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Dan · 09-30-2005, 03:05 AM

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
-- William Blake

We seek the answer. Sometimes we think we have found a central truth and later learn that beneath it is another truth. Or what seemed so crucial as a guiding principle for our lives last year is still true but not as crucial. It is like trying to take a snapshot of a changing world while the camera itself is changing.

Some of us in our hunger for security grab for "absolute" truths, which are not absolute. We must continue forever to be eager learners. In stepping across a stream from one floating log to another, we must resist the temptation to become overcommitted to staying in an especially secure looking place, or we will never reach the opposite shore. Even the Twelve Steps of this program are given to us as a "suggested" program of recovery. It is a program that works because it takes us out of our rigid ways. We are continually made new. That is the vitality of the spiritual life.

God, help me to be open to new opinions - to things I had never thought of on my own.

Touchstones.

equus · 09-30-2005, 03:45 AM

Time makes fools out of all of us! But that's ok, because I reckon the trick is to value the journey and enjoy what's learned along the way.

bikewench · 09-30-2005, 07:18 AM

Yes...
time has put the lie to so many things that I held to be be concrete truths...

for me... there is one truth today...
I am alive.

equus · 09-30-2005, 07:22 AM

The Truth is........

I typed this post!

bikewench · 09-30-2005, 07:22 AM

lol...

and I mine.. ;o)

Millwallj · 10-01-2005, 06:18 AM

SO true for me Dan. In my mind, if I am feeling restless, horrible, or full of fear its because I have an absoloute belief that has risen, like:

I am A COMPLETE failure.

or

I am destined to be mad, bad, and dangerous ALL my life.

Its about realising the truth - which is different to everyone - but kinda floats around us, easing us through. Thats what I reckon. Great post Dan.

09-30-2005, 03:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,710	Rigid Ways. The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. -- William Blake We seek the answer. Sometimes we think we have found a central truth and later learn that beneath it is another truth. Or what seemed so crucial as a guiding principle for our lives last year is still true but not as crucial. It is like trying to take a snapshot of a changing world while the camera itself is changing. Some of us in our hunger for security grab for "absolute" truths, which are not absolute. We must continue forever to be eager learners. In stepping across a stream from one floating log to another, we must resist the temptation to become overcommitted to staying in an especially secure looking place, or we will never reach the opposite shore. Even the Twelve Steps of this program are given to us as a "suggested" program of recovery. It is a program that works because it takes us out of our rigid ways. We are continually made new. That is the vitality of the spiritual life. God, help me to be open to new opinions - to things I had never thought of on my own. Touchstones.

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09-30-2005, 03:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
equus Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: uk Posts: 3,055	Time makes fools out of all of us! But that's ok, because I reckon the trick is to value the journey and enjoy what's learned along the way.

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bikewench Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: western canada Posts: 1,441	Yes... time has put the lie to so many things that I held to be be concrete truths... for me... there is one truth today... I am alive.

09-30-2005, 07:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
equus Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: uk Posts: 3,055	The Truth is........ I typed this post!

09-30-2005, 07:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
bikewench Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: western canada Posts: 1,441	lol... and I mine.. ;o)

10-01-2005, 06:18 AM	#6 (permalink)
Millwallj Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London Posts: 501	SO true for me Dan. In my mind, if I am feeling restless, horrible, or full of fear its because I have an absoloute belief that has risen, like: I am A COMPLETE failure. or I am destined to be mad, bad, and dangerous ALL my life. Its about realising the truth - which is different to everyone - but kinda floats around us, easing us through. Thats what I reckon. Great post Dan.

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