We are taught to navigate the world through language, social cues, and the logical mind. But what happens when those faculties begin to fade? What happens when a loved one is locked behind the neurological walls of dementia or Alzheimer’s, or when our own minds are simply too overwhelmed to find clarity?

This is where the ego ends, and the Higher Self—or the Illumined Self—begins.

While the concept might sound mystical, it is a universal truth recognized across ancient wisdom traditions and modern psychology. It is the understanding that you are, first and foremost, a light being.

The Higher Self is the eternal, sovereign essence of who you are, completely untouched by physical illness, human drama, or cognitive decline. Different lineages have studied this essence for centuries, offering a profound spiritual perspective on dementia:

• The Luminous Energy Field: In Shamanic Energy Medicine, Dr. Alberto Villoldo describes the Higher Self as an invisible matrix surrounding the physical body. It holds the archive of our ancestral memories and serves as the timeless blueprint of our perfection.

• The Vertical Alignment: Modern channels like Carissa Schumacher describe the Illumined Self as existing in the “Vertical Realm”—a direct line to the Divine, operating in “Sacred Neutrality” and completely detached from the horizontal chaos of the physical world.

• Higher Self Protocol: Energy expert Cyndi Dale teaches that connecting “Higher Self to Higher Self” is the only way to ensure ethical, clean energy work that bypasses the ego.

• The Continuum of Consciousness: From a Buddhist perspective, the Dalai Lama speaks of a “Clear Light” or a subtle mind that persists beyond physical existence—a profound interconnectedness we can tap into through deep compassion.

The human ego communicates through words; the Higher Self communicates through resonance, frequency, and intention.

To connect with this essence, you must step out of linear time. In my practice as an Energetic Alchemist, I use a process called “Tracking” (learned in my shamanic energy medicine studies) to bypass a client’s personality or physical symptoms. With permission, I connect directly to their essential soul.

Through this work utilizing psychic/clair and heightened senses, I have observed that cognitive decline has a highly unique energetic signature that shifts through different stages. Utilizing different senses—claircognizance (knowing), clairvoyance (seeing), clairaudience (hearing), and clairsentience (feeling)—I track how these energetic symptoms of cognitive decline manifest far beyond the physical brain.

Sometimes, the energetic symptom of dementia presents to me as a heavy, dark, irregular mass covering the forehead and crown, which I work to carefully extract and clear. I have also observed this fragmented energy seeping through different areas of the physical body, indicating that the energetic toll is systemic. Interestingly, I have witnessed shifts occurring on a cellular level that feel less like decay and more like a profound, albeit misunderstood, evolution. While I am still gathering formal case studies, the information relayed by my guides and my own intuitive tracking points to a much deeper alchemical process occurring as the physical mind alters.

This energetic connection is a lifeline. I know this not just as a practitioner, but as a daughter navigating my own mother’s severe dementia.

When the neurological breakdown makes traditional conversation difficult, connecting “Higher Self to Higher Self” is how I know she is truly okay. During a recent session, her luminous self was blatantly clear to me:

• She does not need healing: She told me, “Rosalyn, you do not need to heal me.”

• She feels free: She explained that she often chooses to hover outside of her physical body because it feels freer—like a soaring eagle. Going back into the body feels too confining, chaotic, and fragmented.

• Unbroken Love: She invited my sisters and me to meet her in the light. In that space, she is a glowing, golden mother, sending us pure, unbroken motherly love. She simply wants us to enjoy the beauty of nature with her in her final days.

A Vital Distinction for Families: Our parents are not asking us to parent them, even in these states. There is a profound difference between mothering our parents and caring for them when they are physically and mentally unable to care for themselves.

A Distance Healing Case Study: Resolving Unspoken Anger

This work also fundamentally shifts how we manage the behavioral symptoms of cognitive decline.

Recently, a colleague in Canada asked me to facilitate a session for her father in memory care. Because energy healing transcends time and space—operating in the quantum realm—I was able to perform a distance energy healing for memory care.

Using shamanic tracking for Alzheimer’s, I read his energy field and immediately picked up on deep anger centered in his solar plexus (the seat of identity and self-worth).

• The Root Cause: He was a lifelong woodworker. In the memory care facility, he wasn’t even allowed a pocket knife. Stripped of his tools, he lost his identity as a creator.

• The Energetic Shift: By working on the energetic level, his Higher Self was able to shift his identity from “I am a creator” to “I am creation.”

• Clearing the Ancestral Imprint: Beneath that anger, I found heavy energetic debris tied to an inherited, post-war Eastern European imprint of what it meant to be a “man”—the pressure to work hard and suppress emotion.

I cut that cord to release him from that heavy lineage. When I shared this with my colleague, she burst into tears of validation. The session provided her father with much-needed ease and significantly lightened his energetic load.

1. Watching a loved one’s physical mind and body slip away is an agonizing journey. But, there is profound reassurance in knowing that their light body—their Illumined Self—remains entirely intact.

   By learning to communicate through resonance rather than reason, we don’t have to lose our connection to the people we love. We simply have to learn a new language.

   How I Can Support Your Family: If you are navigating a loved one’s cognitive decline, I would be honored to hold space for you both. I offer:

   • Distance Sessions for Your Loved One: With permission from their Higher Self, I help clear their energetic interference to bring them peace, sharing all insights and messages with you post-session.

   • Support for Caregivers: Virtual and in-person sessions specifically designed to replenish your own energy. You cannot pour from an empty cup, and you deserve support, too.