Our “Shield against Calamity” – Step 8

“He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate on his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity.”

– The Talmud (200 ~ 500 CE) a compendium of oral Jewish law

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“Fear is a Stranger to the Ways of Love” – Step 8

“FEAR IS A STRANGER TO THE WAYS OF LOVE” – “I am at home.  Fear is the stranger here. Fear is a stranger to the ways of love. Identify with fear, and you will be a stranger to yourself.  And thus you are unknown to you (ACIM Wkbk Lesson 160)

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The Reasons We Plea … “Relieve Me of the Bondage of Self” – Step 8

THE BOND OF SELFLESSNESS –  “Make us servants of Your will and grant us a bond of selflessness, that this may truly be Your work, not ours – in order that no addict, anywhere, need to die from the horrors of addiction.”  (The Basic Text,p. xi on the self)

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Where Love, Faith & Willingness Vanquish All Fears – Step 8

NO TIME TO WASTE. JUMP INTO ACTION & OCCUPY LOVE TODAY!  “But if a willing start is made, then the great advantages of doing this will so quickly reveal themselves that the pain will be lessened as one obstacle after another melts away.” (12 & 12, pp. 77 – 78)

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“Access the Power of the Now” to Heal a Wounded Soul – Step 8

REMOVING “THE GROUND GLASS” –  “The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits.” (As Bill Sees It, p.140)

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Red Alert!!! Beware of Entering “The Triangle of Self-Obsession” – Step 8

“THE TRIANGLE OF SELF-OBSESSION” – “People, places, and things cannot possibly fill the emptiness inside of us, and we react to them with resentment, anger, and fear. Resentment, anger, and fear make up the triangle of self-obsession. All of our defects of character are forms of these three reactions.” (NA Information Pamphlet #12 on being selfish)

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The Wreckage We’ve Wrought May Have Some Utility After All -Step 8

WHAT’S A LITTLE HARM ANYWAYS –  “We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have  “harmed” other people. What kinds of “harm” do people do to one another, anyway? To define  the word “harm” in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional or spiritual damage to  people.” (12 & 12, p. 80)

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