Margaret Meade, was an American cultural anthropologist.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

- Margaret Meade,

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learn to meditate, learn mindfulness. Meditation, contrary to popular opinion, is not about stopping thinking.

THE RECOVERY SEEDS Balanced Lifestyle program learn to meditate, learn mindfulness. Meditation, contrary to popular opinion, is not about stopping thinking. You cannot stop thinking – to think about stopping thinking is thinking. Rather it is about being watchful of your thoughts. It is about watching your thoughts but not getting caught up in them. The more your practise – and you can start with just 10 mins a day, the more you will move out of the energy of doing and into the energy of being. The goal here is to do with the energy of being.

Am I truly ready to take this greatest leap of faith, to truly put aside once and for all reliance on my own narrow self-will?

(4) The twelve-step epiphany Am I truly ready to take this greatest leap of faith, to truly put aside once and for all reliance on my own narrow self-will? This, it seems, is the central question of recovery, recovery from all of our addictions and from our obsessive, self-centred, lower consciousness.

An addict will do whatever is necessary to maintain their addiction

Twelve Steps Plus An addict will do whatever is necessary to maintain their addiction. If they acknowledged the seriousness of the problem or the harm they’re causing themselves and others, they would be hard-pressed to continue this way of life. Their logic, whether conscious or unconscious, is: I need drugs, and I need lies to keep people off my back so I can continue using drugs. Thus, lying becomes a matter of self-preservation. Anything, or anyone, that is going to hinder their drug habit has no place in the addict’s life.

The twelve-step epiphany

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