“… We talk to God—that is prayer; God talks to us—that is inspiration. We go apart to get still, that new life, new inspiration, new power o...
Top Ten Practices of Enlightened Partners
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1. Write down the purpose and desired results for your partnership. A partnership without a stated purpose and intended results is like a ...
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Bill Wilson and the Ouija Board,Bill W. Had Warts, Just Like the Rest of Us
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Ever since becoming enamored with A.A. in the early 90s (especially after really getting into AA circa 2001), I have thought of Bill W. as q...
larger than life figure, Wilson almost singlehandedly changed the prognosis for those suffering from alcoholism. But he was certainly no saint
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1989 movie about Bill W. and Dr. Bob (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Offering a fascinating look at Bill Wilson, one of Time Magazine's 1...
''Clearly my job henceforth was to Let Go and Let God. Alcoholics Anonymous was safe - even from me.''
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Bill's Wilsons Yankee temperament, lanky body, great gifts as a storyteller and childhood setbacks. A novelist and a journalist, she wr...
Bill W., A Biography of Alcoholics Anonymous Co-Founder Bill Wilson, Francis Hartigan, 2000, page 192.
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The impression that he was a ladies' man seems to have come from the way he sometimes behaved at AA gatherings. When Bill wasn't acc...
Bill took both women to an AA meeting. He sat between them and, all during the meeting, he had a hand on one leg of each of the women.
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As the AA office staff expanded in the 1940s, Bill seemed to take an active part in its recruitment efforts. One longtime AA member told me ...
One for the list buiders on the Costa,They had found God (as they understood Him), and as long as they stayed away from booze and aspirin, they were okay; they were in the clear. They weren't ashamed of sex; they gloried in it.
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Full disclosure: I grew up with a stepmom, Wynn, who had been fully prepared to marry Bill. He disengaged himself but put her "story&qu...
Amazed at the energy that comes out of you
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"Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you." - William James 1842-1910, ...
“To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.” -- Ralp...
Sophie had been welcomed into meeting
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We were meeting in the long sitting-room, and the floor-space was as usual filled by the children. The room was pretty full. Then Sophie'...
Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness; and bearing one with another, and forgiving one another, and not laying accusations one against another; but praying one for another, and helping one another up with a tender hand.
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Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness; and bearing one with another, and forgiving one another, and not laying accusations one again...
.' And when I heard it my heart did leap for joy."
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And when all my hopes in men were gone, so that I had nothing outwardly to help me, nor could I tell what to do, then, oh! Then I heard a vo...
All the modern religions that have examined the 12 steps have come to the conclusion that the steps do not conflict with their beliefs.
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Those who work with alcoholics and addicts have a distinct advantage over colleagues in other professions. The 12 steps offer a template tha...
Spirituality is the innermost relationship we have with ourselves and all else.
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Spirituality is the innermost relationship we have with ourselves and all else. Everyone has some form of spirituality. Religion is an organ...
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
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In his room alone, feeling totally powerless, he looked up toward heaven, and he cried out, "If there is a God, show me, give me some s...
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Concierto de Aranjuez Parte 2
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Some Symptoms of Codependency:
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Perfectionism Controlling Behavior Obsessive Caretaking Depression Illnesses due to Stress Not Wanting to Deal with Feelings Imagine, if you...
Under the Tuscan Sun,
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Sir Anthony Hopkins at Tuscan Sun Festival 2009 in Cortona, Italy. Français : Portrait d'Anthony Hopkins réalisé durant un festival en...
Ix Chel : Mayan Goddess of the moon
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Ix Chel : Mayan Goddess of the moon As an ancient fertility goddess, Ix-Chel was responsible for sending rain to nourish the crops. When f...
Dream Warrior greets Lady of the Rainbow
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Dream Warriors greets Lady of the Rainbow, to all our readers and contributors an introduction to the female side of the site Lady of the Ra...
Being a psychologist, she feared for her own sanity. She began talking with Bill about everything that was happening to her.
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In 1965, Helen Schucman, a 56-year-old woman, was working as a Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in Ne...
"Cure" is a word that cannot be applied to any remedy the world accepts as beneficial.
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"Cure" is a word that cannot be applied to any remedy the world accepts as beneficial. What the world perceives as therapeutic i...
Ways to Know You Are Living Love
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How do you know if you are living the fullness of love in your life? Here is a short list of indicators that point to whether or not you...
“It is while trying to get everything straight in my head that I get confused.”
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“It is while trying to get everything straight in my head that I get confused.” Mary Virginia Micka
Doctor Emile Coueé made a giant step in helping people improve their lives when he discovered a method which transformed and accelerated the process of change.
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His method was so simple that it nobody wanted to believe in it, as is normal for all things new or revolutionary. However, over time his cl...
Simple affirmations versus visualizations.
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Doctor Emile Coueé made a giant step in helping people improve their lives when he discovered a method which transformed and accelerated the...
The ‘me’ we think we are, is not who we are. It’s a mistaken identity that we’ll call the ego.
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This world is really focused on getting and having. Think about it. As you read this article you most likely feel that you still have some u...
The Drunkard Disciple
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A Zen master had hundreds of disciples. They all prayed at the right time, except one, who was always drunk. The master was growing old. S...
“Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion”
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“Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion” by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Chapter One: Giving from the Heart, the Heart of ...
A Course in Miracles for Gerhard
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A Course in Miracles. This self-study metaphysical thought system is unique in teaching forgiveness as the road to inner peace and the remem...
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