“It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809 – 1894) U.S., physician, poet, lecturer and author
Author: Bodhi Baba
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Exploring the Synchronicity axiom: “What You Think About – You Bring About” – Step 12
“Synchronicity:
A meaningful coin-
cidence of two or more
events where something
other than the prob-
ability of chance
is involved.”– Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) Swiss psychologist
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Living Our Best Lives “from the Perspective of the Spirit Within” – Step 12
“Seeing your-
selves from the
perspective of the
spirit within will help
you to remember why
you came here and
what you came
here to do.” – Neale Donald Walsch (1943 – ) U.S. author re: spiritual awakening– Sign up to Zonr for Today’s Full SFZ
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Ways to Abandon All Negative Judgments of Others & Open Up Oceans of Unconditional Love – Step 12
“The morality we have lived by was fragmentary only. We must abandon it in favor of the complete, all-embracing love expressed in ‘reverence for all life.’ ” – Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) Franco-German Theologian & Medical missionary on unconditional love
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Why “Focusing Your Life Solely on Making a Buck Shows a Certain Lack of Ambition…” – Step 12
GETTING ‘RIGHT-SIZED’ AS WE FIND OUR CENTER –
“Where before we
went from one extreme
to another, either feeling
better than everyone else or
feeling worthless, we now
find the middle ground
where true self-worth
can flourish.” (It
Works, How &
Why, p. 74)(on ambition)
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An End to Loneliness, Thanks to the Bonding that Links Us in Recovery – Step 12
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.”
– Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) Macedonian Missionary & Saint
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Limitless Possibilities & Power are Released When We Realize … – Concept 11
WE ARE ONE – “NA is like a lifeboat in a sea of isolation, hopelessness and destructive chaos.” “By humbling ourselves and asking for help, we can get through the toughest of times. I can’t, we can!” (The Basic Text, p. 98)
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A Superpower We can All Find within Ourselves – Step 11
ACCEPTANCE IN THE WORLD-AT-LARGE –
“Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied us?” (12 & 12, p. 52)
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Being of Service as Quiet Keepers of the Flame- Trad. 11
FLAME ON –
“It is more than a denial of self-seeking. This Tradition [11] is a constant and practical reminder that personal ambition has no place … . In it, each member becomes an active guardian of our Fellowship.” (12 & 12, p. 183)
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Heal Your “Psychic Wounds” and “Actualize the Power Within” – Step 11
WOUNDS ACTUALIZE “A GRADUAL AWAKENING” – “Practicing the Eleventh Step involves a daily discipline of prayer and meditation.” “Knowledge of our Higher Power’s will does not usually come in a momentary blinding flash, but in a gradual awakening brought about by the continued practice of prayer and meditation.” (It Works, How & Why p. 81)
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