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(more…)Author: Bodhi Baba
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Being of Service as Quiet Keepers of the Flame- Trad. 11
FLAME ON –
“It is more than a denial of self-seeking. This Tradition [11] is a constant and practical reminder that personal ambition has no place … . In it, each member becomes an active guardian of our Fellowship.” (12 & 12, p. 183)
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Heal Your “Psychic Wounds” and “Actualize the Power Within” – Step 11
WOUNDS ACTUALIZE “A GRADUAL AWAKENING” – “Practicing the Eleventh Step involves a daily discipline of prayer and meditation.” “Knowledge of our Higher Power’s will does not usually come in a momentary blinding flash, but in a gradual awakening brought about by the continued practice of prayer and meditation.” (It Works, How & Why p. 81)
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To “Practice What You Preach”; Best to be Guided by Love & Tolerance – Step 11
“Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, ‘Why do you not practice what you preach?’ “
– Saint Jerome (347 AD – 419 AD), Bible translator
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Freedom to Live Spiritually Naked, Under the Sun, for All the World to See – Step 11
“I wanted to feel, smell, hear, and see, but not see with my eyes and my mind only. I wanted to see with CANTE ISTA – the eye of the heart.”
– Lame Deer (1900 – 1976), Sioux, Native American holy man
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How Our Meditations & Prayers Can Teach Us New “Lessons in Love” – Step 11
“Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.”
– Ruth Graham (1920 – 2007), U.S. author and wife of Rev. Billy Graham on new lessons
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Why We ‘Use What We can Use and Leave the Rest’ – Step 11
CALL IT A “SPIRIT OR AN ENERGY” OR KINDNESS … “Many of us were suspicious and skeptical because of disappointments that we have had with religion.” “Agnostics and atheists sometimes start by just talking to ‘whatever’s there.’ There is a spirit or an energy that can be felt in the meetings. This is sometimes the newcomer’s first concept of a Higher Power.” (The Basic Text. p. 94)
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Cultivating the “Great Reality Deep Down Inside” – Step 11
LISTEN CAREFULLY AND YOUR TRUTH WILL SPEAK – “Sometimes we had to search fearlessly, but He was there. He was as much a fact as we were. We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis, it is only there that He may be found. It was so with us.” (The Big Book, p. 55)
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“The Sun is but a Morning Star”- Step 11
FAITH DRAWN FROM THE LIGHT OF ANOTHER – “We admit that our lives have been unmanageable, but sometimes we have a problem admitting our need for help. Our own self-will leads to many problems in our recovery.” “Just for today I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me … .” (The Basic Text. p. 93) on the Sun
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