Maybe once in a lifetime, we find ourselves seeking spiritual
growth mostly when everything we try to do is hard to achieve.
Among the many questions that consequently come out are: Who am
I? Why am I here? Is there a Higher Power?
Since arguing over thesequestions surely can bring down a lot of
lines, I will present to you some definitions from the common
New Age term “Higher Self,” which I believe is the very
important start of all well being. The Higher Self is your
connection to your spirit or spirituality. It is the
consciousness of your soul. It is that part of you which is
closer to God and has never forgotten its divine connection. It
is only concerned and actively interested with how YOU are going
to evolve your spirit. Your “Higher Self” does not grieve, feel
pain or failure.
I also like what Sanaya Roman teaches and explains in her book
Spiritual Growth: Being Your Higher Self (Earth Life Book III).
Through practical techniques, Spiritual Growth teaches readers
how to move to higher consciousness, to their higher selves, and
create a vision of their higher self. Thus it could be a great
proposal, or any other book related to personal enlightenment.
For a better picture, think of the “Lower Self” or ego
personality as the contrary of higher self. The lower self is
encapsulated within its own desires; once a desire is
accomplished, other desires spring up. It never stops.
However, spiritual techniques like meditation assist people to
switch from Lower Self to the Higher Self, which is used by
certain schools of spiritual teaching such as the Golden Dawn
and Theosophy.
Golden Dawn
The Order of the Golden Dawn, a magical group which was founded
in England by men with backgrounds in Rosicrucian and Freemason
societies, flourished for some 40 years prior to 1920. This
occult society admitted both male and female members with equal
status and now significant proportions of it’s senior officers
are female.
>From the neo-pagan revival to the New Age movement, the Golden
Dawn’s wealth of teachings still has a profound and lasting
effect on all those who seek spiritual enlightenment in the
western world. Astrology, tarot, Kabbala and the Egyptian
mysteries formed the backbone of their teachings.
Theosophy
Theosophy is a fragment of the ancient wisdom teaching. The
masters of Theosophy, located in Tibet and around the world,
preserve and extend this ancient wisdom. Periodically they send
a messenger – Helena Blavatsky – to help spread this teaching to
all of humanity. The Theosophical Society is a worldwide
association of men and women determined to encourage altruism
and compassion. Founded by Helena P. Blavatsky, and several
others, it is one expression of a spiritual and educational
movement that has been active in all ages. Its objectives are:
•to demonstrate that the oneness of all life is a fact in
nature, and to form a nucleus of a universal brotherhood; •the
study of ancient and modern religions, sciences, and
philosophies; •to investigate and share natural truths — the
spiritual, psychological, and material laws and powers found in
the cosmos and in the human being.