Author: Bodhi Baba

“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – William Faulkner (1897 – 1962) U.S. novelist on learning to breathe

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“Believe nothing just because someone else believes it.  Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.” – Gautam Buddha (563-483 B.C.), Hindu Prince and founder of Buddhism on beliefs

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“Among individuals as among nations, the respect for other people’s rights is peace.” – Pres. Benito Juarez (Mexican President (1861-72), 1806-1972) on the meaning of heart

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Question :::

When have you found it in your heart to resist the urge not to reciprocate lately?

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How can letting go of fear and stopping the fight inside us help create peace in our hearts and with others?

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When Love Takes Over – David Guetta (3:18)

Juarez – The Movie (2:10)

SF Bay Smooth Jazz Piano Heart Meditation (10:27)

An Analogy of: In Honor of Cinco De Mayo as We Set Fear Free from the Deepest Chambers of Our Heart 

Today’s SFZ calls for a fearless embrace of peace and healing, fitting for a Cinco de Mayo reflection. It highlights a spiritual journey rooted in surrender, vulnerability, and action.

In Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12), the emphasis is on ceasing internal conflict to access deeper awareness. Carl Rogers, the humanistic psychologist, agrees. He argued that acceptance of experience is essential for personal growth. By “stopping the fight,” individuals open themselves to genuine feeling and healing.

Similarly, It Works: How and Why stresses living proof over internal struggle. Viktor Frankl, the Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist, supported this view. In Man’s Search for Meaning, he wrote that survival depends not on fighting despair but on finding meaning beyond it. Allowing a “higher power” to guide us reflects Frankl’s idea of transcendent purpose.

Benito Juárez’s quote reminds us that respect is foundational to peace. His words echo political theorist Hannah Arendt, who wrote that peace among people is impossible without mutual recognition. Juárez and Arendt share a vision where peace is active respect, not passive tolerance.

The call to “Make Love, Not War” ties all these ideas together. Martin Luther King Jr. also insisted that peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of justice and love. Fear is not conquered by violence but by courageous vulnerability.

In shedding fear and embracing respect, we create lasting peace within and among us. This transformation begins by standing still, listening, and letting love replace the need to fight.

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‘IT’S AN INSIDE JOB’ – “Denial of the truth leads to destruction. Only an honest admission to ourselves of the reality of our condition can save us from our destructive eating.” (Overeaters Anon., 12 & 12, p. 6)

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“Unity is the spirit that joins members  around the world in a spiritual fellowship that has the power to change lives.”

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Attachment injury may show up as a hesitation to trust people or a process, as a reluctance to be part of a recovery group or sangha, or as a core belief that we don’t belong. (Recovery Dharma, p.11)

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“Somtimes
incompetence is
useful. It helps you
keep an open
mind.

Roberto Cavalli (1940 – ) Italian inventor / fashion designer

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“And in the sweet-
ness of friendship let
there be laughter and the
sharing of pleasures. For in
the dew of little things the
heart finds its morning
and is refreshed.”

– Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931) Lebanese-American, world-renown poet

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OTHERWISE, SELF-WILL ENDS & COMPULSION BEGINS –

“Like self-starvation
with  food or compul-
sive  debting or hoard-
ing with money, depriva-
tion with  sex  can make
one feel  powerful  and
defended  against  all
hurts.” (Sexual Anor-
exia, p. 1)

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.T”By bringing about a change in our outlook toward things and events, all phenomena can become sources of happiness.”  – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (1935 – ) On being happy

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