many of us exclaimed what an order I can't go through with it do not be discouraged no one
among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles we are not
Saints the point is that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines the principles we have set
down are guides to progress we claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection
a related problem caused a split of another kind one of the Cleveland members of the Akron group
Clarence Schneider began to realize that as long as the self-help group was tied to the
Oxford group it could never hope to assimilate Catholics Jews or agnostics the majority of the
fellows that were going down to the Oxford group with me were Catholics a Catholic in
those days they were not permitted by their church to belong to such a group as the Oxford
movement so something had to be done I said all we need is a 12-step program in the four
absolutes and anyone can live with that so I went down to actor in the next week and made
the announcement that this is the last time the Cleveland contingent will be down here
as a group we are starting our own group in Cleveland Ohio at 2345 still Monroe Cleveland
Heights and this is not going to be an Oxford group this is going to be known as Alcoholics
Anonymous we're taking the name from the book and only alcoholics and their families are welcome
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melot goes for absolutely color the only obstacle ahead in the early days I think
there's still hope myself think that they can be extremely helpful I found at times that questions
arrive and I want to do the right thing but the answers are not objects hey you know I want to
write singing but almost always if you check it into it carefully by the yardsticks of absolute
honesty purity I'm so pleased I am loved and whatever your decision is takes up pretty well
with those for you answer happy very far out of the way if however you do this as I have done
that time and still I'm not too satisfied for the effort I usually consult some friend whose
judgment that's I think in this particular case would be very much better than mine but usually
you can do it yourself without following your friends about your personal decision yeah you
know becoming the first step can't quite get on enough admit that John become really has bested
us mad about Slough purely is somewhat like it this purity of ideas and purity of motive in what
have you non-stop wishlist and so those things that I've just been talking about off the dime of
the to [ __ ] to the bump and actually getting on yourself and there you are now the absolute love
it probably a big would incorporating all three with a little bit more along with it I think that
that is a very difficult thing of absolute Lala I don't think any of us will ever get
it but that doesn't mean if you can't hide you get it it was extremely difficult for me and I
feel that I never have been very successful at it inventive helpful middle of my phone
man I didn't dislike it but I didn't love him I saw some special reason he was just good I was
just in different Tori I wouldn't burn many ham I would be willing to give him a little left if it
didn't require too much effort and I was in jail all but to love him I just do it for a long time
and I think that I all came it to some extent when I was forced or because I would even go love this
but I'm not you would have to be helpful to our our pop of Mikami you could say well along the
you would just feel that just a manifestation of selfishness which is quite correct how is selfish
to the extent of not wanting slipper for it to keep from getting stripper I will attempt to
go through the motions of being helpful to this telephone you can diminish any way you want to
but the fact still remains for the average individual absolute love is a thing that he
will never acquire I suspect there are a few people who do I think maybe I know some that
come pretty close to it but I think I could count them on the fingers of one hand I don't say that
in a disparaging manner I have some wonderful friends I'm talking about it in this [ __ ] by
my ass section and take Chloe as it applies to a I don't think we do anything well very much
in this world of my sweet actresses and I don't believe it away with to well unless we practice
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September 12 September 17 September 20th and October 27th again this
is the twenty four-hour-a-day book that was published in 1948
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here is where the four absolutes came from they came from a book called the
principles of Jesus published in 1902 by Robert E Speier and this book was
basically the essence of the Sermon on the Mount from the Bible and basically the book
was written the principles of Jesus and he believes that the four absolutes was
the essence of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew five one through seven twenty nine
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here we have the Cleveland way of using the four absolutes honesty purity unselfishness
love they had for questions attached to it now this is a done in Cleveland Ohio
and for honesty they had the question is it true or is it false question for
the purity is it right or is it wrong question for unselfishness how will this
affect the other fellow and question for love is it ugly or is it beautiful
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here we have the Oxford group and this is how they use to for absolutes one as
a way to take inventory of our past to see where we fell short and what ways
so we could learn what areas of our life need to be worked on - during meditation or while
being inspired or guided by our inner voice as a way to differentiate between
God thoughts and human thoughts and three as a standard of living moment by moment
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