Lifting the Shroud

In today’s society many of us feel burdened by the economy, family problems, work related problems, environmental concerns, and our safety. We can feel overwhelmed and burdened by so many types of hardships. Some of us may think that we are cursed and things will never get better. Our hearts and soul can be covered by pains of the past, hurts and disappointments of today, and generations of family wounds.

Everything that happens to us is a soul growth opportunity. Tending to our heart and soul reenergizes us to lift the burdens of these situations and allows our love, light and longings to come forward.  Some of us walk around with a heavy feeling over our hearts and soul. It is like a dark cloud that is following us. We may feel betrayed by life and think we missed the boat especially when our lives are riddled with misfortune and pain. This shroud of darkness needs our tending to, love and care. It is made up of all the misconceptions, negative beliefs, painful feelings, and hurtful actions of the past and present. These situations were never meant to be carried as burdens that weigh us down. Rather they are soul growth lessons and opportunities to birth our love and light.

When you approach any shroud of darkness with a positive attitude, your energy starts to change. You automatically start to uplift the situation.  You may want to ask, “What life lessons are held within this energy?  What is my soul learning in this moment?  What do I need to restore my joy, love and light?” You may also ask, “How can I lift these unfortunate events, feelings, and thoughts into a loving place?”

Our perceptions and attitude toward these events will need to change in order for this process to work for you. The shroud is a soul growth challenge and opportunity to expand the divine light within you. You may be thinking, “What is she crazy? I have been hurt. Things never turn out for me. I can’t seem to get out from under this rock. I can’t let go of this pain. This is my lot in life.”  Many of us have felt this way at some time in our life.  And, we do have the power to change and lift the shroud with our positive attitude, our positive intentions, and our ability to restore the divine qualities within us.

Changing our attitude about a situation can have a powerful impact on us and our burdens. If we feel things can never change, surely that is what is activated in the universe around us. We continue to create the same experiences to reinforce our negative perception. When we reframe our experience as a soul growth challenge, we can overcome anything that comes our way. Our attitude launches us into a new way of approaching our burdens and wounds. Our attitude actually shifts our intention away from perceiving our life in a negative way to seeing our life as a positive expression of God’s love.

Our Intention shifts to restore the divine qualities within that are resting just beneath the shroud. You may not know that the power of God’s grace and love is only one breath, attitude, or intention away.  Just beneath the shroud are divine trust, divine self-love and self- acceptance, divine respect, divine interpersonal love, divine communication, divine vision, and divine wisdom.  Just imagine a blanket of darkness covering all the best parts of yourself. These aspects are always there, just as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, had the secret to returning home, so do you! The power of self healing, the secret to your light and the wisdom guiding you home is within you.  With this knowledge, let’s change our attitude and focus our intention on our birthright and restore our divine nature.

The divine qualities can be activated inside of you by using the I AM Meditation mantras. Each mantra activates one of the innate divine qualities. When these qualities come together in your heart and soul, you can lift the shroud of darkness, release any burdens, and reclaim your divine nature.  The I AM Meditation mantras are:

I Trust in my Divine Potential from the I AM That I AM

Feel your breath flowing from your sacrum to your crown

I Trust in Divine Wisdom from the I AM That I AM

Breathe into the crown or top of your head

I See Truth from the I AM That I AM

Breathe into your eyes

I Communicate truth from the I AM That I AM

Breathe into your throat and ears

I Relate to Others from the I AM That I AM

Breathe into your heart, in the center of your chest,

beneath your breastbone. Open to give and receive love.

I Honor and Respect the I AM That I AM

Breathe into your solar plexus, just underneath your

rib cage, at the diaphragm

I Love and Accept the I AM That I AM

Breathe into your lower abdomen, just below your belly button

I Trust in the I AM That I AM

Breathe into your sacrum or tailbone, at the base of your spine

Follow these steps to lifting a shroud or burden for your heart and soul:

STEP 1

Find a comfortable and quiet space to meditation. Chant the I AM mantras or listen to the I AM CD. You can purchase a CD on my website at www.livingfromgrace.com.  Start at the base of your spine and repeat each mantra three or more times before moving to the next.

STEP 2

Consider a burden that you have carried on your heart and soul, something that makes your heart feels heavy. You may say this is my cross to carry. These situations are usually shrouds that cover our soul.

STEP 3

Once you have visualized the shroud or burden you want to lift, return to the I Trust in The I AM That I AM mantra. Bring the vibration of trust into your heart and soul (in the high heart area) Infuse the shroud with divine trust. Expand the quality of divine trust into the shroud. If you, hear the old tapes based in mistrust. Allow them to play and then return to divine trust and infuse the situation again from the light within you. Restore divine trust within you and lift the burden with trust into God’s grace, mercy, and love for you.

STEP 4

Now, repeat several times the “I Love and Accept the I AM That I AM” mantra. Bring Love and acceptance up into your heart and soul area. Infuse this area with love and acceptance. If there are unresolved emotions, self hate, self judgments or criticisms, infuse them with self-love and self-acceptance.  Repeat the mantra several times moving back and forth between self-love and self-acceptance and any misconceptions and unresolved feelings. Infuse the issue that burdens you then lift it up and off of your heart and soul.

