AA.MAKING WAY FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH – ” … we go beyond merely asking for the power to live up to God’s [our HP’s]* plan for our own lives. We begin to seek out ways to be of service, to make a difference in the [lives] of another … .” (It Works, How & Why, p. 81)
Author: Bodhi Baba
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Let Us Be Your Valentine – The Meaning of Love and how to Find It – Step 11
LOVE NEVER JUDGES AND MIGHT BE NEXT DOOR – “We teach by example.” “Compassion lends kindness to all our efforts in service to others. “[We] set aside our self-righteousness. Because the only requirement for membership is a quality we cannot measure, the right to judge another’s desire is denied us.” (It Works, How & Why, p 109)
Today’s SFZ
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The Dawn of a Brand, New World Lights Up Our Path Once More – Step 11
IT LIGHTS OUR WAY – “But most of all we shall want Sunlight, nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step into the sun.” (As Bill Sees It, p. 10)
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Get Ready to Kick-off “Once More into the Breach” – Step 11
GET READY TO KICK-OFFF “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness and humility;” Wm Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) English poet/playwright on our great reality
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The Key to Being Loving with No Strings Attached – Step 11
“Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.”Lao-tzu (604 BC – 531 BC) Chinese Taoist philosopher on cutting all ties
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How Personal Happiness can Fuel Spiritual Growth – Step 11
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.”
– Denis Waitley (1933 – ) U.S. spiritual author
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Good Intentions Go Bad When the Tiny Lil Voice inside Raises Red Flags – Step 11
TAKE A BREATH AND FEEL YOUR INTENTIONS – “Every day, life presents us with new challenges.” “The importance of keeping in touch with our thoughts, attitudes, feelings, and behavior cannot be overemphasized.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 69)
“Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it’s right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.”
– Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) U.S. actor / Entertainment Executive
What have you learned from listening to your breath and body, lately?
Anna Nalick – Breathe (2am) (5:08)
The “Yes” Breathing Techniques (6:37)
The Salt Vendor and His Donkey –
There was a salt vendor in a village. He used to buy salt from a nearby town. He had a donkey to carry this salt load. There were many streams to be crossed to reach the town.
One day, the vendor was returning after his purchase.
The donkey was loaded with salt bags. While they were crossing a stream, accidentally the donkey slipped and fell into the stream. A lot of salt got dissolved in the water. When the donkey got up the load became very light.
From that day, whenever the vendor returned from town after salt purchase, the donkey began to tumble half-way across one stream or the other. The vendor became suspicious.
Once the vendor purchased bales of cotton and loaded his donkey with bales of cotton. The donkey felt the load to be unusually light. He thought “Today, I am going to tumble and this load is going to become much lighter”.
On their way home, as usual, the donkey tumbled and fell into a stream. But alas! When the donkey tried to get up, the load pulled the donkey down. The cotton had absorbed water and become heavier.
The vendor gave hard beatings to make the donkey get up and walk. From then on, the donkey never tumbled while crossing streams.
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The 8 Days Hanukkah begin: Where Love, Light & Peace Bring Us Together as One – Step 9
THE MIRACLE THAT SHINES LIGHT ALONG OUR HUMBLING PATH – “This is a very large order. It is a task which we may perform with increasing skill, but never really finish. Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure.” (12 & 12, p. 77)
Today’s SFZ
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When Confrontation Comes, “Remember, You don’t Choose Love; Love Chooses You” – Step 8
“Remember that you don’t choose love; love chooses you. All you really can do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes to your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing then reach out and give it away.”– Kent Nerburn (1946 – ) U.S. spiritual authorToday’s full SFZ -
When do We Really Cause Harm … People, Places, & Things, Revisited – Step 8
HARM DOES NOT HAPPEN IN A VACUUM – ” … Step Eight isn’t simply a restatement of our inventory. We are now looking for the people, places, and institutions we harmed, not just the types of harm we inflicted. [We] didn’t just lie; we lied to someone. [We] didn’t just steal; we stole from various people.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 56 to cause harm)