Author: Bodhi Baba

“The weak can never forgive.  Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

– Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) India’s preeminent political and spiritual leader

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“How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.”

– Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) U.S. Revolutionary Leader

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What innovative ways have you changed your behavior or begun to commence a “living amends”, lately?

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“Anger in a home is like rottenness in fruit.”

Talmud Sotah 3 (200 CE) central text of Rabbinic Judaism

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How have you handled anger and frustration in a way that resulted in a more positive outcome lately?

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“To the best of our ability, we’ve cleaned up the wreckage of the past, and we are at peace with the world.” (OA 12 & 12, p. 81)

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What lessons have you learned lately that help with your relations with others?

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DISCOVERING OUR INNER BEAUTY –  “This step teaches us a great deal about humility, love, selflessness, and forgiveness.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 67)

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What regrets would you most like to see addressed in your recovery?

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“We are humbled

by our imperfection

– but let there be no

mistake; humility is the

ideal state for an addict to

be in. Humility brings us

back down to earth and

plants our feet firmly on

the spiritual path we

are walking.” (It

Works, How &

Why, p.

48)

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How has being a humble healer helped you feel better about a past mistake lately?

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What small thing can you do today to use humility instead of false pride?

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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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“This is for all of those still in the military who are languishing – not able to come out to themselves … so I hope that this really stiffens their spines”

West Point Grad., Lt. Dan Choi (1981 – ) Response to the end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – 12/18/10

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“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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