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
Our Journey from the “Primordial Ooze” into a “Vast Cosmic Dark” * – Step 6
“How he does cher-
ish the thought that man,
risen so majestically from a
single cell in the primordial
ooze, is the spearhead of evol-
ution and therefore the only
god that his universe knows!
Must he renounce all this
to save himself?” (12 &
12, p.25 on the
darkness)
Today’s Full SFZ
“It’s Not that Some People have Willpower and Some Don’t ” – Step 6 Begins
“It’s not that
some people have
willpower and some
don’t. It’s that some
people are ready to
change and others
are not.”
– James Gordon, M.D. – holistic healer
Let’s Flip the Misery and Truly Be “Happy, Joyous, & Free” – Step 5
“If one speaks or acts
with a cruel mind, misery
follows, as the cart follows
the horse … .
– the Dhammapada (circa 500 BC) a version of Buddhist scripture
How to Identify the “Flaws which Sometimes were Responsible for the Whole Pattern of our Lives.”
“We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were responsible for the whole pattern of our lives.” (12 & 12, p. 80)
Great Apes Wisdom Passed Down from One Generation to the Next – Step 5
From Rose – “In a time of COVID, loneliness is one of the most prevalent emotions … . Recently, I melded the two worlds together and now my online friends are friends with my school friends, and to see the possibilities of the internet and create a community of my friends during this time brought a lot of security and strength to me.”
The Spiritual Talisman that Fulfills Our Wildest Dreams – Step 5
“Said she, ‘I will not live with grief from morrow unto morrow.
My heart cries out for some relief, ‘Good-bye, my little sorrow.’
The Unimaginable Moment that Made Us Feel Like We Truly Belonged – Step 5
From Paul D. “I belong in the AA fellowship and The Art House fellowship. I am comfortable in my own skin today. One day at a time.”
“We All Go Thru Something in Life” – Step 5
“Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman philosopher
The Mystery Behind “A Word Often Misunderstood” – Step 5
“To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves. None of us is perfectly good or perfectly bad.” (The Basic Text, p. 36)