May 2010
3 posts
Prayers of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
“I EARNESTLY ADVISE EVERY ALCOHOLIC TO READ THIS BOOK THROUGH, AND THOUGH PERHAPS HE CAME TO SCOFF, HE MAY REMAIN TO PRAY.”
William D. Silkworth, MD - Pg. xx
“GOD IS EVERYTHING OR HE IS NOTHING. GOD EITHER IS OR HE ISN’T. WHAT WAS OUR CHOICE TO BE?” Pg. 53
Pg. 59 We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.
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The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.
The unnamable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.
Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source. This source is called darkness.
Darkness within darkness....
Why is He doing this for me?
“There have been millions and millions of alcoholics stagger across the face of this earth. They have lived and died in alcoholism. They have died, and they have carried down in disgrace, families, friends, and associates with them. They have caused carnage in this world, and they have died hopelessly. It’s been a tragedy.
Out of all these millions of people, therefore, why? You tell me...