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STILL, WE CAN LEARN HOW NOT TO RUIN OUR DAY IN ANGER – “It mattered little whether our resentments were justified or not. A burst of temper could spoil a day, and a well-nursed grudge could make us miserably ineffective.” (12 & 12, p. 90)

“Anger in a home is like rottenness in fruit.”

Talmud Sotah 3 (200 CE) central text of Rabbinic Judaism

 

Two Secrets of the Torah to Free Yourself from Anger (2:32)

Heartland – The The (5:17) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZV9xH4dYM

Revenge of Fox :

Once a hungry fox entered a village. He went near a field with large juicy pumpkins. He looked around and saw no one around. So he quickly bit into a pumpkin. Just as he finished eating it, the farmer whose field it was, rushed to him and said, “How dare you eat my pumpkin?”

“Please sir, I was hungry and I ate just one of them.” But the angry farmer took a piece of cloth and dipped it in kerosene oil. Then he tied the oily cloth around the fox’s tail and lit a match to it. The fox’s tail was on fire and he was in pain. Now the fox was angry, “You are punishing me for just one pumpkin. Now it’s my time to take revenge.”

The fox went to the wheat field that belonged to the same farmer. The ripe wheat was standing to be harvested. The fox jumped around the field with his burning tail. Immediately the crops caught fire and soon turned to ashes.

The farmer thought, “If I had forgiven the fox’s small sin, he would not have caused such a huge damage to me.”  (http://www.english-for-students.com/Revenge-of-Fox.html)

 

 

How has being a humble healer helped you feel better about a past mistake, lately?

 

 

The Old Woman and The Healer :

An old woman whose eyes were inflamed called in a healer and he told her that the eyesight would become faultless again, provided she would pay a very expensive fee for his services.

She agreed and he insisted her to keep her eyes shut during the treatment at which time the healer stole all the old lady’s furniture.

When he asked the woman for his fee, she refused to pay, so the healer took her to court. ‘It’s not true that he’s made my eyes better,’ the old lady told the judge.

They have got worse. Before, I could see everything in my house, now I can’t see at all.’

 

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)

“A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.”

– Yiddish proverb

 

How does selflessness play a role in your recovery, lately?

 

SOAKED IN PINK CLOUDS OF GLEE – “We’ve begun to see that God’s [or our Higher Power’s] will for us is the ability to live with dignity, to love ourselves and others, to laugh, and to find great joy and beauty in our surroundings.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 81) “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

 

Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin (4:04)

Reiki Tantric Meditation for Happiness (9:43)

 

What do you do or could you do to have more gratitude in your life?

 

 

The Happy Man :

Many, many years ago in North Africa there lived a chief. He was very rich and had many wives and children. But he was not happy. He thought, “I have everything. But that does not make me h.appy. What must I do to be happy? I don’t know.”

Once he shouted angrily to his servants, “Why can’t I be happy? What must I do to be happy?”

One of his servants said, “Oh, my Chief! Look at the sky! How beautiful the moon and the stars are! Look at them and you will see how good life is. That will make you happier.”

“Oh, no, no, no!” the chief answered angrily. “When I look at the moon and the stars I become angry. Because I know I cannot get them.”

Then another servant said, “Oh, my Chief! What about music?

Music makes a man h.appy. We shall play to you from morning till night and music will make you happy. ”

The chief’s face became red with anger. “Oh, no, no, no, no!” he cried. “What a silly idea. Music is fine. But to listen to music from morning till night, day after day? Never! No. Never!”

So the servants went away. And the chief sat angrily in his rich room. Then one of the servants came back into the room and made a bow, “Oh, my Chief,” he said, “but I think I can tell you something that will make you very happy.”

“What is it?” asked the chief.

“It is very easy to do,” said ‘the servant. “You must find a h.appy man, take off his shirt and put it on. Then his happiness will go into your body and you will be as happy as he!”

“I like your idea,” said the chief. He sent his soldiers all over the country to look for a happy man. They went on and on. But it was not easy to find a happy man in the chief’s country. But one day the soldiers found a man in a small village who said, “I am the happiest man in the world.”

He was poor. But he always smiled and sang. The soldiers brought him to the chief. “At last I shall be a happy man!” said the chief and took off his shirt at once. “Bring the man in!” The door of the chief’s room opened. A small, dark man with a happ.y smile walked in.

“Come here, my friend!” said the chief. “Please take off your shirt!” The happy man with a little smile came up to the chief. The chief looked at him and saw what did he see? The happ,y man, the happiest man in the world, had no shirt!  (http://www.english-for-students.com/The-Happy-Man.html)

 

 

A “TRUE SPIRIT OF HUMILITY & LOVE” MENDS THE PANGS OF SHAME –  “… we ask ourselves if we are doing this because we are truly sorry and have a genuine desire to make reparations … . If we answer ‘yes’ to this question, we can be assured that we are approaching our amends in the true spirit of humility and love.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 62)

“A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”

– Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744) English translator of the Greek epic poem

 

Shame – Evelyn Champagne King c. 1978 (3:36) 

The Iliad – Book I LP (53:28)

Subliminal Inner Child Healing Meditation (19:56)

 

What happened when have you felt some shame and admit a terrible mistake to others, lately?

