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Quetzal


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"The seed of God is in us. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God seeds into God." --Meister Eckhart


Often we may feel critical and judgemental about our maturity or personality. When we read we have God seeds within us, we may find that difficult to believe. How can we have the God seeds within us that other people have? It may seem everyone else has more good within them than we have.

Just as we admire certain qualities about other people, so can we admire qualities about ourselves. We need to remember a good critic looks at both the good and the bad. A good critic doesn't pass judgement, but merely assembles the facts to allow others to make judgements.

The seeds that grow pear trees don't yield perfect trees. Some of the fruit is ripe and juicy, some is hard and dry, some fruit never matures. Yet the pear tree will be a good tree if it's tended with care. So it is with us. Every part of us may not be perfect, but with care we can make the best person possible from the God seed that began us.


I can be a healthy, bountiful person if I give myself plenty of care. Today I won't give up on me.

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 The Language of Letting Go.


Letting Go of Shame


Shame is that dark, powerful feeling that holds us back. Yes, shame can stop us from acting inappropriately. But many of us have learned to attach shame to healthy behaviors that are in our best interest.


In dysfunctional families, shame can be tagged to healthy behaviors such as talking about feelings, making choices, taking care of ourselves, having fun, being successful, or even feeling good about ourselves.


Shame may have been attached to asking for what we want and need, to communicating directly and honestly, and to giving and receiving love.


Sometimes shame disguises itself as fear, rage, indifference, or a need to run and hide, wrote Stephanie E. But if it feels dark and makes us feel bad about being who we are, it's probably shame.


In recovery, we are learning to identify shame. When we can recognize it, we can begin to let go of it. We can love and accept ourselves - starting now.


We have a right to be, to be here, and to be who we are. And we don't ever have to let shame tell us any differently.


Today, I will attack and conquer the shame in my life.



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Hi Carol, and Phil,


What a good read this morning, and loved how Phil tied in that "removing the shame" Post, made so much sense.  Shame is the emotion that can hold us back like no other, in our Consious Contact with God.


God Is Everywhere, in us, in nature, no place that He is not there, but the one thing that will block us, not Him, is our own Ego, and the Shame that can be found there.


Good morning to Both of You,  Thank you for an Awesome Post, this morning, just what this Alke needed to hear.  The meeting I attended was on the 5th Step, yesterday, and it also ties into this thought process,  it is that Step, that releases us, from what holds us back from our Higher Power.


Toni



-- Edited by Toni Baloney at 09:31, 2006-08-19

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