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> Date: October 4, 2011 10:06:45 AM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, October 4, 2011
> October 4:
> 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.
> _________
> 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 reading 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
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