The Light Within: Living as Your Higher Self

The Light Within is the eternal wisdom of the Higher Self. Received over several months as a series of inspirational teachings, it leads us on a journey of spiritual growth and transformation. The Higher Self has been referred to by many different names, but it is essentially the higher intelligence within each one of us that connects us to the source of all that is. Each chapter of the The Light Within calls upon us to acknowledge the Divinity within us, and to live as the Higher Self. The Light Within can be used as a guide to higher consciousness, as a workbook for lessons on spiritual growth, as a means of focusing on the light, as a tool for meditation, as a book of affirmations for remembering one’s true essence, and as a source of prayer and communion with God. The key lessons it offers are that the light and love of God are within us, and that we need do nothing more than fully open to this truth to manifest our divine nature as the Higher Self. Serving as an ocean of light, it allows us to dive deeper and deeper into the truth of our being. Through the use of visual imagery, we are guided to contact our inner divinity by imagining ourself without the limitations of mind and body. The images and pictures which are evoked while doing so, express the reader’s affinity with the Higher Self. It is through this ‘affinity’ that the reader comes to know the Higher Self intuitively, through the sympathetic vibrations of empathy. We literally begin to feel what it feels like to be the Higher Self through direct access and intuitive knowing. These feelings and this knowingness then serve as a memory to which we can return, deepening our awareness of the Higher Self with each and every reading. Turning our focus inward, The Light Within offers us a means of purifying the heart through constant contemplation on God. “One does not need to undertake any complex system of meditation (to realize oneself), one can undertake the simple sadhana (spiritual practice) of constant contemplation on the omnipresent God.” Sathya Sai Baba, Dasara Discourse: Purity of the Heart is True Sadhana, 2005. The Light Within Speaks directly to the subconscious mind and programs it in a very positive way. The subtle truths it contains enter our subconsious mind and can be recalled and utilized later by the conscious mind to guide our thoughts, words and actions along the path of the Higher Self. Most importantly, The Light Within reminds us of who we are and what we already know intuitively to be the truth of our being–that we are love. This positive affirmation–that we are love, is repeated throughout the book in many different ways, constantly reinforcing the truth of our being. Because the majority of the book validates what we already know and what we already are, readers can happily relax into the space of just ‘being’ while reading. We are prompted to open, to let go, and to release who and what we are not, rather than learning to become something or someone different. The short chapter lengths provide for easy reading, and invite reading when time is limited. The open layout of the text provides a space for reflection after each paragraph, and encourages us to close our eyes and ponder the spiritual truths contained in the book. Closing one’s eyes and listening to the chapters being read aloud, allows one to meditate on the Higher Self and merge effortlessly with the light. Valuable lessons can be learned and insights gained by reading each chapter individually, however, reading The Light Within from beginning to end, offers the transformative experience of being taken higher and higher into the light. In this way, gradually yet continuously, pondering and contemplating along the way, our awareness expands until we merge with unconditional love itself at the end of the book.