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**CarolD** · 05-01-2009, 08:13 AM

*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*

A.A. Thought for the Day

The A.A. program is one of charity because the real meaning of the word charity is to care enough about other people to really want to help them. To get the full benefit of the program, we must try to help other alcoholics. We may try to help somebody and think we have failed, but the seed we have planted may bear fruit some time. We never know the results even a word of ours might have. But the main thing is to have charity for others, a real desire to help them, whether we succeed or not. Do I have real charity?

Meditation for the Day

All material things, the universe, the world, even our bodies, may be Eternal Thought expressed in time and space. The more the physicists and astronomers reduce matter, the more it becomes a mathematical formula, which is thought. In the final analysis, matter is thought. When Eternal Thought expresses itself within the framework of space and time, it becomes matter. Our thoughts, within the box of space and time, cannot know anything firsthand, except material things. But we can deduce that outside the box of space and time is Eternal Thought, which we can call God.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may be a true expression of Eternal Thought. I pray that God's thoughts may work through my thoughts.

Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012

Sheryl85 · 05-01-2009, 01:34 PM

Hey, this was a great piece, but did anyone else feel you had just got off a Tilt-A-Whirl?

I'm glad I didn't read this AA Thought For The Day the first thing this morning because the Meditation part made my head hurt even this late in the day. I mean I couldn't have meditated on that at 6:30 AM even with a cup of coffee. It was so deep I would have fallen in!

**CarolD** · 05-01-2009, 01:49 PM

.....always good to see you
Congratulations on your special day!

I'm just not intelligent enough to understand the concept above
Nor do I need to be.
I'm so glad to have returned to my childhood Sunday School
God of forgivness and love......

Sheryl85 · 05-01-2009, 01:56 PM

Thank you.

I'd like to think of myself as being humble and say something appropriate for the moment, but all I can think of is Whoopee! I made it another year!!!

Tommyh · 05-01-2009, 03:14 PM

Sherly85,you`re right,the meditation is deep. whew!

I read that book every day when I was new and I did not understand any of it.Today,I still read it and understand a lot of it,but there still is a lot I do not understand.
One thing about that book,it makes me stop and think sometimes

05-01-2009, 08:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 34,835	24 Hours A Day ~~~^Twenty Four Hours A Day^~~~ A.A. Thought for the Day The A.A. program is one of charity because the real meaning of the word charity is to care enough about other people to really want to help them. To get the full benefit of the program, we must try to help other alcoholics. We may try to help somebody and think we have failed, but the seed we have planted may bear fruit some time. We never know the results even a word of ours might have. But the main thing is to have charity for others, a real desire to help them, whether we succeed or not. Do I have real charity? Meditation for the Day All material things, the universe, the world, even our bodies, may be Eternal Thought expressed in time and space. The more the physicists and astronomers reduce matter, the more it becomes a mathematical formula, which is thought. In the final analysis, matter is thought. When Eternal Thought expresses itself within the framework of space and time, it becomes matter. Our thoughts, within the box of space and time, cannot know anything firsthand, except material things. But we can deduce that outside the box of space and time is Eternal Thought, which we can call God. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may be a true expression of Eternal Thought. I pray that God's thoughts may work through my thoughts. Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012 __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

05-01-2009, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sheryl85 '55 Classic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Waco, TX Posts: 630	Hey, this was a great piece, but did anyone else feel you had just got off a Tilt-A-Whirl? I'm glad I didn't read this AA Thought For The Day the first thing this morning because the Meditation part made my head hurt even this late in the day. I mean I couldn't have meditated on that at 6:30 AM even with a cup of coffee. It was so deep I would have fallen in! __________________ "Temper is a quality that at a critical moment brings out the best in steel and worst in people." - William Grohse NOTE: All Big Book quotes are from the First Edition of the Big Book

05-01-2009, 01:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 34,835	.....always good to see you Congratulations on your special day! I'm just not intelligent enough to understand the concept above Nor do I need to be. I'm so glad to have returned to my childhood Sunday School God of forgivness and love...... __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

05-01-2009, 01:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sheryl85 '55 Classic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Waco, TX Posts: 630	Thank you. I'd like to think of myself as being humble and say something appropriate for the moment, but all I can think of is Whoopee! I made it another year!!! __________________ "Temper is a quality that at a critical moment brings out the best in steel and worst in people." - William Grohse NOTE: All Big Book quotes are from the First Edition of the Big Book

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05-01-2009, 03:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tommyh Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: N.C. Posts: 18,389	Sherly85,you`re right,the meditation is deep. whew! I read that book every day when I was new and I did not understand any of it.Today,I still read it and understand a lot of it,but there still is a lot I do not understand. One thing about that book,it makes me stop and think sometimes

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