We Don’t have to be Saints to Balance Our New Spiritual Awareness – Step 3

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Question ::: While recognizing, “We are not Saints”, how have you faced adversity and discouragement, lately?

“If I find
10,000 ways
something won’t
work, I haven’t failed.
I am not discouraged,
because every wrong
attempt discarded
is another step
forward.”

– Thomas A. Edison (1847 – 1931) U.S., inventor / entrepreneur

Featured Comment by Margot E. – “Imagine a life where I do not condemn myself for every mistake I make: “Mistakes call for judgment and punishment, not correction and learning.” That is one of the core beliefs of the addicted mind I read in a book by Lee Jampolsky. A mistake can be a learning opportunity – another chance to play in the universe. “Progress not perfection.” I know I learn better from the wrong answers on a test than the ones I guessed right…just sayin’ “ (on being Saints)

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Birbal Stories: The Blind Saint

The Blind Saint
Let us enjoy reading this one of Birbal Stories of The Blind Saint .

There lived a saint in an ashram in the kingdom of Emperor Akbar.

He was believed to prophecy the future correctly.

Once he had a visitor who had come to treat their niece. The child’s parents were killed in front of the girl’s eyes. Once she saw the saint, she started to scream loudly saying that that saint was the culprit.

Angered by the girl’s words, the saint demanded the couple to get away with their child.

The whole day the girl cried which made the couple to realize that the girl was not lying.

Therefore, they decided to seek the help of Birbal.

Birbal consoled them and asked them to wait at the Emperor’s assembly. Birbal had invited the saint to Akbar’s court too.

Then in front of all the ministers he drew a sword and neared the saint to kill him. The saint in bewilderment immediately drew another sword and began to fight. Thus by this act of the saint it was proved that he wasn’t blind.

Therefore, Akbar demanded to hang the culprit and rewarded the girl for her bravery for telling the truth even at the critical situation.

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7 responses to “We Don’t have to be Saints to Balance Our New Spiritual Awareness – Step 3”

June 18, 2019

Daniella Mosqueda

No i have not expierence any of this lately

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June 12, 2019

Daniella Mosqueda

I have been able to overcome this by being aware that i am poweless and to give it to my higher power and move on

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June 12, 2018

Simon Yebio

I played competitive team basketball for the first time in years. I got upset with all the antics and selfishness of my teammates verbally demanding the ball and judging my play. Yeah I guess I was pissed…lol….so I had a problem confronting my true feelings about it so it continued to bother me late into the night so much so I could not rest. I wasn’t awful, why was this so time consuming for me? Well I now know. I didn’t accept my feelings, and thought I shouldn’t be upset, so my lesson is I can’t be dishonest with myself, it just dosent work for me…so glad I had the opportunity to read this. Perfect timing….

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June 12, 2013

Br. Buddha

Good morning everyone + happy Wednesday. Here is today’s thought. “We are not saints”. Boy, isn’t that the truth. But, when I build my life on God, my foundation is strong. I do give it my very best shot. I may fail at times, but I do recover + grow. Join with us + together, we will be strong. Blessings. BB

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September 14, 2012

Adam

Probably the biggest thing is I still don’t like going to meetings. I rarely look forward to them unless I’m bored. That and AA seems to tell me that every flaw I have is because I’m an addict. Like nobody else has these flaws. I just chose to deal with my problems by drinking. Anyway, I’m doing fine as long as I am working on my flaws and keeping a positive outlook.

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June 13, 2012

JB jr.

I have adjust my expectations of a family member. Its an ongoing process and I just have to remain open to seeing things in a new way.

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June 12, 2012

Margot E.

Imagine a life where I do not condemn myself for every mistake I make: “Mistakes call for judgement and punishment not correction and learning.” That is one of the core beliefs of the addicted mind I read in a book by Lee Jampolsky. A mistake can be a learning opportunity – another chance to play in the universe. “Progress not perfection.” I know I learn better from the wrong answers on a test than the ones I guessed right…just sayin’

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