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Post by duckie on Mar 30, 2018 17:29:51 GMT
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice. meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
- Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
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Rumi
Apr 18, 2018 6:05:41 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2018 6:05:41 GMT
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Post by duckie on May 8, 2018 16:05:23 GMT
This one is for truelight, who will be very much missed around here.
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Post by duckie on May 8, 2018 16:17:34 GMT
And one more...
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Post by duckie on May 8, 2018 16:18:24 GMT
OK, just one more...
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Rumi
Jun 6, 2018 4:13:09 GMT
Post by girlscout on Jun 6, 2018 4:13:09 GMT
Perhaps the wording of 12 Steps Step 5 should be:
"We admitted to God and to ourselves the exact nature of our learnings."
Worded this way, a new 12 Steps Step 5 could show the recovering addict that they can make different choices in the future, learn from their faulty thinking (as Ellis would say), and not see themselves as doing something wrong, but as a learning opportunity.
The Persian poet Rumi stated in the 13th century - "Out beyond the forest of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."
Rumi nailed it over 700 years ago. Instead of focusing on blame, why not focus on the solution? Right vs. wrong thinking belittles people. Hasn’t an addict gone through enough of that? Isn’t it time to pick them up, empower them to making better choices for themselves, and supporting their efforts along the way?
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Post by ML on Jun 6, 2018 5:23:02 GMT
moved
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Rumi
Jun 29, 2018 20:20:21 GMT
Post by girlscout on Jun 29, 2018 20:20:21 GMT
From The Knowing Heart by Kabir Helminski:
The heart always has an object of love; ... Whatever the heart holds its attention on, it will acquire its qualities.
Rumi said, "If your thought is a rose, you are the rose garden. If your thought is a thorn, you are kindling for the bath stove."
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Rumi
Jul 23, 2018 4:29:36 GMT
Post by girlscout on Jul 23, 2018 4:29:36 GMT
Rumi is from the Sufi tradition.
From “A-Perfumed Scorpion”, by Idries Shah:
Experience it and you will know.
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