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Sun, May 18, 2008 10:06:03 AM
↔ making amends is simple. i approach the person i have harmed and say,**i was wrong.** ↔
posted: Sun, May 18, 2008 10:06:03 AM
to make effective amends, i have to keep it simple: i admit my part, and leave it at that. so i would love to wax on and on about how i make amends and what a wonderful gift the process of being able to make amends is. that would be nice, but it is not what is on my mind this morning, no what is on my mind is how i can avoid having to make amends period.
well, that could be simple, just avoid the people i have harmed. well what i am thinking about is allowing a HIGHER POWER to work in my life, so that those parts and pieces of my whole person, that cause damage are removed or morphed into something that no longer need to hurt others. so the goal for me today, is to cause no harm, by allowing my HIGHER POWER to remove my shortcomings, because it is very rarely an accident that i harm someone else. it may not necessarily be premeditated, i do take advantage of situations as they arise that allows me to do some harm and that harm is intentional and calculated. so anyhow, i am going down to service with a prayer on my heart and trying to let HP does its thing, so i can get through this without damaging anyone else or even myself. i will see what happens when i let go!
well, that could be simple, just avoid the people i have harmed. well what i am thinking about is allowing a HIGHER POWER to work in my life, so that those parts and pieces of my whole person, that cause damage are removed or morphed into something that no longer need to hurt others. so the goal for me today, is to cause no harm, by allowing my HIGHER POWER to remove my shortcomings, because it is very rarely an accident that i harm someone else. it may not necessarily be premeditated, i do take advantage of situations as they arise that allows me to do some harm and that harm is intentional and calculated. so anyhow, i am going down to service with a prayer on my heart and trying to let HP does its thing, so i can get through this without damaging anyone else or
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
3) If this transformation became to me an object of desire, I would
express the desire by the nameless simplicity.
Simplicity without a name
Is free from all external aim.
With no desire, at rest and still,
All things go right as of their will.