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โˆž i am not just seeking freedom from remorse โˆž

Posted: Wed, May 23, 2007 06:37:36 AM

i am seeking freedom from my defects.
well i thought i would write about how i have been acting-out the past couple of days and how i need to make amends, but i have decided that doing so would probably cause more harm, contrary to the nature of the amends process. and trust me there are more than a few huge ones that i am working on and thinking about today.
so what does that leave me to write about? well this step is officially kicking my butt, i really hate the process of becoming entirely ready, with all its implications, i would rather just skip past this step and humbly ask to have them removed. but i would hardly be ready to become willing to make amends to all those i have harmed, so onward i plod towards the conclusion of this process and hopefully i will learn a few things over the next few hours to minimize the damage i am doing.
yes the reading was about the ninth step, and how i need to check in with my sponsor before trying to make amends, just to verify that i am not doing any more harm.
so since what is on my mind is something i choose to keep off the internet, suffice it to say that i am okay today and am working towards becoming the person i was always meant to be.

∞ DT ∞


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Tao Te Ching

☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

The Tao Teh King, or The Tao and Its Characteristics
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 2

1) When the Tao prevails in the world, they send back their swift
horses to (draw) the dung-carts. When the Tao is disregarded in the
world, the war-horses breed in the border lands.