The Path of Remembrance: How to Remember Your Original Self
Explore the six spheres of influence as you remember you Original Self and the mechanism through which you translate it into your life.
Sylvia Salow
February 11, 2026
Consciously connecting to your soul takes time. It can’t be manufactured, as it happens only after a heart chakra awakening. However, once you feel the call of your soul, there are five things I recommend practicing to deepen your connection.
You first connect to your soul when your heart chakra activates. It’s like seeing your life for the first time. You can see where you allowed your fear to guide you and what truly matters. After the heart chakra awakening, you can’t really fit into your old life anymore. However, you might unintentionally linger in the uncomfortable in-between stage longer than necessary.
It’s not enough to experience heart chakra activation. Initially, the sensations are powerful; you feel unconditional love and compassion and may cry often. However, then they start to fade away. It’s not uncommon to feel the heart chakra shutting down again. Many experience their heart chakra intermittently, creating a sporadic connection to their soul.
The higher heart chakra contains three flames that each need to be ignited. This process takes time, usually years. The heart chakra flames are the key to accessing your soul, Higher Self, and God. Therefore, you must learn to keep your heart on fire to create a stable connection to your soul.
In essence, learn how to truly and deeply connect to yourself and your heart and listen to its messages. Feel your heart awakened daily. If you notice it falters, re-establish the fire as soon as possible.
If you want guidance on how to do this, grab my guided meditation, 7 Ways to Connect with Your Soul, and watch my masterclass, Higher Heart Chakra, to learn more about the flames and how to communicate with your heart.
The second way to connect to your soul is to dive into your past lives. Now, the truth is that the more connected to your soul you are, the more memories from your past lives will come to you. Often, they emerge naturally. For instance, when I guide people through a series of initiations in the first session of Lightworker Healing, they start to see their past lives and memories in their dreams or as flashes during the day. This is because your soul lives in all your lives simultaneously, and the more connected you are, the more you remember.
We don’t need to know who we were in the last incarnation. I don’t find that kind of information helpful. However, I look at the overall theme of your soul—basically, what is your soul about? How is your soul unique? What is your soul’s story? This shows me your true essence.
Unlike the general idea, we don’t experience everything in our past lives. This is only true for new souls who still need to be “imprinted.” They look for what they like and who they become. However, the old souls have already “specialized.” They are unique. When you look at the soul journey of an old soul, you see that they choose life and life again until they bring it to the utmost mastery. I share examples of what it may look like in this YouTube video.
As you connect to your soul, you’ll notice ancient, unexplainable fears stopping you from fully pursuing your purpose. Those fears may look irrational, like being afraid of darkness catching you, people raising pitchforks against you when speaking your truth, or someone you love getting hurt as you embrace your spiritual gifts.
The soul wounds usually relate to painful past live memories when you were in your power and lived your purpose.
I go specifically to my clients’ past lives when they spoke up when the collective was undergoing a significant change and when they were in full power. It’s essential to heal those soul wounds, understand the lesson, and integrate that part of the soul’s fragment.
The following way to connect to your soul is to act on your soul’s desires. Desires are a topic in themselves. Some desires stem from the ego, and pursuing them can work counterintuitively to connecting to the soul. However, when your heart chakra is fully open, the desires you feel come from your soul, deepening your connection to your soul even further.
What you desire doesn’t matter as much as the intention behind it. The soul’s desires feel expansive, fiery, and alive.
Acting on your soul’s desires with trust and a courageous heart taps you into your highest timeline. It’s the timeline your soul wants you to be on to create a life you’re meant to experience in this life. To do what you’re born to do. Therefore, take a moment to activate your heart chakra and then listen to the desires within it. Once you know what they are, act before the logical mind tells you otherwise.
Your soul’s desires will sometimes trigger discomfort, even fear. This is okay. They’re meant to pull you out toward where you’re meant to be. Decide to work on any fears that arise and continue moving toward creating a soul-aligned life.
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