SELFLESS INTENT BRINGS PEACE – “When we finally get our own selfish motives out of the way, we begin to find a peace that we never imagined possible.” (The Basic Text, p.45)
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“Given the
choice between
the experience of pain
and nothing, I would
choose pain.”
– William Faulkner (1897- 1962) U.S. novelist
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“It is important to remember that we are energy. Einstein told us that. And energy cannot be created or destroyed, it just changes form.”
– Rhonda Byrne (1945 – ) Australian publisher of “The Secret”
What have you been willing to do to bring about positive changes in your life, lately?
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Surrendering Allows “The Profound Wisdom” “of the Flow of Life” to Emerge- “Only after surrender are we able to overcome the alienation of addiction. Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat. This can be frightening, but it is the foundation on which we built our lives.” (The Basic Text, p. 22)
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“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD – 180 AD) aka Mark Anthony – Emperor of Rome (re: fears)
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“Honesty is
the cruelest game
of all, because not
only can you hurt some-
one – and hurt them to the
bone – you can feel self-
righteous about it at
the same time.”
– Dave Van Ronk (1936 – 2002) U.S.
folk musician
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THE SECRET TO MAKING A HABIT OF IT – “Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, attitudes and relationships on a regular basis. We are creatures of habit and are vulnerable to our old ways of thinking and reacting.” (The Basic Text, p.42)
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NOW, ONENESS SLOWLY BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD –
“Many of us were
suspicious … .” “Ag-
nostics and atheists
sometimes start by just
talking to ‘whatever’s there.’
There is a spirit or an en-
ergy that can be felt in the
meetings. This is some-
times the newcomer’s
first concept of an
H. P. (The Basic
Text, p. 94 )
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“[Siddartha] reflected deeply, until this feeling completely overwhelmed him and … he recognized causes; for to recognize causes … is to think, and through thought, alone feelings become knowledge and are not lost, but become real and begin to mature.”
– Hermann Hesse (1877 – 1962) German Buddhist Philosopher
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“Vulgarity is vulgarity. And if you mean to demean a person; that makes him or her less than whole … it means this person is not worth my concern.”
Maya Angelou (1928 – ) renowned African- American poet (on Intolerance)
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