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Seminar Experiences What do you have to lose by searching "So, you can obtain any answer by simply hypnotizing yourself and going up into your Higher Self?" he asked sarcastically. It was late Saturday night in Sedona, Arizona, and I was about to walk out of the seminar ballroom. The young man who stopped me was in his early thirties. He wasn't satisfied with the answers he had received in an experimental Higher-Self session I had conducted earlier. "No, it's not quite that simple, Ryan" I replied, reading his name on the seminar badge. "Well, you make it sound pretty easy," he said. "It's easy for a marathon runner to run 26 miles, or a painter to paint a portrait, or an author to structure a sentence, but each developed his ability over a period of time. People who work with Higher Self regularly find it easy to obtain answers," I said. "They have learned from experiences to trust themselves. Trust is the hard part, Ryan." "But I feel like I just made up the information that came in," Ryan said. "How can I trust it?" "Maybe only through experience. But can't you judge the quality of the information. Later, looking back, you'll know if it was valuable. If you continue to use the technique and get results, eventually you'll come to trust it." "Most of the others in the room just accepted what they received as factual," he said. "I'd rather have people doubt until they can judge from their experience," I explained. "What did you ask and what did you receive?" Ryan hesitated, embarrassed to tell me, then decided to share. "I'm considering a divorce. I asked my Higher Self about it." "And?" Ryan unfolded a piece of paper. "The message was, 'If you'll help her to conquer the problem that separates you, your relationship will flower anew. You owe her this. It relates to a lifetime in the Byzantine Empire when you were injured and bedridden for years. She remained to take care of you.'" He folded the paper again and slipped it into his jacket pocket. "My wife is an alcoholic and it's driving me crazy. But I don't even know if I believe in reincarnation," he said. About a year later, Ryan and his wife attended a seminar I conducted in Los Angeles. "I probably would have filed for divorce if it hadn't been for that writing," he explained, hugging his wife. "Thank God, I didn't." * * * * * When people ask, "What is Higher Self?" I usually respond by saying, "It's an all-knowing level of consciousness that exists within the 90 percent of your mind that you don't normally use. From Higher Self, you can access the awareness of your conscious and subconscious mind, plus knowledge from the 'collective unconscious.' From a God-level perspective we are all one, for we are all connected and part of the collective unconscious—the collective awareness of all souls, living and discarnate." Higher-Self explorations are part of many of our seminars. As part of research study, I asked those participating to fill out a sheet explaining what they asked and what they received. The following are representative responses from nearly 200 people who turned in a response sheet. Higher-Self Responses Female, Age 45: "Why am I so dominated by others both at home and on the job?" Higher-Self Response: "Before birth you chose a genetic lineage and astrological configuration that would assure your present personality. You did this to learn. In other times you have cruelly dominated others. By being dominated you now feel empathy for the enslaved. You can rise above the domination with fierce determination if you have learned your karmic lesson." * * * Female, Age 34: "Why can't I find a fulfilling relationship that leads to marriage?" Higher-Self Response: "You were not born with a karmic relationship block, but your thoughts, words and deeds have created a block that will carry over into a future life if you don't resolve it in the present. During your young adult years, when there were many opportunities, you were too busy having fun to be bothered with the responsibilities of a relationship. Now you are quite worldly and quite particular. You want the benefits of a relationship, but you are unwilling to give up the advantages of your current life. Meditate on this. You also seek outer and inner perfection in men, further narrowing your choices. Until you can perceive the soul as more important than the shell, happiness will elude you. You are free to make choices—shallow choices or wise choices. You carry full responsibility." * * * Male, Age 42: "Why can't I seem to take the additional responsibility at work that would lead to more money and a promotion?" Higher-Self Response: "There are many reasons. In another time and place you accepted responsibility and those closest to you suffered because of your of your decisions. Thus you were born into this life with a subconscious memory that manifests as an aversion to responsibility. That doesn't mean you can't accept it. It means it is more difficult for you than for others. One of your karmic goals in this life is to rid yourself of this fear by accepting responsibility and living up to your expectations. "Other factors include your preference for pleasure. This relates only to this life and could be the start of an undesirable pattern unless you can also learn to find pleasure in work. You also have chosen to