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> Date: October 6, 2010 10:20:52 AM EDT
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> Subj: Today, Wednesday, October 6, 2010
>
> October 6: Do I know that A.A. could carry on without me, if it
> had to?
> 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
>
> Is it my desire to be a big shot in A.A.? Do I always want to be up
> front in the limelight? Do I feel that nobody else can do as good a
> job as I can? Or am I willing to take a seat in the back row once in
> a while and let somebody else carry the ball? Part of the
> effectiveness of any A.A. group is the development of new members to
> carry on, to take over from the older members. Am I reluctant to
> give up authority? Do I try to carry the load for the whole group?
> If so, I am not being fair to the newer members. Do I realize that
> no one person is essential? Do I know that A.A. could carry on
> without me, if it had to?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> The Unseen God can help to make us truly grateful and humble. Since
> we cannot see God, we must believe in Him without seeing. What we
> can see clearly is the change in a human being, when he sincerely
> asks God for the strength to change. We should cling to faith in God
> and in His power to change our ways. Our faith in an Unseen God will
> be rewarded by a useful and serviceable life. God will not fail to
> show us the way we should live, when in real gratitude and true
> humility we turn to Him.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may believe that God can change me. I pray that I may
> be always willing to be changed for the better.
>
>
> 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
> _________
>
> Attitudes
>
> One way to keep the channel open and to improve my conscious contact
> with God is to maintain a grateful attitude.
>
> On the days when I am grateful, good things seem to happen in my life.
>
> The instant I start cursing things in my life, however, the flow
> of good stops.
>
> God did not interrupt the flow; my own negativity did.
>
> Thought to Ponder . . .
>
> We are in charge of our attitudes.
>
> AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
>
> A A = Attitude Adjustment
>
> ___________________
>
> Golden Chain Prayer
>
> We are a link in Amidas [1] golden chain
>
> of love that stretches around the world.
>
> We will keep our link bright and strong.
>
> We will be kind and gentle to every living thing and protect all who
> are weaker than ourselves.
>
> We will think pure and beautiful thoughts,
>
> say pure and beautiful words, and do pure
>
> and beautiful deeds.
>
> May every link in Amidas chain of love be bright and strong, and may
> we all attain perfect peace. 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
>
> [1] In part as a response to the esotericism of Heian
> Buddhism, and in part as a response to the collapse of the emperor's
> court at Kyoto [Japan] and the subsequent rise of individual, feudal
> powers in Japan, medieval Japanese Buddhism moved towards more
> democratic and inclusive forms, of which the most important was Pure
> Land Buddhism. Pure Land or Amida Buddhism was oriented around the
> figure of Amida Buddha. Amida, the Buddha of Everlasting Light, was
> a previous incarnation of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. In the
> previous incarnation, as a bodhisattva, he refused to accept
> Buddhahood unless he could grant eternal happiness in the Pure Land
> to whoever called on him; this compassionate promise was called the
> "Original Vow." Anyone who calls his name, "Namu Amida Butsu,"with
> sincere faith, trust, and devotion, will be granted by Amida an
> eternal life of happiness in the Pure Land which has been set
> aside specifically for those who call on Amida. [source: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GLOSSARY/AMIDA.HTML]