Tao of Our understanding Alcohol Recovery Podcast

"What shall we there say—that Tao is simplicity, stillness, indifference, purity, harmony, and ease? All these names leave me indifferent for their distinctions have disappeared." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 124   GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.o...

"His mind could not bite on the meat of doctrine." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 121 Being toothless is a state of being that helps us live in the "I don't know."   GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You...

"By what system of thought and what technique of meditation can I apprehend Tao? By what renunciation of what solitary retirement may I rest in Tao?" — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 117   GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996...

"12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all of our affairs." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 60 " If you don't realize the source, you stumble in confusion and sorrow. When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, disinterested, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, dig...

"11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him , praying only for the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. " — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59 " We m old clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that makes the vessel useful. " — J.H. McDonald, Tao Te Ching, Verse 11   GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools to Stay So...

"10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it ." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59 " Take on difficulties while they are still easy. " — Jonathan Star, Tao Te Ching, The Definitive Edition, Verse 63   GUS - 12StepRecovery. AI 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc...

"9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59 " Though the Tao of Heaven has no favorites, it always sides with one who has a pure heart. " — Jonathan Star, Tao Te Ching, The Definitive Edition, Verse 79   GUS - https://chatgpt.com/g/g-69f9f86d3e9481919d2d732149f68d66-gus 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year R...

"8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59   " If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. " — Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 36   GUS - https://chatgpt.com/g/g-69f9f86d3e9481919d2d732149f68d66-gus   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao...

"7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59   "Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself." — Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 22   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a...

"6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59   " Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? " — Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 10   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching...

"5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59 "A great nation is like a great man: When he makes a mistake, he realizes it. Having realized it, he admits it. Having admitted it, he corrects it. He considers those who point out his faults as his most benevolent teachers. He thinks of his enemy as the shadow that he him...

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59   Open yourself to the Tao, then trust your natural responses; and everything will fall into place. — Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 38   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year...

3. Made a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God as we understand Him. — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59   "In the end, the treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go." — Lao Tzu 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,...

"When there is silence, one finds peace. When there is silence, one finds the anchor of the universe within himself. " — Jonathan Star, Tao Te Ching, The Definitive Edition, Verse 37   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free...

" True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way. It can't be gained by interfering. " — Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 48 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powe...

"The Friendship of wise men is tasteless as water. The friendship of fools is sweet as wine. But the tastelessness of the wise brings true affection, and the savor of fool's company ends in hatred." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 117   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/di...

" Since he judges no one, no one judges him. Such as the perfect man: his boat is empty." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 115   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerles...

"When the heart is right, 'for' and 'against' are forgotten." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 112   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Recove...

"I fasted to set my heart at rest." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 110   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Recovery Interpretation of the T...

"He is vain and confident of his own strength." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 109   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Recovery Interpretat...

"So he decided against the pigs' point of view and adopted his own point of view, both for himself and for the pigs also." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 108   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the...

"His skill has not changed. But the price divides him. He cares." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 107   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Re...

"The wise man is hidden in Tao. Nothing can touch him." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 106   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Recovery Int...

"How should you treat a bird? As yourself or as a bird? — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 103   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current version of Powerless But Not Helpless, a Recovery Int...

"If I cease striving for happiness, the 'right' and the 'wrong' at once become apparent all by themselves." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 101   30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting: https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:80 You can download a free PDF of the most current v...