Regardless of all the mental “technicalities” over whether the Higher Self is individualized/collective etc,…
your HS, above all wants one’s happiness.
Again, view it as “you”, far in the future, (or outside the time stream), trying to lead you to your ideal, happiest destination.
That’s gonna take several lifetimes and hundreds of thousands of experiences but it’s already there, technically, in that “state”/place.
On top of that, it wants the “you” that’s believes it is “separate” to get “there” with “it” as fast as possible.
It truly only has one’s best interests at heart.
That said, it values Free Will above all, so if one truly wants to do something that it knows is bad for you, it will allow it.
And then, when your life falls to pieces and everything goes to shit, it will still be there, unjudging, giving you advice via intuition on how to get back on track to your “ideal, happiest” destination