invoking ancestors, spirit guides or angels, and moon rituals can all serve as pathways to deeper wisdom. Rituals help realign you with your true essence and soul purpose, and foster an ongoing connection with spiritual guidance.

Aligning with your higher self will illuminate your life path and soul purpose and strengthen your ability to face everyday challenges with courage, wisdom and grace. Though facing the truths of our soul journey and highest potential may present challenges, it ultimately leads to a life of fulfillment, karmic accomplishment, and spiritual growth.