Unity

Thoughtfood for Monday, June 29, 2009

Unity

For thousands of alcoholics yet to come,

AA does have an answer.

But there is one condition.

We must, at all costs, preserve out essential unity'

it must be made unbreakably secure.

--The Language of the Heart, p. 70. 

From the Big Book:

"Say that you believe he is a gravely ill person, with this qualification--being perhaps fatally ill, does he want to get well?  You ask, because many alcoholics, being warped and drugged, do not want to quit.  But does he?  Will he take every necessary step, submit to anything to get well, to stop drinking forever?"

c. 1939, AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, To Employers, p. 142. 

Prayer for the day:

"I pray that I may prepare myself for better things which God has in store for me.  I pray that I may trust God for the future."

c. 1975, Hazelden Foundation, Twenty-Four Hours A Day, June 29.

Quote for the day:

"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye."  __Buddha (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

My share:

I can easily see the wisdom in the Buddhist concept of omnipotence.  If I am a part of you and you are a part of me then we are but parts of the greater consciousness we can call God.

It is based on this concept that I believe God speaks to me through you all.  Be Good To You, Dave.