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Tue, Jan 12, 2010 09:43:32 AM
γ reflecting on the spiritual awakenings i have experienced γ
posted: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 09:43:32 AM
i will take time out in the day to appreciate the handiwork of a HIGHER POWER. which this morning does not seem to be a more spiritual me. i just got off a help line call, with one of the most unpleasant feelings. no matter what i thought, no matter how carefully i trod, i could not make a difference in the life of the addict on the other end. while i could make a million excuses, and blame him, what it boils down to, is that i could not get past my own crap to be more spiritual.
so it is back to the drawing board this morning. after a quick break, and some time to ponder, i guess i am human after all, dang it, and i do not always react in a manner that is consistent with the principles of the program that has given me the chance to be where i am today, in Grand Junction getting ready to see a possible site for our convention in October.
this moment has been brought to me, because i practice a program that has allowed my dead spirit to be resurrected. i use that term, because i am certain that before i used i did have a spirit that was connected to the world around me, that which i can see and well as that which i cannot. the use of substances and the act of living in active addiction, slowly slayed that spirit and put into me into such dire straits, that even i believed i was beyond redemption, if that notion ever crossed my mind.
today, i will celebrate my recovery, i will make my best effort to be a part of this fellowship and most of all i will drink my cup of spiritual java juice to wake up my slumbering spirit one more time. i will walk through the fear i have about being a fraud and being incapable of performing the task at hand and live in the FAITH, that i was brought here today, for some reason, and even if that reason eludes me, i can be secure in the knowledge that it is where i am supposed to be.
back to the books and preparing to be a business person, it is a great day to be clean.
so it is back to the drawing board this morning. after a quick break, and some time to ponder, i guess i am human after all, dang it, and i do not always react in a manner that is consistent with the principles of the program that has given me the chance to be where i am today, in Grand Junction getting ready to see a possible site for our convention in October.
this moment has been brought to me, because i practice a program that has allowed my dead spirit to be resurrected. i use that term, because i am certain that before i used i did have a spirit that was connected to the world around me, that which i can see and well as that which i cannot. the use of substances and the act of living in active addiction, slowly slayed that spirit and put into me into such dire straits, that even i believed i was beyond redemption, if that notion ever crossed my mind.
today, i will celebrate my recovery, i will make my best effort to be a part of this fellowship and most of all i will drink my cup of spiritual java juice to wake up my slumbering spirit one more time. i will walk through the fear i have about being a fraud and being incapable of performing the task at hand and live in the FAITH, that i was brought here today, for some reason, and even if that reason eludes me, i can be secure in the knowledge that it is where i am supposed to be.
back to the books and preparing to be a business person, it is a great day to be clean.
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
2) Therefore the man of skill is a master (to be looked up to) by
him who has not the skill; and he who has not the skill is the helper
of (the reputation of) him who has the skill. If the one did not honour
his master, and the other did not rejoice in his helper, an (observer),
though intelligent, might greatly err about them. This is called 'The
utmost degree of mystery.'