How an Open Hand and Mind can Heal a Badly Wounded Soul – Step 9

Ilusstration of a heart supported by open hands w/ sfz title

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Bodhi Baba

Step 9, Zonr Posts

“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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What small thing can you do today to follow your dreams instead of thinking about the past?

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Easy Jewish Meditation (11:23)

Betcha By Golly Wow – The Stylistics on Soul Train (2:51)

Magical Healing Mantra: Om Mani Padme Hum (9:29)

Revenge of Fox :

Once a hungry fox entered a village. He went near a field with large juicy pumpkins. He looked around and saw no one around. So he quickly bit into a pumpkin. Just as he finished eating it, the farmer whose field it was, rushed to him and said, “How dare you eat my pumpkin?”

“Please sir, I was hungry and I ate just one of them.” But the angry farmer took a piece of cloth and dipped it in kerosene oil. Then he tied the oily cloth around the fox’s tail and lit a match to it. The fox’s tail was on fire and he was in pain. Now the fox was angry, “You are punishing me for just one pumpkin. Now it’s my time to take revenge.”

The fox went to the wheat field that belonged to the same farmer. The ripe wheat was standing to be harvested. The fox jumped around the field with his burning tail. Immediately the crops caught fire and soon turned to ashes.

The farmer thought, “If I had forgiven the fox’s small sin, he would not have caused such a huge damage to me.” (http://www.english-for-students.com/Revenge-of-Fox.html)

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5 responses to “How an Open Hand and Mind can Heal a Badly Wounded Soul – Step 9”

December 23, 2025

E-Dawg

Focusing on those small wins plays a big part in reaching my bigger goals while focusing on the past can lead me into depression… for me right now it’s all about experiencing Joy through new opportunities, getting out there and meeting new people that are different than me… this creates diverse connections by getting different viewpoints which boosts my personal growth and soul…

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December 23, 2025

Sabrina J

Since the spring of 2024 I’ve had an idea for a product family in the media production industry. The challenge was, while I knew what to make, I didn’t know how to make it. I needed a developer to partner with.
Yet without capital to hire programmers my vision was going nowhere and at times seemed like it might just be a dream. So I started to study, read, watch YT videos, take online courses, and learn.
Today, the first full working MVP started to breathe on its own. It is alive, it works, and is a solid platform from which this vision can grow. It didn’t take a team this time, just determination, patience and grit. This is just a start, much more to come, this is my Christmas gift.

Thank you for sharing recovery with me. Grateful.

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December 23, 2025

Lotus

I’ve handled being upset by knowing I’m working a program that involves me(moi) no matter what someone else is doing, still keeping it on the me. Sometimes when I would just not listen to someone, and what they did or said it made me(moi) feel great that I maintained so much professional control amongst rudeness. A lot has been easier on me a lot of the times now that I’ve been controlling my temper. I think it’s different though when we are simply standing our ground towards a system that can seem discriminatory, biasing, and unjust.

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December 23, 2019

Kelli

I try and vent my feelings with others I trust to help them lose their power and cause destructiveness.

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December 23, 2012

Margo

Two days until the major holiday of the western world. This year I was privileged to learn that the very best gifts I have received were being of service and witnessing the joy of others who have so few material goods. Guess joy is the ultimate “inside job.”

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