“And in the sweet-
ness of friendship let
there be laughter and the
sharing of pleasures. For in
the dew of little things the
heart finds its morning
and is refreshed.”
– Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931) Lebanese-American, world-renown poet
Author: Bodhi Baba
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The Key to Being how We are Meant to Be, i.e., “Happy, Joyous and Free” – Step 1
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How Self-will Snowballs into a Conflagration of Pain, not Glory – Step 1
OTHERWISE, SELF-WILL ENDS & COMPULSION BEGINS –
“Like self-starvation
with food or compul-
sive debting or hoard-
ing with money, depriva-
tion with sex can make
one feel powerful and
defended against all
hurts.” (Sexual Anor-
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Finding Happiness and Peace in the Face of Utter Uncertainty and Dread – Step 1
.T”By bringing about a change in our outlook toward things and events, all phenomena can become sources of happiness.” – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (1935 – ) On being happy
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The Reasons Why You May Feel You’re Paying Too High a Price for Recovery – Step 1
“Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.” – Paulo Coelho (1947 – ) Brazilian novelist/lyricist on paying the price
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Revealing Secrets from the “First Chapter in the Book of Wisdom” – Step 1
“Honesty is
the first chapter
of the book of wisdom.”– Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) U.S. President
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How Admitting Personal Powerlessness is an Admission that We can’t Control Everything – Step 1
“This is the bitterest pain among men [and women], to have much knowledge but no power.” Herodotus (484 BC – 425 BC) Greek, Historian
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Umoja: the Loving Connections that Bring Us Together as One – Trad. 1
GIVING COMFORT AND UNDERSTANDING – “He thought it better to give comfort than to receive it; better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven.” (12 & 12, p. 101)
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To get to Where We want to Go, Here’s how We Embrace the Unknown – Step 1
“But we need not fear that we can lose anything by the progress of the soul. The soul may be trusted to the end.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) U.S. Poet, Transcendentalist and lecturer on the unknown
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The Art of Becoming A Winner Without Causing Others to Feel Like They Lost – Step 1
“The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities … . It is best to win without fighting.”- Sun-tzu (~400 BC) Chinese general & military strategist on how best to achieve a surrender
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Why We might Trust that there is a “Master Plan” – Step 1
NO NEED TO KNOW IT ALL RIGHT NOW – “In realizing that we don’t have all the answers, we begin to find some humility. We may not grasp the full impact of what being humble means, but our open-mindedness assures us that we have found and have begun to demonstrate this valuable quality.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 16)
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