PRAY FOR PEACE –
“Whenever we
confront a difficulty
that we do not think we
can handle, we ask God
[or our Higher Power] to
do for us what we can
not do for ourselves.”
(The Basic Text,
p. 83)
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Author: Bodhi Baba
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The Only Option Left when the Heart is Clenched in a Fistful of Fear – Step 9
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What Our Higher Power Wants for Us – Step 9
Don’t let an Armed Club Q Cretin Obscure What Our Higher Power Wants for Us – “It is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.”
– Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) German philosopher
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How to Walk the Tightrope that Balances Our Strongest Assets – Step 9
WE STAND UP AND TELL IT LIKE IT IS –
“Strong, confident,and well-rounded peo-ple have formed valuesand principles to live by andbelieve deeply in their right-ness. Such people live whatthey believe and share thosebeliefs with others in anon-critical way whenasked.” (It Works,How and Why,p.45)
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Be it Yahweh, Ra, Dao, God, Elohim, or Allah; Trust that Love Will Show You the Way – Step 9
“The pattern of the Great Spirit is over us all, but if we follow our own spirits from within, our pattern becomes clearer.”
– High Eagle (Native American adage of unknown ancestry)
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“Half Measures Availed Us Nothing” – Step 9
GOING ALL THE WAY- “With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start.” “Half measures availed us nothing.” (The Big Book, pp., 58-59)
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The Path toward Emotional Bliss that Rarely Fails to Please – Step 9
THE PATH WITHOUT RESERVATION –
“When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless … we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, “Well, thank God that’s over!” “Then we learn, … that this is only the first milestone on the new road we are walking.” (12 & 12, p. 73) on being grateful.
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How We can Do Better without “SHOULDING” All over Ourselves – Step 9
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) Chinese philosopher (on courage and persistence)
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The Reasons Why “No Man is an Island” & “Every man … is a Part of the Main” – Step 9
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main;” – John Donne (1572 – 1631) English poet (on self-obsession)
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How We Make Amends for Our Most Egregious Transgressions without Shame or Reservation – Step 9
A “TRUE SPIRIT OF HUMILITY & LOVE” MENDS THE PANGS OF SHAME – “… we ask ourselves if we are doing this because we are truly sorry and have a genuine desire to make reparations … . If we answer ‘yes’ to this question, we can be assured that we are approaching our amends in the true spirit of humility and love.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 62)
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Contrary to Popular Beliefs, “Courage is … Not Absence of Fear” – Step 9
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not the absence of fear.” – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) U.S., satirist/novelist
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