“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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“Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.”
– Ruth Graham (1920 – 2007), U.S. author and wife of Rev. Billy Graham on new lessons
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In what ways do you feel praying for others can be a useful lesson in becoming a more loving person?
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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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“Love is always
bestowed as a gift
– freely, willingly and
without expectation.
We don’t love to be
loved; we love
to love.”
– Leo “Dr. Love” Buscaglia U.S. Author (1924 – 1998)
on acceptance of love
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In what ways do you, “love to love”, lately?
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AA.MAKING WAY FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH – ” … we go beyond merely asking for the power to live up to God’s [our HP’s]* plan for our own lives. We begin to seek out ways to be of service, to make a difference in the [lives] of another … .” (It Works, How & Why, p. 81)
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What measurements of spiritual growth have you noticed lately?
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