"We hear so many speaking of a 'higher self' but what does that really mean? I like to think of the higher self as the spiritual collective wisdom from past lives and associations, presenting itself as connected energetically with the physical body. The bodily self is animated by the energy from the higher self as well as the energy from the maintenance of the physical body. You can say there are two selves: spiritual and bodily selves, but there are really many selves as the soul imprint from past lives are part of a collective residing in the higher self.
Explaining it to myself this way helps me to understand that there IS divinity within and that the negative energy imprints from the past can be held until they are discharged, the same way a student is moved on to the next lesson or grade level when he scores well on a test. It is up to us to choose a correct karmic path. We may unload negative karma and keep that which is positive karma from the past. Either way, we are in control." ~ Freda, KARMA ROAD: GETTING OFF THE ROUND ABOUT
Explaining it to myself this way helps me to understand that there IS divinity within and that the negative energy imprints from the past can be held until they are discharged, the same way a student is moved on to the next lesson or grade level when he scores well on a test. It is up to us to choose a correct karmic path. We may unload negative karma and keep that which is positive karma from the past. Either way, we are in control." ~ Freda, KARMA ROAD: GETTING OFF THE ROUND ABOUT