The Message – “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.”
Sophocles (496 BC – 406 BC), Greek playwright of 123 plays, including Oedipus Rex
In what ways do you convey messages of hope to others lately?
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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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In what ways have you been of service to others lately?
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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)
How have you “actualized” your own inner strength lately?
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“Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, ‘Why do you not practice what you preach?’ “
– Saint Jerome (347 AD – 419 AD), Bible translator
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In what ways have you been practicing what you’ve been preaching lately?
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“I wanted to feel, smell, hear, and see, but not see with my eyes and my mind only. I wanted to see with CANTE ISTA – the eye of the heart.”
– Lame Deer (1900 – 1976), Sioux, Native American holy man
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What have been the results, lately, when you allowed yourself to be more transparent?
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CALL IT A “SPIRIT OR AN ENERGY” OR KINDNESS … “Many of us were suspicious and skeptical because of disappointments that we have had with religion.” “Agnostics and atheists sometimes start by just talking to ‘whatever’s there.’ There is a spirit or an energy that can be felt in the meetings. This is sometimes the newcomer’s first concept of a Higher Power.” (The Basic Text. p. 94)
LISTEN CAREFULLY AND YOUR TRUTH WILL SPEAK – “Sometimes we had to search fearlessly, but He was there. He was as much a fact as we were. We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis, it is only there that He may be found. It was so with us.” (The Big Book, p. 55)
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What have you discovered about the “Great Reality” within you, lately?
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FAITH DRAWN FROM THE LIGHT OF ANOTHER – “We admit that our lives have been unmanageable, but sometimes we have a problem admitting our need for help. Our own self-will leads to many problems in our recovery.” “Just for today I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me … .” (The Basic Text. p. 93) on the Sun
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What is this “Light” that today’s Zonr Pod refers to and how does it rise like the Sun in your life, lately?
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