Dear Reader,
There are times in life when we do not feel whole.
Not broken beyond repair…
but divided.
A part of us wants what is right.
Another part resists.
One part believes…
another part doubts.
In recovery, we come to recognize this condition clearly:
A divided self cannot stand in peace.
🌿 The Call to Wholeness
In Mark 12:30, Christ gives a command that is often read simply—but carries a deeper invitation:
“Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.”
This is not just a command to love.
It is a call to gather.
- The heart (our desires)
- The soul (our identity)
- The mind (our thoughts)
- The strength (our actions)
👉 Not one part missing.
👉 Not one part hidden.
All.
🌿 The Inner Work of Integration
In the Gospel of Mary, there is a quiet but powerful idea:
That the soul must come to know itself,
and in that knowing, be freed from division.
This speaks to something many of us have experienced:
We are not just fighting the world…
we are often struggling within ourselves.
In AA, this shows up as:
- Saying one thing… doing another
- Wanting recovery… resisting change
- Seeking peace… but holding onto fear
This is what we might call fragmentation.
🌿 Recovery: From Division to Unity
The Twelve Steps gently lead us through a process:
- Awareness
- Honesty
- Surrender
- Alignment
Until, over time, something begins to happen:
The parts of us that were once in conflict… begin to come together.
Not perfectly.
But honestly.
Not instantly.
But steadily.
🌿 Wholeness Is Not Perfection
Here is the quiet truth:
God does not ask for a perfected self—
He asks for a whole one.
To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength
is not to eliminate parts of yourself—
but to bring them into the light.
- The part that struggles
- The part that fears
- The part that hopes
- The part that believes
👉 All of it belongs.
🌿 One Light, One Life
When we stop hiding from ourselves…
when we stop dividing our inner life into acceptable and unacceptable parts…
something changes.
The “double-minded” person begins to settle.
The restless heart finds direction.
The scattered self becomes gathered.
And in that moment:
We are no longer many selves trying to survive—
but one soul standing in the presence of God.
🌿 Closing Reflection
Perhaps wholeness is not something we achieve…
but something we allow.
In the presence of God,
nothing true about us needs to be rejected—
only gathered.
And what is gathered…
becomes whole.
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