The Critical Tool For Facing the “Heart of Darkness” & Threats to Our Dignity – Step 10
“Facing it,
always facing it.
That’s the way to
get through.
Face it.”
– Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) Polish novelist
The Spark that Ignites Our Metamorphosis from Within – Step 10
What type of personal transformational light have you noticed in your life, lately?
The Dawn of an Emerging, “Moral Conscience” Unfolding in our Dreams – Step 10
“A man’s moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.”
– William Faulkner (1897 – 1962) U.S. novelist
An Alternate Way to Conceive of a Power Greater than Ourselves – Step 10
THE CONSCIENCES FELT BY ALL – “As members listen carefully to each other and consult their personal understanding of a loving God, something happens: Solutions to problems become apparent … . In developing a group conscience, a clear mutual understanding or consensus arises.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 99)
Enlightenment, Spanning the 7 Seas, is Lit Anew by “The 100th Monkey Effect” – Step 10
“Let’s further suppose that later that morning, the hundredth monkey learned to wash potatoes. THEN IT HAPPENED! By that evening almost every [monkey] in the tribe was washing sweet potatoes before eating them.” “… the habit of washing sweet potatoes then jumped over the sea.” – Ken Keyes Jr. (1921 – ) spiritual author on enlightenment
Why what We do has been Hammered Out “on the Anvils of Experience” – Step 10
“It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.”
– Henry James (1843 – 1916) U.S. novelist
How has adhering to the recovery tradition of “unity” been beneficial in your life, lately?
The Secrets of the Third Eye as a Portal to Connecting with Our Humanity – Step 10
“He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.”
– Gautama Buddha (563-483 B.C.), Hindu Prince and founder of Buddhism
Unleashing the Inner Hydrant where Miracles Lay Hidden – Step 10
MAKING MIRACLES HAPPEN –
“That one purpose,
[carrying the message]
clear and powerful, stands
alone in our collective con-
sciousness as the only thing
that really matters. With
that, all is possible and
miracles happen.”
(It Works, How &
Why, p. i)
Why We Quickly Peel-back the Veneer of Mistakes to Reveal the Portrait of a Brand New YOU – Step 10
WASTING NO TIME LEST THE CORROSION SETS IN AND MISTAKES FLOURISH – “This doesn’t mean we need to wander morbidly around in the past. It requires an admission and correction of errors now.” (12 & 12 pp. 88-89)
We shall either “Bloom like Flowers” in the Sun or Ride Dark Clouds Astride Dangerous Winds – Step 10
“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (1926 – ) Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk