What if a simple daily practice could help you live from a place of "Higher Reality"? It’s about from which place you make decisions.

If it resonates with you, experiment with it for one month. Try naming the month after your intention, for example, "August: Living as Higher Intelligence." By consciously setting this intention, your mind will naturally align with it, making the practice a default mode rather than a forced effort.

The Practice is: Pause and Ask

Whenever you need to make a decision throughout your day, simply:

· Stop for one minute.

· Go into stillness, connecting with the "Knower within."

· Ask: "Does this action come from Higher Intelligence and bring me to Higher Reality?"

If you don't receive an immediate, clear answer, consider delaying your decision if possible. This pause allows your inner wisdom to surface.

How to Discern: Higher Intelligence vs. Lower Mind

*Visual created with the help of Gemini*

It's natural to wonder how to distinguish between guidance from your Higher Intelligence and the chatter of your lower mind. Here's how to tell the difference:

Quality and Characteristics

· Lower Mind: Ego-driven thoughts often stem from fear, insecurity, and a need for control, validation, or to protect a perceived self-image. They can be loud, frantic, judgmental, and inconsistent. The lower mind operates on logic, analysis, comparison, and a strong sense of "I, my, me."

· Higher Intelligence: This guidance often presents as a clear knowing of what's right, accompanied by a subtle sense of peace. It's neutral, non-judgmental, and always aims for your highest good, even if it initially feels uncomfortable to the mind. Intuitive guidance is typically a quiet whisper, a gentle nudge, a subtle feeling, or a sudden flash of insight.

Outcomes

· Lower Mind: Following egoic impulses can lead to unnecessary suffering, detours. This can result in being forced by external pressures, or falling into a "survival mode" driven by urgent needs.

· Higher Intelligence: While the results may not always be immediate, consistently following intuitive guidance often leads to smoother, more fulfilling, and aligned outcomes.

It's worth noting that sometimes, following what feels "right" might seem difficult at first because it lacks instant gratification or requires effort. However, you'll soon discover that following this inner knowing actually makes your life much easier. It brings peace, more freedom, and higher energy.

Consider this equation:

Volunteered Pain/Work + Higher Intelligence = Fulfillment + Growth

Versus:

Forced Pain/Work + Resistance = Crisis + Breaking

Feelings and Emotions

· Lower Mind: Decisions from the lower mind are often accompanied by feelings like fear, anxiety, wanting, urgency, neediness, compulsion, or a sense of self protection. It might sound harsh or accusatory.

· Higher Intelligence: This guidance is associated with feelings of peace, calm, clarity, expansion, certainty and a deep sense of "rightness." (Even when the path isn't fully clear, you know it’s the right thing to do). Its voice is often gentle.

Physical Sensations

· Lower Mind: Its activity is often "cerebral," confined to your head.

· Higher Intelligence: Intuition can often be felt in your "gut" or heart, or as subtle physical sensations like tingling or warmth. Sometimes, you might even catch yourself silently thinking, "Oh, my God!"

Consistency and Repetition

· Lower Mind: Ego-driven thoughts can jump around, change frequently, and even contradict themselves.

· Higher Intelligence: Messages from Higher Intelligence tend to be steady and consistent, often repeating or confirming themselves through various means like synchronicities or insights from situations.

Again, the core practice is:

Whenever you're making a decision throughout the day:

· Stop for one minute.

· Go into stillness, find the Knower within.

· Ask: "Does this action come from Higher Intelligence and bring me to Higher Reality?"

(If you don't have an immediate answer, delay if you can.)

Supporting Practices for Deeper Connection

If you find yourself needing more support, these practices can help you connect more deeply with your Higher Intelligence:

1. Ask: "Is this decision coming from fear/wanting or from knowing?" This is a key question many meditation masters advise. Ego-driven impulses generally arise from fear or wanting, while higher guidance flows from knowingness and peace. Being still and asking your Higher Intelligence connects you to an unchanging reality, often called consciousness, Soul, or Atman, distinct from the ever-changing phenomena of the mind and senses.

2. Witness and Listen to the Voice in Your Head: Learning to observe your thoughts without identifying with them is crucial. When you can witness a thought as it appears, you create space to discern its origin – is it coming from the lower mind or a higher source?

3. Practice Gratitude: Deep appreciation for the experience of living invites Higher Intelligence into your life. This brings a sense of preciousness to your actions and presence. As the Bhagavata suggests, a powerful action is to enjoy the doing itself and what's present, without being overly concerned with the result.

This simple practice can create the most powerful habit that brings you to higher reality. Are you ready to begin your month of transformation?

Simple Habit-Super Habit: Start living your Higher Reality now