 

Doctor Croaky :

One day a frog left the pond of the village and hopped to a lake in a nearby forest. He went to the forest to make his new home there. When he reached there he did not see anyone around. He wanted to meet everyone and make new friends. So the frog climbed a high rock by the lake and said, “Friends, please come here. I am new here. I want to meet all of you. Because I have come from the village.”

Many animals heard his voice and came to the lake. The deer, the tortoise, the duck, the rabbit, the birds, the squirrel, the butterfly and the fox came there. The frog said, “Let me introduce myself. I am Dr. Croaky. I am a doctor who can cure any ailment that you might be suffering from. I have medicines for all animals’ diseases. You can come to meet me anytime.”

Hearing this, the fox said, “If you can cure everyone then why haven’t you cured your lame legs? See how you keep hopping around all the time.”

All the animals and birds laughed at the frog. The frog went red with shame for his lie had been detected. (http://www.english-for-students.com/Doctor-Croaky.html)

THE SHADOW OF OUR HUGE, HEAVY GUILT BEGINS TO FLOATS AWAY –  “Memories of the past no longer hold us back … .”  “We are free to dream and to pursue the fulfillment of our dreams.  Our lives stretch out before us like a limitless horizon.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 69)

“The storms of the past are receding. The skies are brightening. And the horizon is beckoning once more.”

– U.S. Pres. Barack Obama (1961 – ) Energy speech 12/8/09

 

Eckart Tolle Brief Bio (2:51)

This Wreckage – Gary Numan live (7:46)

Eckhart Tolle Pain Body Meditation (6:22)

When was the last time your own shadow ego rose up and caused you to be shocked by how much anger was seething underneath?

 

FREED BY SELF-ACCEPTANCE SO OUR DREAMS CAN TAKE FLIGHT –  “We no longer have to be right all the time. When we give ourselves this freedom, we can allow others to be wrong. Freedom to change seems to come after acceptance of ourselves.”  (The Basic Text, p. 58)

“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.”

– Anais Nin (1903 – 1977) U.S. novelist

 

Henry Miller & Anais Nin – Henry & June set in Paris (1:31) 

Self-Esteem Guided Meditation (9:39)

 

 How have you allowed others the freedom and the sense of self-acceptance to make choices you felt were wrong, lately?

 

GRATITUDE FUELS A LOVING HEART – “When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in out- going love … .” (As Bill Sees It, p. 37)

“An understanding heart is everything in a teacher … . One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling.” “… warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.” – Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) Swiss Psychologist

 

The Gratitude Campaign (2:36) 

Carl Jung Brief Bio (1:57)

Dyer on Manifesting Your Dreams Guided Meditation LP (20:34)

 

How have you been able to respond with gratitude and love or not, lately?

 

 

Be Grateful :

A rich landowner named Carl often rode around his vast estate so he could congratulate himself on his great wealth. One day while riding around his estate on his favorite horse, he saw Hans, an old tenant farmer. Hans was sitting under a tree when Carl rode by.

Hans said, ‘I was just thanking God for my food.’

Carl protested, ‘If that is all I had to eat, I wouldn’t feel like giving thanks.’

Hans replied, ‘God has given me everything I need and I am thankful for it.’

The old farmer added, ‘It is strange you should come by today because I had a dream last night. In my dream a voice told me….The richest man in the valley will die tonight.’ I don’t know what it means, but I thought I ought to tell you.’

Carl snorted, ‘Dreams are nonsense,’ and galloped away, but he could not forget Hans’ words…The richest man in the valley will die tonight.

He was obviously the richest man in the valley, so he invited his doctor to his house that evening. Carl told the doctor what Hans had said. After a thorough examination, the doctor told the wealthy landowner, ‘Carl, you are as strong and healthy as a horse. There is no way you are going to die tonight.’

…

Nevertheless, for assurance, the doctor stayed with Carl, and they played cards through the night. The doctor left the next morning and Carl apologized for becoming so upset over the old man’s dream.

At about nine o’clock, a messenger arrived at Carl’s door.

‘What is it?’ Carl demanded.

The messenger explained, ‘It’s about old Hans. He died last night in his sleep.’

You don’t need money to be rich, be grateful for what you have in lire and you will feel happier.

Please share this message.

THANK YOU!

Story by Steven Aitchison

 

SELFLESSNESS AIDS THE NEEDS OF THE MANY –  ” … no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity.  We … see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone.” (The Big Book, p. 561)

“He made us realize, we are our brother’s keeper and that our brothers come in all colors.”

U.S. Boxer Muhammad Ali on Nelson Mandela, 1st native African President of South Africa, who died 12/5/13 at the age of 95.

 

 

 

What acts of selflessness have you engaged in to support your own spiritual family, lately?