There are moments in this work when the air itself changes. Silence thickens, the room holds its breath, and something higher begins to descend. Today was one of those moments.
A longtime client came for a healing session. Someone who has practiced meditation with me for over 5 years. In our one on one work we’ve cleared layer upon layer of samskaras, those ancient scars that are woven through body and mind. Each time something clears, more of the soul can land. But today, it wasn’t just more presence that arrived. It was the quiet, unmistakable entry of her Higher Self.
The Arrival
We began with her lying down, yet almost immediately I could sense a stillness pressing in. Not the sleepy calm of relaxation, but a poised stillness, like a being approaching from above. I asked her to sit up in meditation posture to greet this space. She knows how to anchor. Her column is strong, the muscle of her attention well trained.
When I asked what she noticed, she said, “It feels like an empty room above my head.”
I invited her to stay with that. To spread in it, not to seek visions, but to sense presence in the emptiness. Slowly the space above her became tangible for her. Calm, weightless, vast.
Then came what I can only describe as a mercurial wind. Subtle currents dancing through the upper field. At first, I thought it might be the planetary force of Mercury, that swift intelligence of mind. But as she stayed in stillness, it became clear that the wind wasn’t an arrival of new thought or the presence of Mercury, but the release of old mental motion. The restless hum of the intellect was quieting, the storm of the unconscious mind settling into transparency.
The Descent of Calm
I guided her to remain above the head, to dwell as awareness in that silent expanse. Because she has cultivated the discipline of meditation, she could hold it; spreading her consciousness into what felt like a room, letting the stillness reveal its texture.
After some time, the stillness began to descend. There was no drama, no burst of light. Only a slow, graceful movement through the central channel, like a river of calm finding its way home. The energy moved down the spine, through the heart, all the way into the belly and legs, until the entire body was humming with quiet.
I pressed her to deepen, “Be an Initiate. Allow no thoughts. Simply keep sensing and welcoming.” She met the instruction. The ego’s commentary fell away. The body breathed itself.
When the descent completed, I asked softly, “What do you think this is?” Without hesitation she said “My Higher Self.”
The True Nature of the Higher Self
So often people imagine the Higher Self as a burst of light, a celestial visitation, or a dramatic revelation. Yet when the true Self lands, it is often almost ordinary in its simplicity pure awareness without story, without spectacle. (Don’t get me wrong, I love when celestial spaces arrive with their own sense of drama but this was different.)
Its arrival is the embodiment of stillness itself. The mind may expect transcendence that lifts us away from human life, but what actually happens is incarnation. The light comes down into form.
This descent can only occur when enough of the inner clutter has been cleared. When the subtle bodies are open, the channel refined, and the nervous system capable of holding more voltage of consciousness. That’s why the preparatory work of meditation, self-inquiry, and energetic purification is so essential. Without it, the light can’t find a home; it hovers, waiting for space and importantly, the invitation.
When calm lands in the body, it isn’t passivity. It’s presence: awake, aware, luminous. The person doesn’t disappear; they become more real. The Higher Self isn’t something to chase; it’s what remains when the noise subsides.
What I Witnessed
Watching her, I could feel the peace of her Higher Self that had been hovering above finally integrate into her human circuitry. It was as though the heavens gently touched earth through her. Her posture was upright, yet effortless. The subtle current around her turned golden, steady, complete.
I have seen many forms of transformation: cathartic releases, radiant expansions, celestial initiations and tears of recognition. But this one was different. Utterly quiet, like the tide coming in at dawn. No rush, no effort. Only presence.
In that silence, I could feel the sacredness of embodiment itself. How the divine longs not only to be seen but to be felt through us. We are not meant to escape the body but to fill it with light.
For Those Walking This Path
If you are on the path of awakening, know this: the descent of your Higher Self may not announce itself. It may not look like what your mind expects. You might one day sit in meditation and simply feel more you. More anchored, more spacious, more at peace and that will be it.
No celestial fireworks (which I do love), no fanfare. Just a depth of stillness that cannot be shaken. That is the signature of arrival.
To prepare for that, keep doing your inner work, releasing emotional samskaras (scars) and clearing what clouds the heart. Keep cultivating your stillness. Strengthen your column and central channel. Practice letting the winds of thought move through without pulling you. When the mind grows transparent, the light begins to recognize you as a vessel.
Becoming Stillness
As I close my eyes tonight, I can still feel the quiet that filled the room after the session. The stillness was alive, not empty, but luminous. A doorway had opened, and through it the soul of a human being stepped deeper into their own light.
We often imagine enlightenment as ascending beyond our humanity, but what if it is the opposite, the divine choosing to live through us, here, now, in the density of form?
When calm becomes embodied, when stillness becomes your heartbeat, aspects of the Higher Self begin to land.
They do not need to shout.
They simply are.
And in that being, everything sacred is known.
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