How an Open Hand and Mind can Heal a Badly Wounded Soul – Step 9
“Anger in a home is like rottenness in fruit.”
Talmud Sotah 3 (200 CE) central text of Rabbinic Judaism
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What is Meant When We Speak of Making ‘Spiritual Progress’ – Step 2
Question:: What are a few ways you’re making spiritual progress, lately?
Featured Comment by Margot E. ::: “Listening to the song “Defying Gravity” I begin to think that accepting my Higher Power is very like flying. Sometimes I make the mistake of trying to explain that which is inexplicable – the infinity which is, by definition, that which cannot be comprehended. If I cannot understand all there is of my Higher Power, how can I believe? Surely I can only believe that which I understand. And so, taking faith, I take a leap. My faith says I will be guided – not always given the results I expect. I am guaranteed lessons in this life and unconditional love.”
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Lo, the Winter Solstice – it Beckons Us to Dance in the Light of Eternal Youth – Step 9
DISCOVERING OUR INNER BEAUTY – “The most important results of the Ninth Step will be found within ourselves. This step teaches us a great deal about humility, love, selflessness, and forgiveness. We begin to heal from our addiction and no longer live with as many regrets.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 67)
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The Only Option Left when the Heart is Clenched in a Fistful of Fear – Step 9
PRAY FOR PEACE –
“Whenever we
confront a difficulty
that we do not think we
can handle, we ask God
[or our Higher Power] to
do for us what we can
not do for ourselves.”
(The Basic Text,
p. 83)
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What Our Higher Power Wants for Us – Step 9
Don’t let an Armed Club Q Cretin Obscure What Our Higher Power Wants for Us – “It is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.”
– Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) German philosopher
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How to Walk the Tightrope that Balances Our Strongest Assets – Step 9
WE STAND UP AND TELL IT LIKE IT IS –
“Strong, confident,
and well-rounded peo-
ple have formed values
and principles to live by and
believe deeply in their right-
ness. Such people live what
they believe and share those
beliefs with others in a
non-critical way when
asked.” (It Works,
How and Why,
p.45)
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Be it Yahweh, Ra, Dao, God, Elohim, or Allah; Trust that Love Will Show You the Way – Step 9
“The pattern of the Great Spirit is over us all, but if we follow our own spirits from within, our pattern becomes clearer.”
– High Eagle (Native American adage of unknown ancestry)
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“Half Measures Availed Us Nothing” – Step 9
GOING ALL THE WAY- “With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start.” “Half measures availed us nothing.” (The Big Book, pp., 58-59)
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The Path toward Emotional Bliss that Rarely Fails to Please – Step 9
THE PATH WITHOUT RESERVATION –
“When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless … we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, “Well, thank God that’s over!” “Then we learn, … that this is only the first milestone on the new road we are walking.” (12 & 12, p. 73) on being grateful.
How We can Do Better without “SHOULDING” All over Ourselves – Step 9
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) Chinese philosopher (on courage and persistence)
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