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Tao of Our understanding Alcohol Recovery Podcast
In this podcast, we discuss mystical works of literature, primarily Taoist text, and how they relate to alcohol recovery. Taoist Philosophy can be an excellent tool for embracing the idea of a "Higher Power." Nature offers all of the examples necessary for a concept of a source of all life, much different but yet very similar in many ways to more traditional religious thinking. Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching…
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- Tao of Our understanding Alcohol Recovery Podcast
The Chuang Tzu – Flight from the Shadow: What am I trying to escape from?
"He failed to realize that if he merely stepped into the shade, his shadow would vanish, and if he sat down and stayed still, there would be no more…
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The Chuang Tzu – Means and Ends: Do I mistake the means for the end?
"The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I…
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The Chuang Tzu – The Useless: Can I find gratitude for what appears to be useless?
"If you have no appreciation for what has no use, you cannot begin to talk about what can be used." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, page 153 GUS –…
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The Chuang Tzu – Tao: Finding the God of YOUR Understanding
"Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence, Tao is apprehended." —…
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The Chuang Tzu – Flight from Benevolence: Have I Forgotten How to Stop My Wagon?
"He could bring himself to retire. He had forgotten how to stop his wagon." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, page 148 GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools…
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The Chuang Tzu – Good Fortune: Is It Really Good Fortune?
"Kwan shall eat meat and drink wine for the rest of his days at government expense. Ki broke down and sobbed: My poor son! My poor son! What has he done to…
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The Chuang Tzu – Monkey Mountain: Personal Advertisement is Dangerous
"This animal advertised his cleverness. He trusted in his own skill. He thought no one could touch him. Remember that! Do not rely on distinction and talent…
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The Chuang Tzu – Active Life: Am I Really Living?
"They are pressed down and crushed by external forces, fashion, the market, events, public opinion. Never in a whole lifetime do they recover their right mind!…
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The Chuang Tzu – Advising The Prince: Do Not Seek to Do Good. Allow Yourself to Become It.
"Abandon your plan to be a 'loving and equitable ruler.' Try to respond to the demands of inner truth. Stop vexing yourself and your people with these…
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The Chuang Tzu – Apologies: Perfect Love Requires No Defense.
"Perfect love is without demonstration." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, page 138 GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here…
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The Chuang Tzu – The Inner Law: Am I Determined to Value Others?
"When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, page 136 GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai…
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The Chuang Tzu – The Tower of the Spirit: What I Compromise to Keep I Will Lose.
"…actions go astray when they become deliberate, reflexive, and intentional." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, page 134 GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools…
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The Chuang Tzu – Keng's Disciple: Are My Abilities Enough?
"Can you rest where there is rest? Do you know when to stop?" — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 132 GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools to Stay Sober…
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The Chuang Tzu – Keng Sang Chu: Do I Live a Life of Attraction or Promotion?
"The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfect as he can." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page…
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The Chuang Tzu – Starlight and Non-Being
"If now, on top of all this, Non-Being IS, who can comprehend it?" — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 125 GUS – 12StepRecovery.ai 30 Tools to Stay…
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The Chuang Tzu – Where is Tao?
"What shall we there say—that Tao is simplicity, stillness, indifference, purity, harmony, and ease? All these names leave me indifferent for their…
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The Chuang Tzu – The Importance of Being Toothless: Grasping Is Not the Solution!
"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…
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The Chuang Tzu - When Knowledge Went North: Ability of Non-Doing!
"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…
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The Tao – Step 12
"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…
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The Tao – Step 11
"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…
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The Tao – Step 10
"10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." — Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 59 "Take on difficulties while they are…
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The Tao – Step 9
"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…
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The Tao – Step 8
"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…
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The Tao – Step 7
"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…
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The Tao – Step 6
"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…
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The Tao – Step 5
"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…
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The Tao – Step 4
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…
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The Tao – Step 3
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…
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The Tao – Step 2
"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…
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The Tao – Step 1
"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…
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Chuang Tzu – The Flight of Lin Hui
"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…
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Chuang Tzu – The Empty Boat
" 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…
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Chuang Tzu – When the Shoe Fits
"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…
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Chuang Tzu – The Woodcarver
"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…
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Chuang Tzu – The Fighting Cock
"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…
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Chuang Tzu – The Sacrificial Swine
"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…
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Chuang Tzu – The Need to Win
"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…
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Chuang Tzu – Wholeness
"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…
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Chuang Tzu – Symphony for a Sea Bird
"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…
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Chuang Tzu – Perfect Joy
"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…
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Chuang Tzu – The Joy of Fishes
"I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 98 30 Tools to…
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Chuang Tzu – Owl and Phoenix - Am I living from a foundation of fear or Love?
Am I living from a foundation of fear or Love? 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…
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Chuang Tzu – The Turtle - Am I just a highly venerated shell, or am I truly living?
"Go home!" said Chuang Tzu. "Leave me here to drag my tail in the mud!" — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 93 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round!…
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Chuang Tzu – The Man of Tao
"While he [The man of Tao] does not follow the crowd. He won't complain of those who do." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 91 30 Tools to Stay…
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Surrender to Alcohol?
This week, we explored a question posed to us: "How do I surrender to alcohol?" 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of…
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Chuang Tzu – Great and Small Part 3
" The true conqueror is he who is not conquered by the multitude of the small." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 90 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year…
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Chuang Tzu – Great and Small Part 2
"He who moves with the stream of events is called a wise statesman." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 88 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round!…
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Chuang Tzu – Great and Small Part 1
"When we look at things in the light of Tao, nothing is best, nothing is worst" — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 87 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year…
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Chuang Tzu – Autumn Floods Part 2
"The game is never over. Birth and death are even. The terms are not final." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 86 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year…
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Chuang Tzu – Autumn Floods - Part 1
"Of all the waters in the world the ocean is greatest. All the rivers pour into it day and night; it is never filled. It gives back its waters day and night."…
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Chuang Tzu – Duke Hwan and the Wheelwright
"…books contain words only. And yet there is something else which gives value to the books. Not the words only, nor the thought in the words, but something…
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Tao Recovery Podcast – Hitchhiking into Recovery by Paula R.
On this week's podcast, we have the privilege of hearing from Paula R. She shared her story and her new book, Hitchhiking into Recovery. 30 Tools to Stay Sober…
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Chuang Tzu – Action and Non-Action
"For emptiness, stillness, tranquility, tastelessness, silence, and non-action are the root of all things." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 81 30…
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Chuang Tzu – The Five Enemies
What am I living for? "both lost their original nature" — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 78 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link…
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Chuang Tzu – When A Hideous Man …
Am I approaching life's situations from a place of fear or Love? "When a hideous man becomes a father And a son is born to him In the middle of the night He…
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Tao Te Ching Verse 67 – The Three Treasures
"I just have three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion." — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Verse 67 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link…
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Chuang Tzu – When Life was Full There Was No History
"…They lived freely together giving and taking, and did not know that they were generous." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 76 30 Tools to Stay…
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Chuang Tzu – In My End Is My Beginning
"…fall into Unbeginning." — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 75 30 Tools to Stay Sober All Year Round! Here is a link to an online version of the Tao…
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Wen Tzu – Verse 116 Acceptability!
"Acceptability is a matter of logic: if you do not pursue what is acceptable when you see it, and do not flee what is unacceptable when you see it…
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"Strange indeed: Nothingness who was not sent, who did not work to find it, had the night-colored Pearl!" — Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu, Page 74 30…