Our Eternal Spirit, in living a human life, which requires a beginning and an end to life, divides itself into a trinity of High Self, subconscious mind, and ego. High Self and subconscious mind maintain their divine identity during our sojourn in human form, while ego is solely identified with a mortal life in a physical body.

Since High Self retains its Spirit identity, it remains always present and observant, but largely dormant in daily life, unless solicited or drawn into action at some critical juncture in ego’s human life.

The subconscious mind, however, maintains its divine identity through its ability to make manifest in physical form any suggestions impressed upon it. It also exercises complete control over the maintenance of the human body, as well as retaining access to all human history, knowledge, and divine intelligence.

Before birth in physical form, one’s Spirit selects the issue or challenge the ego will be born with, for the purpose of deep exploration and resolution—that which will become experienced as the core issue, or purpose, of the ego’s human life.

The intent of this life challenge is, ultimately, for Spirit to grow through the knowledge and maturity gained by ego living out its human life and tackling its core purpose.

Before birth, ego agrees to this mission and consents to enter a human life with amnesia of this contract and its true immortal Spirit identity. Ego is then born through its human parents, with a blank slate consciousness, unaware of its true spiritual heritage and purpose, fully primed to adopt to life in mortal human form.

Much has been written about ego’s relationship with its subconscious mind, where ego unknowingly exercises its divine prerogative. With growing awareness, ego learns more about its innate ability to direct the power of suggestion to its subconscious mind, as it takes increasing conscious command of manifesting the life it intends.

Throughout ego’s earthly exploits the divine subconscious allows itself to be used to manifest ego’s suggestions, even if they are detrimental to the human life it is living. The subconscious does not judge motives, nor does it moralize; it simply exercises its divine ability to manifest the suggestions impressed upon it.

The design here is for ego to grow through the direct experience of the effects or outcomes of its choices and actions. Divinity does not punish; it grants ego its wishes and gives it the full experience of the outcomes of its beliefs, desires, and actions. Ego is fully responsible for its own growth.

Spirit, as High Self, is fully present. However, it remains quite passive, leaving ego to tackle its core issues on its own. However, if directly solicited by ego, High Self may give the subconscious mind the suggestion to manifest an outcome in support of ego on its journey.

This is illustrated in AA, where the first step is for the alcoholic to acknowledge powerlessness over the compulsion to drink alcohol. The second step is to acknowledge a power greater than ego, a Higher Self. The third step is for ego to ask High Self to exercise its power to lift one’s compulsion to drink. An alcoholic in recovery often experiences success at this third request, as the High Self suggests to the subconscious mind, who has total control over the body, to lift the compulsion to drink.

Many people who experience a near death experience (NDE) report that they are given the choice to return to life on Earth or to die in human form and continue their journey in infinity. However, sometimes ego is denied this choice, as High Self insists one return to life in the physical body. High Self, in this instance, is insisting that ego dig in deeper to its mission, its contract for the life it is in.

Jan shares this experience:

“It was 1989. I was with my former husband and my 6-month-old son, driving along a major highway in Nashville, Tennessee. My son was fussy and I kept turning around to comfort him. We were heading to a mall. There were two exit options. We had decided we would take the second exit, as it would bring us slightly closer to our destination. As I turned to my son, reaching back with my left arm, I was aware of the large blue cab of a tractor trailer bearing down on us, coming closer and closer. I sensed that my infant son could also feel the energy of this large blue force, as I could not console him. All of a sudden the atmosphere in our small compact car got very quiet, my son stopped screaming, everything seemed to slow down and we glided effortlessly off the highway onto the first exit, the one we had decided not to take. “Why did you turn off here?” I asked my husband. “I don’t know,” he said. “I just did.” Within seconds there was an accident. The large blue truck that had been behind us smashed into a van that had been in front of us, killing most of the occupants, including several children. Our small car would have been crushed like an accordion, our little family gone in an instant. We had sensed our car being driven off the road by some other, higher, intelligence that knew what was coming. It was not our time.”

Once again, we have an example of High Self intervening, instructing the subconscious mind to take physical control and exit the highway. From the vantage point of now, it is obvious that the High Self was determined to preserve Jan’s life to complete a recapitulation, or soul retrieval, of her early life of sexual abuse, the core issue of her life.

High Self is that portion of our Spirit that can be called upon for guidance as we journey through this life. It might respond via direct communication in vision, dream, or channeling. It might also suggest directly to the subconscious mind a path of events synchronistically arranged to communicate its guidance.

Be empowered to seek guidance and support from High Self and subconscious mind. Trust that High Self will protect your ability to complete your mission in this life, or continue it beyond this life, if it is the right time to leave.

With Gratitude to High Self,
Chuck