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> Date: January 8, 2013 2:44:11 PM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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> January 8: Seeking peace in order to stay sober.
> This is January, the 1st month of the year;
> • The 1st Tradition: Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
> • The 1st Step: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
> • The 1st Promise: If we are painstaking about this phase [Steps 8 & 9] of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> Everyone who comes into A.A. knows from bitter experience that he or she can't drink. I know that drinking has been the cause of all my major troubles or has made them worse. Now that I have found a way out, I will hang onto A.A. with both hands. Saint Paul once said that nothing in the world, neither powers nor principalities, life nor death, could separate him from the love of God. Once I have given my drink problem to God, should anything in the world separate me from my sobriety?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> I know that my new life will not be immune from difficulties, but I will have peace even in difficulties. I know that serenity is the result of faithful, trusting acceptance of God's will, even in the midst of difficulties. Saint Paul said: "Our light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may welcome difficulties. I pray that they may test my strength and build my character.
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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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> One of the things that meditation shows us is that the sense of peace already exists within us. We all have a deep desire for it even if it is often hidden, masked, thwarted. Aggression, too, is an intimate part of ourselves. That is precisely why there is a struggle. But our true nature is peaceful. That is why Buddha Shakyamuni advises us to search deeply within, because that is how we will finally satisfy our craving for peace.
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> It is possible to learn all kinds of lessons from Buddhism without having to follow it completely. For example, one can learn tolerance, without which life is unbearable, and the path leading to peace of mind, which is indispensable for action to be just. This peace of mind is central to what we are looking for in life. It determines the attitude we have towards the world, and towards our neighbors and our enemies too.
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> The main method to reach it is meditation, which lies at the heart of our practice and our teachings.
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> From: Little Book of Inner Peace, His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Frédérique Hatier, Translated from the French by Dominique Side, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 2002, page 203.
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