In trying the visualize the nature and appearance of a ‘Higher Self�? we have a very good description of a meeting for the first time by Shirley MacLaine with her own Higher Self, conducted through a psychic exploration with her friend Chris Griscom. She writes in her book ‘Dancing In The Light�?[Bantam 1985]:

 "I breathed deeply into the center of myself as though I were getting my psychic balance. Then a picture swam into my mind, at first diffused, but then very clear. It was absolutely astonishing.

I saw the form of a very tall, overpoweringly confident, almost androgynous Human Being. A graceful, folded cream-colored garment flowed over a figure seven feet tall, with long arms resting calmly at its side. Even longer fingers extended from the arms. The energy of the form seemed more masculine than feminine to me. The skin of the Being was ruddy and its hair was long to the shoulders and auburn colored. The face had high cheekbones and a straight, chiseled nose. The eyes were deep, deep blue and the expression was supremely kind, yet strong. It raised its arms in outstretched welcome. I got an Oriental feeling from it, more Oriental than Western. And I had the intuitive feeling that it was extremely protective, full of patience, yet capable of great wrath. It was simple, but so powerful that it seemed to ‘know�?all there was to know. I was flabbergasted at what I saw, and what I felt about it.  

 "Who are you?" I asked, hardly daring to hear what it would say, nor what to make of this kind of dimensional experience.

The Being smiled at me and embraced me! 

 "I am your Higher Unlimited Self," it said.

"Oh, my goodness," I heard myself say stupidly to it. "Are you really there?"   It smiled again.

"Yes," it said, "I have always been here. I've been here with you since the beginning of time. I am never away from you. I am you. I am your unlimited soul. I am the unlimited you that guides and teaches you through each incarnation." 

 "Listen, " I said, "why do you have a form and why does it look like this?"   It smiled again. 

"Because," it said, "you need to see me in the form of an Earth-plane dimension. The form of the soul is the form of the human body, in any case. The only difference is that the soul is a form without mass. But if you could see the Light-form of a soul, you would see a head, two arms, a body, and two legs. The soul is high-frequency light without mass. That is the only difference."

 "Well, why do you seem so masculine to me?" I asked. 

  "I only seem more masculine than feminine because I am powerful. The energy of the soul is powerful, but it is androgynous. That is to say there is a perfect balance between the positive energy, which is male, and the negative energy which is female, or yin (feminine) and yang (masculine).  The masculine positive energy is thrusting and active. The feminine negative energy is receiving and acceptive. Both are equally necessary to achieve life.

One cannot operate without the other." 

The image of Higher Self stood calm and centered. I had the impression that it wouldn't assert itself unless I motivated it to do so. I looked out of the window at a tree outside. It was swaying in the breeze. 

 "Listen," I said, "if I asked you to help me stop the movement of a tree, could we do it?" "Try me," said Higher Self.

"Okay," I said. "That tree outside. Let's stop it from swaying."

"Very well," said Higher Self. "Feel my power become your power. Know that together we can accomplish anything."

 I tuned in to this energy of my image of Higher Self and melded with it. 

  "Now," it said, "ask the tree for permission to control its movement."

"Ask the tree for permission?" I asked, suddenly becoming aware of the more refined subtleties of karmic interaction. 

 "Why, certainly," said Higher Self. "All life must work in harmony, balance, and respect for all other life. There can be no abuse of power without reaping consequence. You will hear the tree respond to you. You will know how it feels about it." 

  "Trees can feel?" I asked.  "Of course," said Higher Self. "All life vibrates with feeling. And the natural state of feeling is love. The state of love is achieved by simply being.

 Nature is a manifestation of the state of simple beingness. It just is. And that which is, in its purest sense, is perfect balance." Shirley, having then successfully stopped the tree swaying with the help of her Higher Self, continues:  I looked up at Higher Self in my mind. The arms came down gently. "You see?" it said. "You did that. You can use your energy for anything. But you need to recognize me in order to do it." 

 "Then what is the difference between you and God?" I asked.   "None," it said. "I am God, because all energy is plugged into the same source.  We are each aspects of that Source.  We are all part of God. We are all individualized reflections of the God Source.

God is us and we are God."

"And you are me." 

 "Precisely."

"Then does everyone have a Higher Unlimited Self of their own?"

"Exactly," said Higher Self. "And each Higher Self is in touch with every other Higher Self.

All unlimited souls resonate in harmony with each other. The reason you do not recognize that truth on the Earth plane is because you are not in touch with the individual soul energy of your Higher Selves.  But you will get there because there is no other place to go to achieve peace. Peace on the outside comes from peace on the inside. Peace on the inside comes from understanding that we are all God".

 [‘Dancing in the Light�? by Shirley MacLaine - Bantam Books, Inc., 1985]