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> Date: January 11, 2011 11:19:22 AM EST
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, January 11, 2011
>
> January 11: Have I learned that there is happiness in helping
> others?
>
> This is January, the 1st month of the year;
> • The 1st Tradition: Our common welfare should come first; p
> ersonal 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 [S
> teps 8 & 9] of our development, we will be amazed before we are half
> way through.
> __________________
>
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> When we were drinking, most of us never thought of helping others.
> We liked to buy drinks for people, because that made us feel like
> big shots. But we only used others for our own pleasure. To really
> go out and try to help somebody who needed help never occurred to
> us. To us, helping others looked like a sucker's game. But when we
> came into A.A., we began to try to help others. And we found out
> that helping others made us happy and also helped us to stay sober.
> Have I learned that there is happiness in helping others?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> I will pray only for strength and that God's will be done. I will
> use God's unlimited store of strength for my needs. I will seek
> God's will for me. I will strive for consciousness of God's
> presence, for He is the light of the world. I have become a pilgrim,
> who needs only marching orders and strength and guidance for this day.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may seek God's guidance day by day. I pray that I may
> strive to abide in God's presence.
>
> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 197
> 5, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This bo
> ok was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Dayto
> na Beach, Florida.
>
> _________________
>
> The following is Excerpt No. 13 from As Bill Sees It : “The Shared
> Gift”
>
> A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of
> alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves
> can wither & those who have not been given the truth may die.
>
> Service Manual p-5
>
> 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
>
> _________________________________
>
> The Practice of a Bodhisattva
>
> The entire practice of a bodhisattva is divided into six
> perfections, which are generosity, discipline, patience, effort,
> meditative concentration, and wisdom. In order to fulfill the hopes
> of others, it is very important to engage in the practice of
> generosity, which in turn should be strengthened by a strict
> observance of ethical discipline, that is of non-violence. The
> practice of discipline must itself be complemented by that of
> patience, because you will need to have forbearance when facing the
> harm inflicted on you by others. In order to succeed in these
> practices, your endeavor must be strong and stable. And without
> meditative concentration that effort will not be so effective.
> Finally, if you do not have the wisdom that realizes the nature of
> all phenomena, you will not be capable of guiding others on the path
> that leads to enlightenment.
>
> 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 221.