DROP YOUR SHAME

My dear ones,

Guilt has kept My children from drawing near to Me. You will tend to indulge in shame, or a feeling of unworthiness, when you don't live according to your heart's desires and standards.

And you feel that the person you think you are is irreconcilable with all the beauty of God, and with having a relationship with Me. You are certain of this. And that certainty is always obstructing you. When you feel Me, when you approach the ability to connect with Me, when you feel the desire to connect with Me, or even with people—then, because of who you think you are, you do not believe that can happen. You do not think you are good enough for love, for Me, for intimacy, for people. Such goodness cannot be reconciled with your idea of who you are.

The truth is, I approach you every day a thousand times over, and each time I come near, you turn away saying, "I am not worthy of You." In your shame, you condemn yourself to be alone. But I want you to come to Me. Come to Me, because I want you, and you are perfect. That is the truth. And in fact, the most imperfect thing, the worst problem you have, is the idea that you have to be separate from Me, and from other human beings, because of what you have done, thought, or believed. You see?

To believe that is to continue in separation, to indulge in sin, to maintain that condition which you are so ashamed of—the condition of separation. You see? And then your mind thinks, "Well, if I am shameful I should be ashamed." But actually, by indulging in shame, you are maintaining that condition you are ashamed of.

You see? So actually, you have to break that chain of logic, and say, "Even though I have all these reasons to be ashamed, I will not be ashamed, because otherwise I cannot reach out to God, be with God, be with people." You have to actually let go of it and stop the "logical" flow of the ego-mind, that says, "All right, I did all these bad things, and so now I need to prove myself, and redeem myself, and work hard, and stay separate, and not be worthy of God."

But then, when you do that, you become even more ashamed, because when you are separate, you cannot live in a way that makes you feel happy. Separation just prolongs and increases the shame. Only in relationship, in unity, in togetherness with God and others, can you really do right. From a place of separation, you cannot love as your heart wants to love. You cannot be true.

So actually, you just have to drop the shame! And do not think it is a lack of integrity to simply drop your shame. Shame is not integrity. To indulge in shame is a lack of integrity, because it is denying who you are.

Who you are is not shameful. Who you are is holy. Who you are is loving. You are the one who would uphold goodness. Your inner standards are so high that you feel ashamed, but instead, you should realize that you are the one who holds those inner standards—you are the one who is so good that you care about what is right, and want to do right and not wrong. Only when you accept who you are, and act as who you are, can you be happy with your actions. Only when you accept who you are, and live as who you are, can you have true integrity. That is why you need to drop your shame—because in your shame, you think you are bad. You can never live your heart when you think you are bad. It is a vicious circle.

Drop your shame, dear ones, so that I can draw you near to Me. Drop your shame, so that you may draw near to others. You are good. All the goodness you need is in your own heart, in your native desire to love. I am waiting to hear from you. Drop your shame.