Thread: Is This Possible?

I'll bluntly say probably not, but personally I'd give it a go to see if it works!

try and get some results in!

Ehh, sounds like some sorta "Your subconscious is a psychic genius and you just have to unlock it potential!" mumbo jumbo. I don't usually think much of it, but some seem to think it's true.

What site is that, anyway?

I totally forgot! just copy a paragraph and put it into google

It was a pleasure reading this, thank you.

I'd like to think it's possible. Having no experience of my own, of course, I can't say. But it seems more reasonable than the things I've heard about higher selves or dream guides existing outside of yourself, as independent entities. Not to say some people haven't met helpful entities like that, but at that point they aren't your higher self or dream guide. You don't own them, after all. That's beside the point, though. The claims of what you can learn from this may or may not be overblown, but at its core, it's meditation with some inner dialogue thrown in. I can't see how it would be a bad thing to try. Indeed, I've tried myself, but I inner monologue on a regular basis anyway, and I've yet to learn something that would seem to come from a higher part of myself. Telling the difference is the problem for me.

The only problem with this is that what you will often hear is nothing more than the sneaky voice of the ego. To develop a communicative relationship with one's Higher Self takes a lot of meditation. I wasn't able to discriminate between the 'voices' of my Higher Self and my ego until I had accumulated about 3,000 hours of proper meditation.

Yes it is possible. Some people don't like to think that there are parts of themselves that know more than they do consciously but it makes sense. Our brains are organized so we don't have to consciously think about every bit of information that goes on in our heads because it would be overwhelming otherwise. There are lots of memories and thoughts our brain withholds from our consciousness but you could access them with enough practice and meditation. That is were the ideas of higher self and dream guides come from, to act sort of like a bridge between the two parts of our awareness. There are still some interesting questions to be asked though. Its sort of weird to ask but does that mean that our subconscious mind has a consciousness of its own as in it views itself as separate or would the higher self just be a facade in order to communicate with the consciousness in a way we can understand? It all gets quite complicated but we should (literally ) have an open mind to it.

The thing is, you only know what you know. It can't give you answers about the universe unless you've already learned it. Which really makes no sense for it to tell you something you haven't know. I personally think it's bs.

Originally Posted by GibsoNorth

The thing is, you only know what you know. It can't give you answers about the universe unless you've already learned it. Which really makes no sense for it to tell you something you haven't know. I personally think it's bs.

The point is that you know a lot more than you consciously realize. Its like you can't remember what you had for breakfast the previous morning but its right on the tip of your tongue. If something triggers that memory you can remember it again. With these kind of techniques you can trigger anything you memory or bit of information you want as long as its still somewhere in your head and our heads can hold quite a lot of stuff, some of it is perhaps a bit more profound than what you had for breakfast the previous morning.

Originally Posted by Suck4Luck

Here then, is the how-to portion:
(This is safe to do at any time and while practice helps, you should be able to do
this almost instantly.)

Sit quietly and close your eyes. Clear your mind of all thoughts and when
comfortable, ask your higher self to become noticeably present.

How you ask is up to you, but you can use words for this, or pictures or
concepts... Whatever seems best to you.

It may take a moment, and you may even find yourself thinking things like
“one moment” or “be right there”. If so, stay relaxed and wait a few
seconds for your higher self to organize itself properly to communicate
with you.

Gosh. All those lamas, shaman, sages, philosophers, priests, seekers, etc etc who blew their entire lives trying to commune with their "higher selves," and this one simple step is all they ever needed to do!

Sorry for the sarcasm, Suck4luck, but, as Mcwillis noted somewhere above, doing something as deep and unusual as communing with your higher self, or seeking transcendental experience, or tapping the knowledge of your unconscious mind, or whatever you want to call it, is a bit more involved than that one single step.

Yes, I believe it is possible, and yes, I believe it is well worth the effort, but I'm guessing that anything you glean from just sitting down for a moment and asking a question would be very much your own waking-consciousness generating things to fulfill your expectations.

The excerpt you listed above reminds me of that awful book, "The Secret," that came out a few years ago, full of awesome rewards for very little effort. Like everything else, you only get from a thing what you put into it, so I don't think this exercise on its own will be too helpful.

That said, I have no problem with the basis for it.... the goal itself is excellent, and one of the things I've been after all my life. I just don't think it comes that easily. And trust me, I do something like this exercise every day as a step in my dream-work routine; unless I'm severely retarded (always possible, I suppose), I think I would be as one with my unconscious by now, or at least in regular conversations!

So I suggest you take it all with a grain of salt.

Oh, and sorry so late to the thread...