Friday, September 23, 2011

Eckhart Tolle: On Resentments

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"The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. And what is a grievance? The...
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Step One Misperceptions and Confusion

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There are many sayings - some trite but true, others not - that one hears around the tables in Alcoholics Anonymous (and many of its sister ...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Seeking Humility

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"Out of suffering may come the transmutation of values, even the transfiguration of character. But these developments are possible only...
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Tao of Selflessness

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In the Eleventh Step Prayer , we affirm that: "(I)t is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It i...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Forgiveness and Making Amends 101

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I found the following passage in Richard Carlson's " Don't Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and its all small stuff ," a pithy ...
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Monday, September 12, 2011

Letting Go of Old Ideas

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In the " How It Works " reading, we hear over and over that "(s)ome of us have tried to hold onto our old ideas and the re...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

The Obsession of the Mind

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"We know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do for months or years, he reacts much like other men. We are equall...
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Friday, September 9, 2011

The 'Three Delusions'

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There are 'three delusions' - actually one illusion, and two delusions - specifically referenced in the 'Big Book' of Alcoho...