TOPICS: Alcohol has many effects – use natural remedies – chemicals in red grapes with positive effects – must take in large quantities – alcohol will have negative effects – eat grapes without alcohol – acknowledge if you have a desire for alcohol – is this your own desire? – alcohol does not enhance your spiritual growth – legitimate desires do not lead to addiction – naturally letting go of a desire –
Question: Jesus, would you please comment on the potential health benefits of drinking red wine.
Answer from ascended master Jesus through Kim Michaels:
I am aware that scientific studies have shown that drinking red wine can help prevent heart disease. Yet did these studies examine the negative effects that drinking large amounts of alcohol has on other aspects of the body?
There are many plants on earth that are literally put here by God for the sake of being used as medicine. Human beings would do well to use natural remedies to cure diseases and to put a stop to the greed of the pharmaceutical industry.
My point is that there are chemicals in red grapes that have beneficial health effects. The problem is that in order to reap these benefits, you must take in great quantities of red grapes. If you take in such large quantities through wine, the alcohol will have negative health effects. It might also lead to addiction, and this will certainly have a negative effect on your spiritual faculties. Therefore, I strongly recommend that people either eat raw grapes, raisins or drink grape juice.
I am aware that certain people have always had a desire for alcohol, and they are always looking for a way to justify indulging this desire. It is a general human tendency that people look for a justification for doing what they desire to do. Such people will use these scientific studies as a justification for drinking red wine.
My advice is that if you have a desire to drink wine, you should acknowledge that desire instead of seeking to camouflage it by saying that you are only drinking because of the health benefits. When you have acknowledged a desire for alcohol, you can begin to make intelligent choices concerning that desire.
You have the option of recognizing that many desires are not your own. They are projected into your mind and desire body by the forces of this world, and in many cases this is done with impure motives. I can assure you that alcohol was not put on this planet by God. Contrary to the claims made by some people, alcohol can never enhance your spiritual growth. In fact, even small amounts of alcohol will dull your spiritual faculties. It will decrease your intuition and make it much more difficult for you to obtain spiritual insights and visions.
Therefore, a sincere spiritual seeker would be well-advised to abstain from all alcohol. This even applies to the serving of wine during communion. In previous ages, it was not easy to preserve grape juice outside of the regular season. Therefore, wine was the only practical way to accomplish this. In today’s age, technology has made it possible to serve grape juice at any time of the year, and there is no more any reason to use wine during communion.
I am not hereby saying that everyone should abstain from alcohol. Many people have a desire to experience the things of this world, including good food accompanied by wine. This can be a legitimate desire. Yet I must tell you that such a desire never leads to addiction. No one has a soul desire for getting drunk and waking up with a headache or for wasting their lives on addictions. Therefore, if you are drinking wine out of a desire, you will do so in moderation.
Once you cross the subtle line between enjoying alcohol and being addicted to alcohol, you can be certain that you are no longer following a true inner desire. Instead, your lifestream is being exploited by the forces of this world who are seeking to prevent your spiritual growth.
A true desire is a satiable desire. It can be satisfied in the short run by enjoying alcohol with a meal without getting drunk. And it can be satisfied in the long run by permanently leaving behind the desire to drink alcohol because you have now come to the realization that maintaining sharp spiritual faculties is more important to you than the enjoyment of sensory pleasures.
What I am saying here is that at a certain level on the lifestream’s path it can be acceptable to enjoy alcohol in moderation. Yet as a lifestream matures, it will naturally begin to focus more attention on the spiritual side of life. As it does so, the lifestream should naturally let go of all desires for alcohol.
Copyright © 2003 by Kim Michaels