If only we intellectually possessed the means of raising this shade...
Alas, we do possess the ability, but this ability is hidden from us, so that we are not "bothered" with it during our "visit" to the Creation... at least we are unaware of this ability until we have very nearly completed our exploration and experiencing of the Creation. At that point, we will automatically be drawn to a particular Mystic ... somewhere on Earth... and one will "automatically" find oneself interested in what the Mystic has to say!... and one will not know the reason for this attraction, but it will pull one in the direction of the Mystic. What is taking place [hidden within us] is our own Soul, subtly awakening to bits of TRUTH being spoken by this Mystic. And this will continue until one finds oneself somehow going to listen to the Mystic personally. And what the Mystic says just rings bells "within" one's Consciousness, and one finds oneself beginning to "HEAR" BITS OF TRUTH FROM WITHIN ONESELF! And a subtle awakening of one's Conscious Awareness demands that one search out this Mystic, and the rest is your own personal history of how you awakened to HEAR GOD from "Within" your Soul.
GOD is ever present in each living thing, and in Man in particular. And when one's Soul has had enough of the exploration of the Creation, and secretly longs to return Home... God will pull you unto Himself... slowly and carefully. And you will find yourself facing bits of Truth from WITHIN your SELF... that you never knew you KNEW! And you will begin your own journey HOME!
Be patient, and enjoy your transformation from ignorance into Light. Patience is a Virtue, practice it with Love and Hope. And do resist every kind of evil you can awaken to... because almost everything in the Creation creates Karma, and it is our Karma that keeps us stuck in the Creation.
Peace... and Love, 1 Brother James