STEP 5

Once your restore divine self-love and self-acceptance, it is time to awaken divine respect from within you.  Respect the divine light inside of you. This is fundamental to self esteem, integrity, and claiming your spiritual identity. Repeat the mantra, “I respect the I AM That I AM” mantra and bring divine respect up into your heart and soul.  If there are any places or situations where you felt disrespect for the light within you from another, lift this burden up. Infuse and penetrate the shroud of dark energy with divine respect from the depths of your being.  Imagine the dark cloud of energy, the negative thoughts and emotions lifting from you. Restore both your heart and soul with divine respect. Continue to restore divine respect within you by moving from disrespect to respect.  Repeat the mantra several times and move back and forth between the truth of your light and any misconceptions or feelings that burden you. Lift these burdens off of your heart and soul.

STEP 6

Now that you restored the first three qualities, it is important to infuse the burden or dark energies with Divine Interpersonal Love. We are to love others as ourselves. The only way we can do this is by restoring the first three qualities. Our relationships are based on giving and receiving love. When we have a shroud over our heart and soul our ability to give and receive love is suppressed. Lifting this shroud restores our divine nature and our ability to have loving and fulfilling relationships.  Repeat the mantra I relate to others from the I AM That I AM mantra.  Allow any disharmonious feelings to arise and then repeat the mantra again several times. Begin to infuse the center of your burdens with divine interpersonal love. This love comes from the depths of your being and is stronger and more powerful than any burden that covers your heart and soul. Release and forgive yourself or anyone who burdens your heart and soul. Let them off the hook as they say and reclaim your ability to give and receive love freely. Continue to infuse your heart and soul with divine interpersonal love until the burden is transformed and lifted off of you.

STEP 7

Once you infuse your heart and soul with Divine Interpersonal love, it is important to restore the quality of Divine Communication. Repeat several times the mantra “I communicate from the I AM That I AM mantra.” Notice if your communication with the light within you is blocked by unresolved thoughts and feelings towards God, yourself, or others. Allow the mantra to infuse you with light and open to higher levels of communication. Maybe the burden you are carrying was caused by poor communication. Ask God to lift your awareness so you can hear and speak your truth. Perhaps the words, thoughts and feelings of others are a burden to your heart and soul. Continue to repeat the mantra and infuse the situation with Divine communication until you lift the shroud from your heart and soul.  Open your ears to hear divine truth. Open your throat so you can speak your truth. Unravel and disconnect from any unhealthy words, feelings or thoughts from others. Repeat the mantra until you restore divine communication within you. Communicate with God about any situation you want to heal and know more about. Listen to the still small voice inside of you. This voice will help you resolve any burden you may be carrying and fill you with wisdom and truth.

STEP 8

Our vision of ourselves and our burdens can have a great impact on how we see our lives and others. If our vision is covered by a shroud of darkness it is hard to see the truth about our own light and gifts. Consider changing your attitude and the way you see this burden. Begin looking at it as a way to free and restore the divine light within you. Ask God to help you see the divine truth in the situation and restore your Divine Vision. Repeat several times the mantra, “I see truth from the I AM That I AM.”  Infuse how you see your burdens with the divine light. Maybe there is something you are not seeing about the other person or situation. Perhaps, you are focused on the wrong thing or your perceptions are limited by your experiences. Repeat the mantra several times again and continue to infuse and lift the situation so you can see it from God’s eyes. Open your eyes and restore your Divine Vision.

STEP 9

Whenever we are burden by any situation, our thoughts and feelings are based in our limited perceptions. We are blocked from knowing the truth from the divine within us. The “I trust in Divine Wisdom from the I AM That I AM” mantra restores our ability to expand our awareness into the mind of God. We are asking for Divine Wisdom to uplift us and help us clear the burden we carry.  By repeating the mantra several times and infusing Divine Wisdom into the shroud over our heart and soul, God can speak to us in a new way. Our awareness expands and we know the truth from a higher perspective. We may gain insight into the why and how something happened that is beyond our limited perceptions.  Divine Wisdom helps us unravel any of the distortions we are carrying and restores us with mercy and grace. Accessing Divine Wisdom can help us find ways to solve problems that we once thought were unsolvable.  It lifts the burden and our awareness into the divine mind of God where all knowledge is stored. This is the place where we can find answers to our problems and receive insight into our gifts and talents.

STEP 10

Once you have lifted the shroud from your heart and soul you can access your divine potential in any situation. Our divine potential relates to all of the divine qualities being expressed in any given moment. If the shroud you were carrying suppressed your longings and desires, you are now freed up to fulfill them. On the other hand if the shroud kept you from trusting, loving yourself, respecting the divine within, interpersonal love, speaking and hearing wisdom, visualizing and seeing truth, or knowing truth, all of these qualities are restored and you can reach your divine potential to resolve any issue in your life. You are empowered by the divine within you to fulfill your destiny.

You can use this exercise anytime you feel burdened or overwhelmed during the day. Couples who are struggling can do this together and raise the divine potential for each other, with their financial situations, with their family burdens, and for their children. Communities of people can uplift each other by practicing this process. Restoring the divine qualities within and lifting the shrouds from our lives is like giving ourselves a spiritual bath from inside out. You can’t change the outer world and the things that bother you without changing your inner world first. Give yourself the opportunity to practice this self healing technique. Let it be a part of your daily life. Practice it with family, friends, colleagues, at work, and for those who are suffering around you.  The world needs us to change our attitudes and lift our spirits to overcome anything. Our ancestors knew how to activate this principle and rebuild their lives. We can too!