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> Subj: Today, Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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> 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 opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
> • The 10th Step: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
> • The 10th Promise: Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> 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?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> 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.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> 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.
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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. 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 reading for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
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> Attitudes
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> One way to keep the channel open and to improve my conscious contact with God is to maintain a grateful attitude.
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> On the days when I am grateful, good things seem to happen in my life.
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> The instant I start cursing things in my life, however, the flow of good stops.
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> God did not interrupt the flow; my own negativity did.
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> Thought to Ponder . . .
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> We are in charge of our attitudes.
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> AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
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> A A = Attitude Adjustment
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> Golden Chain Prayer
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> We are a link in Amidas [1] golden chain
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> of love that stretches around the world.
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> We will keep our link bright and strong.
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> We will be kind and gentle to every living thing and protect all who are weaker than ourselves.
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> We will think pure and beautiful thoughts,
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> say pure and beautiful words, and do pure
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> and beautiful deeds.
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> May every link in Amidas chain of love be bright and strong, and may we all attain perfect peace. Namo Amida Buddha.
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> 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
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> [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