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> Date: October 4, 2010 11:57:12 AM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Monday, October 4, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Monday, October 4, 2010
>
> October 4:
> This is October, the 10th month of the year;
> • The 10th Tradition reads: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opini
> on on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into
> public controversy.
> • The 10th Step: Continued to take personal inventory and whe
> n we were wrong promptly admitted it.
> • The 10th Promise: Fear of people and of economic insecuri
> ty will leave us.
> _________
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> Am I critical of other members of A.A. or of new prospects? Do I
> ever say about other members: "I don't think they're sincere, I
> think they're bluffing, or I think they're taking a few drinks on
> the quiet?" Do I realize that my doubtful and skeptical attitude is
> hurting those members, if only in my attitude toward them, which
> they cannot help sensing? Do I say about new prospects: "They'll
> never make the program," or do I say: "They'll only last a few
> months"? If I take this attitude, I am unconsciously hurting those
> prospects' chances. Is my attitude always constructive and never
> destructive?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> To be attracted toward God and a better life, you must be spirit-
> guided. There is wonderful illumination of thought given to those
> who are spirit-guided. To those who are material-guided, there is
> nothing in God or a finer life to appeal to them or to attract them.
> But to those who are spirit-guided there is strength and peace and
> calm to be found in communion with an Unseen Lord. To those who
> believe in this God they cannot see but whose power they can feel,
> life has a meaning and purpose. They are children of the Unseen
> Lord, and all human beings are their brothers and sisters.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may be spirit-guided. I pray that I may feel God's
> presence and power in my life.
>
>
> 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. I get the text from the following website: http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/0403EN.htm
> Note 4 numbers after “h24/”: the first two are the day of the
> month and the second two are the month. Example: To get daily read
> ing for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
> _________
> When I read the following prayer, I thought about the St. Francis
> Prayer–interesting the similarity although thousands of miles apart,
> thousands of years apart, thousands of cultures apart.
>
> Metta Karuna Prayer
>
> O Amida,
> Oneness of Life and Light,
> Entrusting in your Great Compassion,
> May you shed the foolishness in myself,
> Transforming me into a conduit of Love.
> May I be a medicine for the sick and weary,
> Nursing their afflictions until they are cured;
> May I become food and drink,
>
> During time of famine,
> May I protect the helpless and the poor,
> May I be a lamp,
>
> For those who need your Light,
> May I be a bed for those who need rest,
> and guide all seekers to the Other Shore.
> May all find happiness through my actions,
> and let no one suffer because of me.
> Whether they love or hate me,
> Whether they hurt or wrong me,
> May they all obtain true entrusting,
> Through Other Power,
> and realize Supreme Nirvana.
> Namo Amida Buddha
> Source: The above Buddhist prayer was adapted by G.R. Lewis, the
> Senior Facilitator and founder of the Buddhist Faith Fellowship of
> Connecticut. http://buddhistfaith.tripod.com/buddhistprayer/id3.html