Mary’s words penetrate deep into hallways of heart. They imbed in fabric of soul. Despite such presence, we often fail miserably at living up to Blessed Mother’s simple mandate. Why does honoring "whatever" part of Mary’s instruction demand so much? Maybe it’s because she knows her divine Son accepts nothing less than all we have to give. He sets bar at perfection. He is not interested in lukewarm faith or partial commitment. He has no time for minimalism. His is an unrelenting challenge, one which never stops asking for more.

It’s not as if we haven’t been given proper tools for job. Jesus took special care to remind us of faith’s foundation in Ten Commandments. He presented Beatitudes so that we understood what it meant to die to self. He rounded out our understanding of Christian mission through parables, discourses and miracles. Then he died to show us that love has no limits. Perpetual lessons taught through power of a life perfectly lived.

Those lessons should give us pause. When I closed that last business deal, did I comply with his instruction to do unto others as I would want done to myself? When suffering came my way, did I take up cross without whining? When praise was proffered, did I divert spotlight to true giver of skill being praised? In midst of tragedy, did I attempt to discern God’s will among ruins? How close did I come each day to honoring "whatever" part of Mary’s message?

In our childhood we learned to obey our mother, honor her place in family, and respect her counsel. Mother guided, corrected, and cajoled as necessary to draw out best in each of us. Often she only needed a single word or a telling glance and we understood exactly what instruction she wished to impart. Her messages, always, were infused with a love that was utterly impossible to comprehend. Well, our heavenly mother has spoken. She has given us most crucial advice in history of world. Across ages, our Blessed Mother has reminded us to "do whatever He tells you." We would be wise to take her advice to heart.

Jesus would look at a person who was physically ill, deformed, or even dead, and reason condition didn't appear beyond repair to him was because he knew that what he was seeing was only physical. He knew that he and all others were spiritual beings in temporary physical form. He knew that spirit was not an effect of physical, but that physical was an effect of spirit. In an instant he would see this person for who they truly were...the perfect spirit being that God created. Jesus shared that thought with them, healing their perception of themselves instantly by sharing his vision of how perfect, lovely, peaceful and worthy they are. With this immense healing of minds perception, body changes instantly to agree. The mind, not body, is real.

Jesus' message wasn't one of sacrifice and sorrow, but one of sharing and joy. His life and his resurrection are key factors in what we can become. His trials and crucifixion were only meant to be an extreme example of showing that no matter what man may do, he can't affect spirit, which means man really can't do anything.

There is not a moment and not a person on earth that God is not working with at all times. Every event or situation has a better and healing choice that can be applied. By just going along and accepting things as they are, we are purposely looking past choices that God would prefer we make. By choosing to see more clearly and by choosing to set aside our right to be angry, our right to not forgive, our right for vengeance, our right for greed, our right to mistrust....by setting aside these ego induced rights, we will see other choices that are there and always have been.

Every step you take closer to God is performed by a part of your mind being healed. All healing is of mind, which is essence of spirit that is you. Healing occurs by and through sharing and learning to share. As you begin to see people around you as equals and brothers in Christ, you will learn to share your peace with them. You will learn to share your love with them. You will learn to share your health with them. You will learn to see and share true image of themselves with them. All these things bring about healing to both minds, which then changes perception of what we perceive in physical world.

What do you share? How do you share? For most of us who often feel lacking in peace or love, it's a good thing to know that whatever it is that you desire, share it with somebody else and you shall have it for yourself as well. That's how sharing works. So then, how do you share something you don't have? If life is terrible and you need peace, how do you share it to have it in first place?

If you desire peace, stop for a moment, think of somebody else who needs peace and focus on them for a moment and have an unconditional desire that they be peaceful. Allow yourself a quiet moment and embrace tiny bit of peace you do find within yourself and share it unconditionally and whole heartedly. Really mean it. Really desire peace and happiness for other. Drop all boundaries and all past issues and be as sincere and as forgiving as possible. Quietly to yourself, just say, "Peace" to them and treat it as an action term. You can think of it as a living and moving light that flows from you and surrounds them. Let your desire for them to be without boundaries and as fully loving as possible. In doing so, you too will have found more peace than what you started with. Since you can't give what you don't believe you have, act of sharing has helped you open yourself to more of what you do have. In your desire to share your peace with somebody else, you are also finding it for yourself. God has given us everything already. We just need to be open to see it, through sharing.

Whoever you share with is totally affected by your sharing and has been healed in some way. It's impossible for them not to be. You may or may not see immediate effects, but that has nothing to do with truth in that healing has occurred. Remember, healing is of mind and body is just a projection of mind, so your focus is for mind or spirit behind body to be healed. In doing so, body may be healed as well, but that's for Holy Spirit to work with. Your job is to share what you have and then let go and let God do healing. You don't have to understand...you don't have to have evidence...you only have to know that God will do and bring about whatever is best thing for that person.

As an afterthought, can you also see that act of not sharing in this world is seed for almost every problem that exists. We all have power of God within us to change this... and it will change. There is no telling how long we will continue to keep trying to do things on our own, but every day, every hour, every minute, every second... we are all being healed and we are all one step closer to being back with God. So, you can put off your healing by continuing to embrace ways of world, but you can't prevent it because God's love for us is drawing us all ever so closer to him and it's inevitable that day will come when we will all be reunited with him and with each other.

I look forward to seeing you there.

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