THE BOND OF SELFLESSNESS –  “Make us servants of Your will and grant us a bond of selflessness, that this may truly be Your work, not ours – in order that no addict, anywhere, need to die from the horrors of addiction.”  (The Basic Text,p. xi on the self)

Today’s SFZ

THE TYPE OF “SELF-SERVICE” THAT WILL BRING GREAT RELIEF – “Relieve me of the bondage of self; that I may better do Thy will [i.e., the will one’s of Higher Power] .” (The Big Book, p. 63)

“Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the  whole picture, not just our little selves.”  – Nina Hagen (1955 – ) German musician/lead vocalist

Cosma Shiva – Nina Hagen (2:59)

 Selflessness in Action (7:26) 

Soothing Third Eye Self Meditation (15:11)

What role has selflessness played in your life, lately?

Be Lost In The Call

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Lord, said David, since you do not need us,
why did you create these two worlds?

Reality replied: O prisoner of time,
I was a secret treasure of kindness and generosity,
and I wished this treasure to be known,
so I created a mirror: its shining face, the heart;
its darkened back, the world;
The back would please you if you’ve never seen the face.

Has anyone ever produced a mirror out of mud and straw?
Yet clean away the mud and straw,
and a mirror might be revealed.

Until the juice ferments a while in the cask,
it isn’t wine.
If you wish your heart to be bright,
you must do a little work.

My King addressed the soul of my flesh:
You return just as you left.

Where are the traces of my gifts?

We know that alchemy transforms copper into gold.

This Sun doesn’t want a crown or robe from God’s grace.

He is a hat to a hundred bald men,
a covering for ten who were naked.

Jesus sat humbly on the back of an ass, my child!
How could a zephyr ride an ass?
Spirit, find your way, in seeking lowness like a stream.

Reason, tread the path of selflessness into eternity.

Then remember God so much that you are forgotten.

Let the caller and the called disappear;
[B]e lost in the Call.