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Sun, Jul 8, 2007 07:17:38 AM


α in fact, over and over again, in the literature and the steps ω
posted: Sun, Jul 8, 2007 07:17:38 AM

 

and meetings, i hear it said, ** the God of our understanding ** whatever that understanding may be.
so once again, i am thinking about the concept of a HIGHER POWER, and how my understanding of that concept has changed over the days i have been clean. i will not bore you by repeating what i have said many times before, nor will i lunch into some tirade about how necessary finding some concept was and remains to this day, so vital for my recovery.
i am led down the path of recognizing what that POWER is in my life right here and right now, and the term GOD is hardly a good fit for me. my discomfort level with the word GOD and all that word implies, is very low theses days, because i know when i am using that particular word, it is short for THE POWER THAT KEEPS ME CLEAN AND PROVIDES FOR ALL MY NEEDS. while it is quite true that every time i name that POWER i could use the full name, i am a lazy slob, so i substitute a word that comes close, and conveys a meaning to those with whom i am sharing that is similar in nature to mine. no i do not believe nor desire everyone to think like i do, i am quite content to let them exercise their creative freedom in this endeavor, just as i was given that same opportunity many days ago.
so not a whole bunch more to say, it will be great to get back home and reconnected with the technology with which i have become dependent upon. it has been so strange to have a cell phone become an inert piece of machinery for the past two days but now that i consider that a bit, it really was a nice change of pace.

∞ DT ∞

 

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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

THE TAO TEH KING, OR THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 2

2) What men dislike is to be orphans, to have little virtue, to be
as carriages without naves; and yet these are the designations which
kings and princes use for themselves. So it is that some things are
increased by being diminished, and others are diminished by being
increased.