In the Beatitudes, Jesus spoke to a multitude . . . He didn’t speak to just the disciples or other important people. He spoke to people like you and me, there to hear His words.  Part of what He said was:

“You are the light of the world.”[1]  Isn’t that amazing. You and I are the ‘light of the world’. Just think of the moral role that puts upon us. The world is dependent upon us to shine our light with goodness and love. Let us not fail.

We see people full of love and compassion. They radiate and give off an energy of love and joy, so powerful, it touches us. This energy is the light. And, the more forgiving and loving you are, the more love and joy you have in your life, the more you shine, the more you will touch others.

Verses throughout the Bible speak of darkness and light. Here are a few:

“Be careful, lest the light in you be darkness.[2]

      For it is God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness.”[3]

     “Open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light.”[4]

     “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”[5]

      "Let your light so shine before men …”[6]

You are the light of the world. Let your light so shine before men. Increase the light. The light will push back the resisting darkness. Overall, the light is winning: witness the fall of the Soviet empire and the Berlin Wall, the election in our country of a wise and intelligent president who seems to genuinely care about the well-being of everyone, and the willingness of many in Iran to question the authority of those in power, even at great personal risk to themselves.

Moreover, prior to 1996, there were many psychic predictions of horrible disasters that were to occur before the year 2000. These events never happened. They were nullified or perhaps lessened and postponed by the love, selfless actions and prayers of many.

ENVISION WITH ME ... See within your mind’s eye ...
A light that dawns within your consciousness.
Softly, slowly, as if it were a blanket falling upon a sleeping baby,
Cast a net of love-filled light to cover the earth. ...
See all people in peace and harmony. ...
See light dispel darkness, as if darkness didn’t matter. ...
Increase the love and light. ...
And give it all to God. ...

Those who bring light into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. Giving and receiving are reciprocal. And each person’s happiness is important to everyone else, for we are all one in spirit and share the same collective experience.

Shine on.   —Mary Ann

In the Beatitudes, Jesus spoke to a multitude . . . He didn’t speak to just the disciples or other important people. He spoke to people like you and me, there to hear His words.  Part of what He said was: “You are the light of the world.”  Isn’t that amazing. You and I are the light of the world.  It is for that very reason that I endeavor to increase the light within myself so that I can give it to others and creation abundantly.

—Mary Ann