“I cannot
imagine a God
who rewards and
punishes the objects
of his creation and
is but a reflection
of human
frailty.”
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) German-American physicist
TODAY WE CHOOSE TO SET THE SPIRIT FREE –
“… crushed by a
self-imposed crisis
we could not postpone
or evade, we had to fear-
lessly face the proposition
that either God [HP] is every-
thing or else He [She] is
nothing. God either is,
or He [She] isn’t. What was
our choice to be?”
(The Big Book,
p.53)
Today’s SFZ
“Faith which does
not doubt is dead faith.”
– Miguel de Unamuno (1864 – 1936)
Spanish philosopher
“There is but
one cause of hu-
man failure. And that
is man’s lack of faith
in his true Self.”
– William James (1842 – 1910) U.S. psychologist &
key contributor to the 12 Steps
MOTHER’S DAY WARMTH OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IS FOR ALL –
“Those who don’t
get unconditional love
from their families need
to find it someplace else,
and one of the ways this
can take place is through
Twelve Step programs,
sponsors, therapists
[ect].” (Sexual Ano-
rexia, p. 167)
“The human
body is vapor
materialized by sun
shine mixed with
the life of the
stars.” Paracelsus (1493 – 1541) Renaissance Swiss German founder of toxicology on spiritual gifts
“How shall our unconscious – from which so many of our fears, compulsions and phony aspirations still stream – be brought into line with what we actually believe, know and want! How to convince our dumb, raging and hidden ‘Mr. Hyde’ becomes our main task.” (The Best of Bill pp. 42-43)
“The hidden child wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer.”- Christian Morgenstern (1871 – 1914) German poet / author
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – William Faulkner (1897 – 1962) U.S. novelist on learning to breathe