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NOTE: This answer was given on
May 19, 2007, during the Shangra-la conference in Ireland.
Answer from Mother Mary:
As any addiction, my beloved, alcohol is indeed a plot of the dark
forces to take people into a blind alley, where they lose control
over their lives to the addiction, to a physical substance. It is only
one of the many plots devised by those in the serpentine consciousness,
in the fallen consciousness, who want to control humankind, even want
to take them away from the spiritual path.
My beloved, once again, we run up against the reality that free will
reigns supreme on this planet. Thus, you can indeed do much to encourage
other people to attain a greater understanding of what alcohol, and
the addiction to alcohol or any other substance, is doing to their life
and relationships. And so, I certainly encourage you to put forth an
effort with the people that are closest to you, to help them attain
a greater understanding.
Now, my beloved, in order to do this, you must realize the reality that
once a person has crossed the line and actually become addicted to any
substance, that person is no longer making free choices. Because the
essence of an addiction is that people have lost control, and no matter
what they claim – saying that they are not alcoholics –
the reality of it is that they could not stop drinking even if they
truly wanted to.
But of course, the deeper reality is that they cannot stop drinking
because they cannot muster the will to actually want to stop. Because
they have become so blinded by their ego
that they can always find some reason why they do not have to stop today,
why they can have just one more drink, or why their drinking really
is not a problem, really does not affect them or the people around them.
So you see, my beloved, they really are not making free choices to continue
this addiction. In some cases you can possibly make them understand
this. But in many cases you will need to do some very serious spiritual
work before you have an opportunity to penetrate. In order to do this
I encourage you to give Archangel Michael's rosary for them, and especially
the new rosary that will be brought forth in continuation of the dictation
given earlier. [NOTE: This new rosary is part of the Spiritual
Crisis Toolkit.]
You can certainly also use the tools that we will give, including the
dictation
by Archangel Michael [Also part of the Toolkit] where you can listen
to this dictation and make calls for other people, perhaps even looking
at their picture while envisioning Archangel Michael cutting them free
from the dark forces that cause the addiction.
And therefore, by doing this spiritual work for such people, you can
give them an opportunity to attain some relief from the dark forces
that have taken over their minds. So that they can again come to the
point, where they can possibly make a somewhat free choice to leave
the addiction behind or to enter some kind of treatment program.
Yet, my beloved, I must caution you that you cannot – or at least
you should not – attempt to override people's free will. For you
must understand that free will does reign supreme. And if a person is
not willing to give up an addiction, there literally is nothing you
can do about it. Unless, of course, you make yourself into a controlling
force, whereby you then seek to become a stronger controlling force
than the dark forces controlling the person through the addiction. But
I trust that none of you who are spiritual are willing to do this.
So sometimes you must simply look at another person and say, “There
must be a reason why the person needs to go through the experience of
this addiction in order to finally sink to such a low level that the
person turns around and says, ‘I cannot continue to do this.’"
And you will see, my beloved, that there are some addicts who must hit
bottom, as they say, before they can make the decision not to continue
on that path. I know it can be extremely difficult to see people go
through this phase. But again, it is only difficult if you have expectations
and conditions.
And again, I must encourage you to go through the difficult process
of looking in the mirror, looking in your own consciousness, and investigating
why you might have an attachment to another person, why you cannot let
them experience the experiences they need to have in order to finally
turn around.
Now my beloved, my answer might seem confusing. But do you see, again,
the delicate middle way of not going into either of the two extremes
that are always there in the duality consciousness? So you see, my beloved,
I encourage you to make an effort to help another person turn around.
But if you make the effort and after some time realize that you have
attained non-attachment to the other person – whether the other
person changes – and you have attained a state of inner peace,
and from that inner peace you feel that you have done everything you
should reasonably do to help the other person. Well, my beloved, if
you do get that inner prompting and if you know it comes from peace,
then do whatever you get prompted to do in order to move on and create
a higher state of life for yourself.
For my beloved, as you have absolute respect for the free will of others,
you must have absolute respect for your own free will and your right
to say, "You may choose to continue down this path of alcoholism,
but I have a right to choose not to follow you and not to let your choice
affect me. And therefore I must leave you behind and move on."
And again, my beloved, seek
first the kingdom of God, seek first to heal yourself and attain
that inner peace and non-attachment and I assure you—you will
know what to do. For the answers will come to you in your heart. The
answers that are perfect for the actual situation you are facing.
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