“Peace comes within the
souls of men, when they realize their oneness with the universe, when they
realize it is really inside of each one of us.
Black
Elk Lakota Medicine Man
When
we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or
evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything
or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn't. What was our choice to be?
Big
Book pg. 53
...most
individuals cannot recover unless there is a group. Realization dawns that he
is but a small part of a great whole; that no personal sacrifice is too great
for the preservation of the Fellowship… He learns that the clamor of desires
and ambitions within him must be silenced whenever these could damage the
group. It becomes plain that the group must survive or the individual will not.
Twelve
Steps & Twelve Traditions pg. 130
Grandfather
help me realize my oneness with your universe.