Post by Caressa2 on Jun 9, 2004 23:58:05 GMT -5
Motives, and as my Scrabble word dictionary says, to provide incentives; it is a verb not a noun.
I look at this in two ways:
1) What motivates me and give me the incentive to keep working my program, and what I need to do to continue to grow on this spiritual journey I am on.
2) What are my motives behind the actions I am taking in my recovery. Are they selfish and self-centered, are they for my Highest Good, are the for the Good of the Whole, or is it just about my likes and dislikes.
For me it is so important to look at the whole picture. This is a selfish program in the fact that I need to do it for me, but it isn't selfish in the fact that I do for myself and the heck with anyone else. I don't feel that it is spiritual to act out on something if it is going to hurt someone else. I can't find my happiness at the expense of someone else, and although I can't jeoprodize my recovery, for me there is always an alternative. A plan 'B' and everything is subject to change.
Sometimes I find that I sometimes sacrifice my serenity by helping someone else, but that doesn't mean that I lose my serenity, it mean I put aside the "self" and I become God centered. My serenity isn't lost, it is always retainable, and as I once read "Sacrifice" means to make sacred. I often thing that is what makes this program work. It is full of paradoxes, and I can't take everything "literally" because everything isn't black and white. For me, recovery was learning that there were shades of gray.
I like what Osho says in one of his books.
Sounds a lot like Step Two to me!
I look at this in two ways:
1) What motivates me and give me the incentive to keep working my program, and what I need to do to continue to grow on this spiritual journey I am on.
2) What are my motives behind the actions I am taking in my recovery. Are they selfish and self-centered, are they for my Highest Good, are the for the Good of the Whole, or is it just about my likes and dislikes.
For me it is so important to look at the whole picture. This is a selfish program in the fact that I need to do it for me, but it isn't selfish in the fact that I do for myself and the heck with anyone else. I don't feel that it is spiritual to act out on something if it is going to hurt someone else. I can't find my happiness at the expense of someone else, and although I can't jeoprodize my recovery, for me there is always an alternative. A plan 'B' and everything is subject to change.
Sometimes I find that I sometimes sacrifice my serenity by helping someone else, but that doesn't mean that I lose my serenity, it mean I put aside the "self" and I become God centered. My serenity isn't lost, it is always retainable, and as I once read "Sacrifice" means to make sacred. I often thing that is what makes this program work. It is full of paradoxes, and I can't take everything "literally" because everything isn't black and white. For me, recovery was learning that there were shades of gray.
I like what Osho says in one of his books.
Life repeats itself mindlessly-unless you become mindful, it will go on repeating like a wheel. Once you see the pattern, you can get out of it
Sounds a lot like Step Two to me!
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.