No matter what the circumstances are,
you can always (re-)act from your higher self.
Stop blaming everything and everyone-but-yourself,
for how you live your life.
We are so used to living from our ego, from our protective self,
that we tend to forget we have a say in how we act and react in life.
First of all, we all have an ego, aka a protective self,
and that is okay.
We just should not let it rule our lives.
In times where we still needed to survive in harsh, wild environments,
we needed that protective self to keep us alive:
we needed to be on guard all the time,
we needed to expect danger,
or we did not survive.
Nowadays, there is less (hardly any)
life-threatening danger nearby anymore.
That means:
we can relax more,
we can enjoy beauty and positive things,
we can be kind and caring towards other people,
we can be trusting,
without fearing for our lives.
Another aspect of how our ego, our ‘protective self ‘comes into existence is,
while being a child:
people (parents, teachers, family, neighbors, …) fill our ‘protective self’ with:
all possible warnings,
their experiences,
their values,
their fears,
their rules,
their rights and wrongs.
But those may not be what YOU need in life.
Take a closer look at what your reactions in life are and whether they make you happy or not.
In a lot of situations, you regret almost immediately what you said or how you reacted.
Therefore,
imagine how you would like to have reacted,
imagine what you would like to have said.
It is time to
thank your protective self for ‘keeping you alive’ all those years,
but at the same time to say goodbye to it.
Say -or even write it down-:
“I don’t need my ego anymore and from now on,
I will start living from my higher self.”
What is this higher self?
This ‘higher self ‘shows you:
who you are in your heart,
what your values represent,
what you dream of,
what life can look like when you are living from a place of love, joy, possibilities, creativity, peace, satisfaction.
Living from your protective self means:
Trying to control life and its circumstances,
Wanting, demanding,
Feeling afraid,
Feeling resentment,
Feeling alone,
Feeling helpless, …
Living from you higher self means:
Going with what is,
Giving, sharing,
Feeling alive,
Feeling grateful,
Feeling connected,
Feeling powerful, …
You see: the choice is yours.
All you have to do is choose which voice you will listen to.
As the protective self is very well developed by repetition throughout all these years,
it is ‘easier’ to hear this voice, as it is still loud in your head.
But when you no longer want to feel how your ego is making you feel,
and you want to start getting a grip, feeling alive, feeling abundant, feeling on your path:
then I would suggest you let the voice of the ‘higher self’ get louder and louder.
Listening to it will make your life so much brighter, lighter, kinder, more joyful.
You will feel confident, content, trusting, forgiving, protected, connected.
At first, this knee jerk reaction from your protective self will always come up immediately when facing a situation.
Therefore, I invite you to train yourself to hear your higher self.
Ask yourself:
what would my ‘higher self’ do in this situation?
After a while the voices (of the protective and the higher self) will become equally loud.
The more you keep listening and trying to hear the voice of possibilities, of kindness,
the easier you will be able to hear it.
Eventually, it will be the only one you still hear.
Imagine what your life can look like!
It’s like the story of the Native American boy who asked his grandfather how he could become a good, wise, kind man like his grandfather.
The grandfather told him there lived 2 wolves inside of him: a kind one and a vicious one.
The boy asked: which one is the strongest?
The grandfather said: the one I feed.
My invitation to you all this week is:
Recognize, and thank your protective self, then say goodbye to it!
Do not feed it any longer.
Welcome the voice of your heart,
the voice of your higher self, feed it, listen to it and enjoy life on that higher vibration.
The circumstances are what they are,
choose wisely how you react to them.
It makes all the difference in the world!
To you
And
To the people around you.
Remember the law of attraction: what you send out, you attract!
Namaste,
Katrien
www.lifecoachwomen.be