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drofinnah
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Spirituality means waking up... Being awake means to be aware of the truth...
And the truth is that we are spiritual beings having a human experience...
Most people... even though they are not aware of it... are asleep....
They're born asleep...
they live asleep...
they marry in their sleep...
they breed children in their sleep...
they die in their sleep without ever waking up....
They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence....
You know... all mystics... Catholic... Christian... non-Christian... no matter what their theology... no matter what their religion... are unanimous on one thing:
that all is well...
all is well...
Though everything is a mess... all is well...
Strange paradox... to be sure... But... tragically... most people never get to see that all is well because they are asleep... They are having a nightmare....
Waking up is unpleasant... it's scary... you know... because you are nice and comfortable with your head up your ass... And It's very irritating to be woken up... The thing that frightens most of us is the thought of change... That is why most people resist... That is why it is near impossible to wake someone up that doesn't want to wake up... They are at home in their darkness... and if they do not wish to wake up and come to the light then it is none of my business... it is only up to me to do my thing... to dance my dance... I would wish that everyone could find what i have found...
There's an old saying that if you sit in the barber chair long enough you'll get your hair cut... meaning that if you hang around slippery people in slippery places you will inevitably slip... or another way of putting it... if you keep doing what you've been doing you will keep getting what you've been getting...
I had great difficulty staying sober when i first came into AA... it wasn't until i made a commitment to make 90 meetings in 90 days that i managed to get a string of days without so much as a smell of alcohol... in fact it worked so well that i managed to go a little over three and a half years without missing a meeting... and only missed it then because of a bad bout with the flu...
"AA" is a "WE" program... and "WE" can do what none of us are able to do on our own...
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- Re: there is far more to recovery th... shadowalker164
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MoreThis is a reply to # 867,128Dro ol’ buddy, the word Buddha means awakened. You are right that mystics from every corner of this world strive to awaken. It is at the end of the day, the only spiritual goal.
I doubt seriously that I am anything like awake, but at least I know I sleep, that is a start.
Richard
- Re: there is far more to recovery th... drofinnah
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This is a reply to # 870,363Richard...
you are one of the most "aware/awakened" people i know...
you my friend are a teacher... a guru... a buddha...
you have much to give...
the only thing wrong is that there are few that are ready...
or perhaps i should say unable...
to accept/receive your gifts...- I was sorta hoping for a clap of thu... shadowalker164
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This is a reply to # 870,440CRAP!
I was sorta hoping that this vaulted enlightenment would be followed by a flash of lightning, a clap of thunder, and maybe the building would shake some.
Nothin’, in fact as I was sacking the trash, and walking it out to the curb this morning, I had the strange feeling that I was just another Bozo on the bus.
That clear sense of proportion, that “Right Sizing” the Quakers so fondly speak about, for me was a direct product of my seeking this power greater than myself.
There are names for this thing, this power, every different culture has at least one, some have lots of names for it, but for me, giving it a name, limits it in my mind. When I do try to label it, I think about it being more a path than a thing or being. But like just about everything else, I could have this dead wrong.
Back in my dope sodden days, those being most of the 60’s and 70’s, my favorite guru was Carlos Castanedas. And he nom-de-pen once wrote…
"Any path is only a path and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself, and yourself alone, one question...Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't it is of no use
Don Jaun
Thanks my friend Dro, for your kind words,
Still on the road to the good stuff.
Richard
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This is a reply to # 867,128Quite extraordinary message and it rings true for me. Maybe the first thing I have to do is 90 meetings in 90 days. I've quit drinking for at least that long and kept up with my Alanon work but only attended a few AA meetings.
I've read the big book and know the 12 steps (both AA and Alanon) and yet it is so much harder to accept being an alcoholic than it was to see that my family was comprised of them. Alanon saved my life. It gave me a serenity that therapy, at $150/hr. never could. The combination of going to lots of meetings, leading them, working with a sponsor and becoming a sponsor, greeter, secretary, etc. was transforming. But I remember the first 6 months and I know that with AA, it will be different, very different, and I'm nervous.
Funny thing was that Alanon helped me see the very real truth about my drinking, so much so that I haven't made it to a meeting in over a year! Felt like a hypocrite. My sponsor moved away and that was that. How ironic. The absurdity of it all has become too much. I am,however, grateful that God has prodded me gently into this forum.
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