We Found the Place Where Sorrow and the “Ache for Home” can Finally be Relieved – Step 6
“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” – Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) U.S. poet laureate
Some Solutions to Restoring the Relations We Hold Most Dear – Step 6
“The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being.” (12 & 12, p. 53) on relations
The True Costs of the “Harmless” Little Lies We Tell – Step 6
“If one of our character defects is dishonesty, we can think about situations in our lives where we normally lie and imagine how it would feel, to tell the truth for a change.”
The Three Poisons of the Bodhidharma to Avoid at All Costs – Step 6
“The ignorant mind, with its infinite, afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.”- Bodhidharma (c. 5th century AD) Zen Buddhist monk & founder of Kung Fu.
The Brilliance of Hammerhead Logic on Full Display – Step 6
“Against logic
there is no armor like
ignorance.”
– Laurence J. Peter (1919 – 1988) U.S., educator/author
What it Takes to Experience the Loving Embrace of a Power Greater than Ourselves – Step 6
“What we’re all striving for is authenticity, a spirit – to – spirit connection.” – Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ) U.S., TV mogul / actor
The Badge of Honor that Keeps us Coming Back … Even from the Farthest Star – Step 6
“… in Steps One through Three, we were given the basic tools we need to negotiate the path of recovery.” “On this spiritual foundation, we lay the principles of commitment and perseverance as we work the Sixth Step.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 44)
From the Dark, Dank Recesses of Our Soul a Special Gift may Emerge – Step 6
“Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer.” – excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
The Times When “Progress, Not Perfection” Leads to Greater Enlightenment – Step 6
From BYRON – “Some indicators I use to gauge my spiritual progression definitely are all internal. I grew up not learning how to regulate my emotions and learned to be reactive to survive. I now know I’m growing in handling situations as an observer though I still get setbacks at times. Progress not perfection I am aware. …”
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Get Ready to be “Consumed by the Fire of [Your] Own Creativity” – Step 6
“Why ask for something before we are ready for it? This would be asking for trouble. So many times addicts have sought the rewards of hard work without the labor.” (The Basic Text, p. 33)
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