“Holding onto
anger is like grasp-
ing onto a hot coal
with the intent of throw-
ing it at someone else.
You are the one who
gets burned.”
– Gautama Buddha (563-483 B.C.) Hindu Prince and founder of Buddhism
(more…)Author: Bodhi Baba
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“Holding onto Anger is like Grasping onto a Hot Coal … ” – Step 4
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Finding the Courage to Keep Catastrophic, Calamities from Cascading Out of Control – Step 4
From Michael C. – “Sometimes I listen but I do not hear, there’s always a message if I’m willing to be still and have an open ear.”
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We Needn’t Suffer Under the Yoke of Money and the “Quest for Security” Ever Again – Step 4
“Money has always been a problem for us. We could never find enough to support ourselves and our habits.” (12 & 12, p. 130)
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These will Definitely Stop All Spiritual Progress Dead in Its Tracks – Step 4
- From Ari T. – “This entry was exactly what I needed today 🙂 it had me reflect on how self-pity made my life unmanageable the last few days. I threw the full pity party, feeding my disease with self-destructive behaviors … “
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Learning to be Human Again can Forge Eternal Bonds – Step 4
“We see ourselves as we really are, accepting our good qualities along with our defects … . We are becoming what we were meant to be all along: whole human beings.” (It Works, How and Why, p. 74)
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How to be Spiritually Attuned and Sift Thru the ‘Ugliness’ to See Beauty Instead – Step 4
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
“A bower quiet for us, and a sleep” excerpt from Keat’s poem below.
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The Dangers of Fanning the Flames of Rage – Step 4
“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.”
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca (BCE 3-65 CE) Roman philosopher
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A Few Ways to Discover “The Sole Purpose of Human Existence” – Step 4
“As far as
we can discern,
the sole purpose of
human existence is
to kindle a light in
the darkness of
mere being.”– Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) Swiss psychologist
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The Metta Sutta – Living Our Lives with a “Limitless Heart” – Step 4
“The third heart practice is loving-kindness, also known as metta. These are thoughts that are free from ill-will, simply wishing that somebody else be happy that they be well and free from suffering.” (Recovery Dharma, pg. 28)
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This is the Place “Where You Renew Your Springs that Never Dry Up.” Step 4
“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.”
– Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973) U.S. author & 1st female Nobel Prize winner
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