NOW, ONENESS SLOWLY BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD –
“Many of us were
suspicious … .” “Ag-
nostics and atheists
sometimes start by just
talking to ‘whatever’s there.’
There is a spirit or an en-
ergy that can be felt in the
meetings. This is some-
times the newcomer’s
first concept of an
H. P. (The Basic
Text, p. 94 )
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“[Siddartha] reflected deeply, until this feeling completely overwhelmed him and … he recognized causes; for to recognize causes … is to think, and through thought, alone feelings become knowledge and are not lost, but become real and begin to mature.”
– Hermann Hesse (1877 – 1962) German Buddhist Philosopher
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“Vulgarity is vulgarity. And if you mean to demean a person; that makes him or her less than whole … it means this person is not worth my concern.”
Maya Angelou (1928 – ) renowned African- American poet (on Intolerance)
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“Show up, dive in,
stay at it. Sometimes
you’ll win, sometimes
you’ll lose. Presuming a
reservoir of goodness, that
can be a risk.” “[M]ore of-
ten than not, your faith in
America and in Ameri-
cans will be con-
firmed.”
U.S. President Barack Obama (1961 – ) Farewell Address 1/10/17
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NURSE, STETHOSCOPE PLEASE –
“Self-examination … and owning up to our wrongs are critical elements of conducting our lives on a spiritual basis. By working the Tenth Step, we become more aware of our emotions, our mental state, and our spiritual condition.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 69)
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A BIT COUNTER-INTUITIVE –
“It is a spiritual axiom
that every time we are
disturbed, no matter what
the cause, there is something
wrong with us. If somebody
hurts us and we are sore,
we are in the wrong
also.” (12 & 12,
p. 90)
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“THRU RAIN, HAIL, SLEET, OR SNOW” – “As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our … [new] way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul. Then comes the acid test: can we … live to good purpose under all conditions?” (12 & 12, p. 88)
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“Natural abilities
are like natural plants,
that need pruning by study.”
– Sir Francis Bacon (1561 – 1621) British philosopher
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“The easiest
thing of all is to
deceive one’s self;
for what a man wish-
es he generally be-
lieves to be
true.”
– Demosthenes (384 BC – 322 BC) Greek orator / politician
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STEP TEN –
“We continued to take personal inventory
and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”
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