--- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote:
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> Steve, AA appears to have got the message.
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> --ED
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> Alcoholics Anonymous
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> "The terms 'Higher Power' and 'power greater than ourselves' appear in
> the "Big Book", on three occasions:
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> * Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore
> us to sanity.
> * The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense
> against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other
> human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a
> Higher Power.
> * Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live
> in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present
> circumstances!"
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> Hi ED. The main difference between what most people mean by Higher Power and
> what I call the Other Than Ego Power is that it is not
some separate God Out There Somewhere. Amitabha is my own true nature.
It transcends my delusion of being an ego in a world of egos and things. It
transcends my delusion that my ego is pulling all the
strings. IMO, there is true freedom, but it's locus is not the ego,
which is just a bunch of phenomenal factors without any unified
causal powers. I posted this Koan a while ago, but nobody took the
bait. Maybe you will find it to be a delectable morsel:
"Controled or not-controled? The same dice shows two faces. Not-
controled or controled; both a grievous error!" What's the error,
ED? Hmm?
Steve
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