Conversation With Shame

Shame has been my constant companion for as long as I can remember. It wore many hats and manifested in multiple areas of my life. Now instead of my prison and torment, shame has become one of my greatest teachers.

If you know financial shame, sexual shame, the shame of addiction, or any of the other masks it wears, perhaps you'll find something of value here.

As I reflect, I see that my relationship with Shame was changed by two primary factors.

• A desire to finally know myself in truth. A deep desire to know myself in innocence and to see myself the way the Divine perceives me. To see myself in my own Self Love and no longer through the "eyes of society".
  
  It hasn't been easy to discard the beliefs of society, but now that I'm on the other side of them – It was one of the most important things I did. This is because the Divine has a very different way of operating and thinking than human consciousness at present. More and more as I held the Divine view and perspective of myself, I was no longer willing to judge and shame myself. Instead I began loving and appreciating myself.
• The willingness to look at my shame. To deeply explore it. To open to the messages and teachings that shame was trying to surface all along. One manifestation of this was a direct dialogue with shame.

Dialogue with Shame:

I am your shame. Thank you for allowing me to share my side of the story.

I know you’re still discovering it but I never meant to hurt you. In fact, I truly desire to be your friend.

I took everything that society, culture, your parents and mostly yourself told you was bad or disgusting or awful about yourself and I kept it for you. I held it in my embrace, upon my back, as part of my being. I did this in loving service.

Hopefully, one day you’ll come to experience the depth of my loving intent and compassion for you and as you.

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