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Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 06:05:47 AM

it is more than ironic that what i thought when i came to the rooms was so wrong and it all had to do with self. the last thing i would care to admit was that i was self-centered. self-assured, self-satisfied, self-sufficient were the self principles i thought i had down. this was part of the lie that kept me using. i was and remain self-centered and selfish. my only hope is to surrender my 'self' to the loving care of GOD and i may be relieved of this whole obsession with self.
the steps have provided me with the means to find self-worth and self-esteem and the delicious part of this irony is that i find out who i am and that i am worthy, i become less self-centered and selfish. for me the road to self has to go through a HIGHER POWER and this program. i need the help of others and GOD to walk this path so self-sufficiency goes out the window, as well as self-righteousness. and today i understand that this paradox is what the program is all about, i do not need to know why this works only that it does and i have the user manual and the experience, strength and hope of others to guide me.
∞ DT ∞

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Tao Te Ching

☯ 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 1

1) The skilful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps;
the skilful speaker says nothing that can be found fault with or blamed;
the skilful reckoner uses no tallies; the skilful closer needs no
bolts or bars, while to open what he has shut will be impossible;
the skilful binder uses no strings or knots, while to unloose what
he has bound will be impossible. In the same way the sage is always
skilful at saving men, and so he does not cast away any man; he is
always skilful at saving things, and so he does not cast away anything.
This is called 'Hiding the light of his procedure.'