
When you refer to the "Divine Aspect of your being," you use the term interchangeably with "Higher Self." You could also use terminology such as inner being, eternal self, inner divinity, and there are many more.
This is the energy which has given birth to the consciousness of the physical you. Your consciousness is intricately meshed with that of your Higher Self, even when you are not aware of it. Think of it like an unborn baby in the womb, separate but dependent upon the host who houses it.
In fact, when you feel your Higher Self energy coming close, it is like being enveloped in a comforting embrace, like a mantle of love being placed around your shoulders. Like coming home.
As a human, it seems odd to think about the greater aspect of yourself residing in another dimension. You are accustomed to controlling the details of your life, yet there is so much more than meets the eye. You are just now dipping your toes into the pool of understanding that can reveal how it all works.
When you learn to become less human-centric and more All-centric, you begin to see more clearly. All-That-Is is just that... Everything. You are part of this Everything. Your experiences as a human contribute to the expansion of Everything, just as the totality of Everything's awareness is available to assist you when you remember to ask for guidance. Everything exists in all dimensions, including the 3-dimensional world in which you currently live.
Your Higher Self, on the other hand, dwells closer to the center of Everything. Sometimes you call Everything "God," but humans have created such a limited, small vision of God that using the terms "All-That-Is" or "Source" are preferable so as to not conceptually diminish the totality of its essence.
Just as you are the "baby in the womb" of your Higher Self's energy, so is your Higher Self in a similar relationship with All-That-Is. Separate, but contained within the All, like a cell on the tip of your finger, having its own cellular memory and purpose and, at the same time, existing as a necessary component of the finger and the whole body.
The dance of Life is intricate and each aspect of your life, seen and unseen, is important to the whole. When you realize that you are, in truth, a part of Everything, your eyes open to the infinite possibilities that are available to you. And when you forget, the Divine Aspect of your being gives you little reminders. In your case, a couple of illnesses that put you back on the track to wholeness.
The day-to-day details of your life can distract you from what really counts... knowing that you are one with All-That-Is all the time. You don't need to go looking for the Divine outside of yourself, in other words. You are already there.
The trick is to not get so bogged down in trivia that you forget to see your own Light.