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Friday, April 01, 2011

Removing the mask and nailing the veil

Spiritual resource to share:  clarity




A song came into my head recently. One line is: "Thou Soul, inspiring - give us vision clear, break earthbound fetters, sweep away the veil....."  It got me thinking.....

A veil is a flimsy thing, easily swayed in any amount of breeze. And there are times when I feel I am seeing things through a veil. Thoughts are murky, prospects seem few, resources limited, or there seem to be too many human opinions splintering off into random directions. To this material sense of things, what is spiritually crisp and clear seems inaccessible until I can  lift this veil and see more of God's infinite design!

Fortunately, a veil has no substance. It is easy to remove. An object with a veil may have the form of that object, but the true outline and character is revealed once the veil is lifted.  Likewise with material sense – it has no substance, which means it has no ability to define us or confine us. It, too, can be easily removed and reveal the original. 

As we grow spiritually, we start seeing ourselves and others as God sees us – made in His/Her image and likeness. As we grow spiritually, we get good at nailing the veil.

veil is defined in Science and Health as a cover, concealment, hiding and hypocrisy. Here are some thoughts about what a veil is and what is revealed after the lifting of it. Feel free to add your ideas to this!
Lifting the veil of…. //To reveal God’s (and our)….
  • Frailty //Strength 
  • Decrepitude //Robust health
  • Awkwardness// Gracefulness
  • Limitation //Infinite possibilities
  • Incompleteness //Maturity
  • Fragmentation //Wholeness
  • Lack //Abundance
  • Bondage //Freedom
  • Division //United
  • Heaviness //Lightness
  • Sluggishness //Deftness
  • Drudgery //Buoyancy
  • Apathy //Empathy
  • Isolation //Interconnectedness
  • Fear //Love
  • Sadness //Spiritual identity
  • Discontent //Deep happiness, contentment

3 comments:

Gail Saul said...

An obvious one is Death//Life
But one of my first thoughts was Age// ...so many things--Beauty, Life, Wholeness, Majesty, Spirit.

Kim said...

Love the idea of removing the veil of age!

Jerry McIntire said...

I'm liking the idea of something substantial under every veil. Beautiful.