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> Date: July 24, 2012 8:56:46 AM EDT
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> July 24–By practicing the A.A. principles we keep the dike strong and in repair.
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> This is July, the 7th month of the year;
> • The 7th Tradition: Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
> • The 7th Step: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
> • The 7th Promise: We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> A.A. is like a dike, holding back the ocean of liquor. If we take one glass of liquor, it is like making a small hole in the dike and once such a hole has been made, the whole ocean of alcohol may rush in upon us. By practicing the A.A. principles we keep the dike strong and in repair. We spot any weakness or crack in that dike and make the necessary repairs before any dam- age is done. Outside the dike is the whole ocean of alcohol, waiting to engulf us again in despair. Am I keeping the dike strong?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> Keep as close as you can to the Higher Power. Try to think, act, live as though you were always in God's presence. Keeping close to a Power greater than your- self is the solution to most of the earth's problems. Try to practice the presence of God in the things you think and do. That is the secret of personal power. It is the thing that influences the lives of others for good. Abide in the Lord and rejoice in His love. Keep close to the Divine Spirit in the universe. Keep God close behind your thoughts.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may keep close to the Mind of God. I pray that I may live with Him in my heart and mind.
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> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 1975, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This book was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Daytona Beach, Florida.
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> The following is Excerpt No. 104 from As Bill Sees It : “Our New Employer ”
> We had a new employer. Being all-powerful, he provided what we needed, if we kept close to him & performed his work well.
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> Established on such a footing, we became less & less interested in ourselves, our little plans & designs. More & more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life.
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> As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter. We were reborn.
> Alcoholics Anonymous p-63
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> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by Alcoholics Anonymous ® World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115
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> Rest in Natural Great Peace
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> When I meditate, I am always inspired by this poem by Nyoshul Khenpo:
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> Rest in natural great peace
> This exhausted mind
> Beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought,
> Like the relentless fury of the pounding waves
> In the infinite ocean of samsara.
> Rest in natural great peace.
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> Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self, release all grasping, and relax into your true nature. Think of your ordinary emotional, thought-ridden self as a block of ice or a slab of butter left out in the sun. If you are feeling hard and cold, let this aggression melt away in the sunlight of your meditation. Let peace work on you and enable you to gather your scattered mind into the mindfulness of Calm Abiding, and awaken in you the awareness and insight of Clear Seeing. And you will find all your negativity disarmed, your aggression dissolved, and your confusion evaporating slowly like mist into the vast and stainless sky of your absolute nature.
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> –Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (HarperSanFrancisco)=2