surround yourself with people who have little to offer you as role models. It is suggested that you explore these statements from every avenue." * * * Female, Age 36: "There is nothing particularly wrong with my life, but nothing is really right. I don't experience any fulfillment. Why?" High-Self Response: "People tend to be motivated externally or internally, You relate to the external world like a child responding to colorful baubles. When a friend calls and wants you to do something, off you go. You save your money for flashy clothes and adult toys. You anxiously await the next party, sports event, movie and concert. These activities offer momentary pleasure, which is usually only relief from boredom. Fulfillment comes from the inner desire to create, learn and accomplish. As your host at this gathering said yesterday, 'Self-esteem is the result of what you do in life.' With this in mind we advise you to use the rest of your time in the altered state to meditate. * * * Female, Age 27: "Why is that I can have an orgasm with my lovers, but never with my husband? Have we ever been together in a past life?" Higher-Self Response: "You use your need for orgasms as an excuse to have lovers while in reality it is your guilt feelings over the infidelities that keeps you from having orgasms. You and Daniel lived near the Caspian Sea in the time of Alexander. Yours was a stormy relationship that ended badly. You are together again to heal old wounds, not extract revenge." * * * Female, Age 41: "Why am I 35 pounds overweight and unable to do anything about it?" Higher-Self Response: "Why indeed? The question should be, 'Why do I want to repel my husband?' You are tired of your relationship and tired of your life. Do you think your fat will eventually insulate you from the need to have sex with Ted?" Below this was scrawled in bold, angry writing: "My husband and I may not have the best relationship, but that is ridiculous information. I don't know where it came from and it's certainly not true." * * * Male, Age 38: "Why am I so afraid of dying?" Higher-Self Response: "One hundred years ago in Milan, Italy, you died a slow death over several months. There was no one to take care of your two small children and you experienced terrible anguish. The anguish filled your soul with a fear you continue to carry. It is time to understand the fear and release it. Today is the beginning of a greater awareness." * * * Female, Age 24: "I have a strong feeling that I'll die at 30. Why do I feel this?" Higher-Self Response: "Your last incarnation was in this country. In 1928, you died at the age of 30 of pneumonia. This was in western Nebraska. You were a female. In a snowstorm you helped your husband save the few cattle you owned, but you were so weakened and chilled you contracted the disease. Although your life was hard and you had no children, your marriage was good and you were happy. "You are confusing your subconscious memory of the past-life death with your present destiny. We assure you that you are not destined to die in your current life at this age." * * * Male, Age 60: "Why am I only attracted to women in their twenties?" Higher-Self Response: "You are intimidated by educated women with worldly experience whom you can't control. You can't allow others to think independently and have their own interests and enjoyments. Your obsessive need to control is a karmic lesson you are here to learn. And you are learning the hard way. The young women aren't interested and everyone you attempt to control runs away from you. Once you learn the lesson, your life will get better. Accept others as they are and accept that they may know as much or more than you. Stop attempting to convert others to your ideas on religion, music, politics, and society. "You have the ability to create a happy, fulfilling life, but it won't happen until you stop acting like a scared, spoiled child." * * * Male, Age 32: "Robert is dying of AIDS and I'm the only one he has to turn to. What am I supposed to do?" Higher-Self Response: "You feel burdened. You feel it isn't fair because he is a homosexual and you are not. But let me assure you that everything is ultimately fair. His being gay has nothing to do with it. He might have contracted cancer and you'd both be in the same position. Karma is the basis of reality. Your karma follows you through lifetimes like your shadow—always there—always balancing. You and Robert were once enemies and are now friends. You have been companions for several incarnations and he has assisted you in the past, in times of need. "To directly respond to your question, you have the free will to do anything you want to do. Your every thought, word and deed creates your future. You might ask yourself, `What would I want Robert to do if the situation were reversed?'" Adapted from an article originally published in Master of Life magazine. * * * * * Products related to this article which can be found at the Valley of the Sun website: www.sutphenpublishing.com Higher-Self Altered-State Exploration is an RX17 audio tape and may be ordered from Valley of the Sun Publishing (RX205—$14.98). Dick's book Finding Your Answers Within (Pocket Books, $5.99) further describes the process of finding your answers within and explains how to make your own taped sessions. 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