One has to avoid using the words like higher and lower self in F.P, because it gives an idea that there are two self. And also gives an idea that both the self are real. It is only in yogic/ and astral projection they say as higher and lower self, or in the beginning of spiritual pursuit to convince the beginners.
When one reaches the higher understanding, then one has to use only subject and object and real and unreal to grasp the non dual truth.
By saying higher self are us, you have left out the world, and you are speaking of the individual self [ego]. And it is only half truth. Thus the soul becomes individualized whereas the soul is the formless substance and witness of three states, which pervades in everything and everywhere in the three states. The self [Ataman] exists only as formless substance witness of the three states, therefore it cannot be found as an entity or identity in the physical world.
You/me/others/us/ exists within the world. The world exists within the waking experience. The waking experience/dream is mind [duality]. The deep sleep is no mind state [non-duality]. The mind appears and disappears as ‘I’. Thus limiting the ‘I’/mind only to the physical entity is cause of all confusion. Thus one has to make sure first ‘I’/mind, is not the self, but ‘I’ is the whole experience of waking/dream/mind. If I is there the mind is there. If mind is there the waking/dream is there. Absent of ‘I’/mind is absent of waking/dream.
To describe the true self [Ataman/sprit] you have to bifurcate the subject, from object mentally, by constantly reflecting on the formless witness and grasp and realize it. One has to realize the fact that the waking/dream are the objects, and the subject is formless. The waking/dream is an object to the formless subject. This has to be grasped mentally; it cannot be described by the words. This can be achieved through constantly reading the F.S messages repetitively which creates the base and also a yardstick subconsciously and replaces the reasoning faculty from present form base to formless base. Once one becomes aware of the fact that the subject is formless then he becomes aware of the fact that waking/dream are mere experiences in which man and the world are present. Thus it proves the fact that man is mere experience and perceives the world within the experience [waking/dream]. [Illustration is dream- the dream is not experienced by physical body] Therefore, the experiencer [witness] of the whole waking is formless. Thus the formless experiencer [witness] is the subject and the waking/dream is an object. The formless witness is the true self [Ataman], all else [waking/dream] is illusion.
The subject [Ataman] is hidden within the three states as its formless clay and it is without the object [waking/dream] as its formless witness. The subject is apart [Ataman] from the object because it is not an entity or identity within the waking/dream. Thus it is necessary for any one to study deeply enough to get the perfect understanding and realization.
There are three aspects in pursuit of truth, 1. Discovering 2. Assimilating 3. Realizing. Only by discovering and assimilating the wisdom will not dawn, one has to realize it, by constantly reflecting on the subject until the conviction becomes firmer and matures.
