Author: Bodhi Baba

GO FOR THE PREMIUM FUEL – “When the Twelfth Step is seen in its full implication, it is really talking about the kind of love that has no price tag on it.” (12 & 12, p. 106) on flow

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“Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be.”  – Eckhart “Ulrich” Tolle (1948 – ) spiritual teacher

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ON FRIENDSHIPS AND REACHING OUT – “Recovery becomes a contact process; [w[e lose the fear of touching and of being touched.  We learn that a simple, loving hug can make all the difference in the world when we feel alone. We experience real love and real friendship.” (The Basic Text, p. 91)

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“Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.” – Millicent Fenwick (1910 – 1992) U.S., fashion editor / diplomat

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WE TRANSCEND BEYOND LIMITATIONS – “… each step has contributed to the extraordinary transformation which we know as a spiritual awakening.” “Though each individual’s experience … varies, some experiences are so common as to be almost universal. Humility is one of these common factors.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 82)

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AND KNOWING IS ONLY HALF THE BATTLE – “… we are to place principles before personalities; … we are to practice a genuine humility. This to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of … [a loving Higher Power] .” (12 & 12, p. 192)

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“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.” – Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) U.S. poet

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THE FOLLY OF OUR BEST THINKING – “We have learned that if a solution isn’t practical, it isn’t spiritual.  In the past, we made simple  situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills. Our best ideas got us here.”  (12 & 12, p. 52)

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LETTING THE JOY SHINE THRU IN ALL WE DO –  “Yes, we are a vision of hope.” “The joy that we have in living clean is an attraction to the addict who still suffers.”  “The steps are a new beginning!” (The Basic Text, p. 53)

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“You ask me why I do not write something … . I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results.” – Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910) English nurse in the Crimean War on getting into action

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