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There are many things about the teaching world that one doesn't now and won't be taught in any education class at a college / university. There are things you have to learn the hard way. This is one woman's journey into the teaching world, some shared stories, and what you may encounter as you embark on this path. This guide will help prepare you for what lies ahead because they don't tell you any of these things because of our combination of politically...
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Excerpt: "Many young people, particularly of the male kind, imagine themselves in love when in truth they are not. Their supposed passion is but a fancy of the moment. An ardent young man is introduced to a pretty or interesting girl, and after a quarter of an hour's conversation is (in his own opinion) over head and ears in love with her. If he is a sensible man he will not betray his weakness, for should the result prove the correctness of his first...
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"Christ Returns: Reveals Startling Truth" was penned in 2001 by an anonymous woman who, after forty years of contact with Christ, received and documented the teaching of Christ in his own words. As you read the pages, which are broken down into a series of letters, you can actually feel the energy of its words radiating throughout your body. Never before has there been such an in-depth explanation of the processes of creation as well as the nature...
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This introduction to the Twelve Steps of the Alcoholics Anonymous program is offered to all alcoholic men and women whose "lives have become unmanageable" because of their powerlessness over alcohol. The purpose of this interpretation is to help members quickly work out an acceptable 24-hour schedule of A.A. living. This subject matter is founded on basic information from the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
5) Your Brain on AA (And the Mind That Awaits You): A New Look At The World's Oldest 12-Step Program
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Our brains and the quality of our infancies have a profound influence on working the 12 steps, which are so basic to any recovery program such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Working the 12 steps changes our brains. Therefore, the more we know about how the brain works, as described in this book, the more likely we will be to know what we're actually dealing with as we develop our own concept of a power greater than ourselves, work with a sponsor, take inventory,...
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Gathered in this booklet are the heartfelt stories of more than 75 A.A. members from around the world who share what the phrases "Higher Power" and "God as we understood Him" mean to them. The title - the first three words in the second of A.A.'s Twelve Steps - hints at the book's theme: that recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous is not a destination, but a spiritual journey that takes place over time, while living "life on life's terms."
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Reunidas en este librillo aparecen las muy sentidas historias escritas por más de 75 miembros de A.A. de todas partes del mundo que nos cuentan cuál es el significado que las frases "Poder Superior" y "Dios como nosotros Lo concebimos" tienen para ellos. El título -las tres primeras palabras del segundo de los Doce Pasos de Alcohólicos Anónimos- prefigura el tema principal del libro: o sea, que la recuperación en Alcohólicos Anónimos no es...
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Written by the Fellowship of Chemically Dependent Anonymous to share its history, philosophical underpinnings and program with others in our own book. We have based our program on one proven successful for over half a century by Alcoholics Anonymous in helping alcoholics find the road to recovery and a new way of life. As the focus of our program, we have adapted A.A.'s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, changing them only as they refer to chemical...
9) Nous en sommes venus à croire: Trouver notre propre spiritualité au sein des Alcooliques anonymes
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Rassemblés dans ce livret, on retrouve les histoires émouvantes de plus de 75 membres des AA du monde entier qui ont partagé ce que les mots « Puissance supérieure » et « Dieu tel que nous le concevons » veulent dire pour eux. Ce titre – les premiers mots de la seconde étape des Douze Étapes des AA – annonce le thème du livre : le rétablissement au sein des Alcooliques anonymes n'est pas une destination, mais un voyage spirituel qui...
11) The Laws of Manu
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The Laws of Manu is believed to be the first ancient legal text and constitution of Hinduism. In ancient India, often the sages used to put down their ideas on how the society should run on the Manuscripts. It is believed that the original form of Manusmriti was changed as many things written in the Manuscript contradict each other.
12) The Zend-Avesta
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Zend-Avesta is the religious book of the Persians, who professed the creed of Zarathustra, known in classic and modern times as Zoroaster. Zoroaster is to be classed with such great religious leaders as Buddha and Mohammed. He was the predecessor of Mohammed and the worship and belief, which he instituted were trampled out in Persia by the forces of Islam in the seventh century of our era. The Persian Zoroastrians fled to India, where they are still...
13) Vedic Hymns
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The Vedic Hymns are among the most interesting portions of Hindoo literature. In form and spirit, they resemble both the poems of the Hebrew psalter and the lyrics of Pindar. They deal with the most elemental religious conceptions and are full of the imagery of nature. It would be absurd to deny to very many of them the possession of the truest poetic inspiration. The scenery of the Himalayas, ice and snow, storm and tempest, lend their majesty to...
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Kaushitaki Brahmana Upanishad is an ancient Sanskrit text contained inside the Rigveda. It is associated with the Kaushitaki shakha. The chronology of Kaushitaki Upanishad, like other Upanishads, is unclear. It is based on an analysis of archaism, style and repetitions across texts, driven by assumptions about likely evolution of ideas, and on presumptions about which philosophy might have influenced, which other Indian philosophies.
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"Wisdom of the Aged" is a powerful book that shares daily meditational reflections based on the author's experience living a 12-step program for nearly 50 years. This is a must-read for anyone, who is going through a 12-step program or is embarking on a similar journey.
This book, was not written for any 12-step program such as AA, NA, OA, AOC, etc. Rather, it simply fills a gap and offers a profound perspective into the recovery process. The author's...
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In a day and age where we are all running away from our own pain and stressors, it is time we all begin our journey for Self-Development and Personal Growth together.
Invisible Wounds is the captivating memoir of an Anonymous man and his path to find peace and resolve in his life. Through brutal honesty and deep emotional sentiments Invisible Wounds gives you the mindset and thought process of an adolescent man who had no guidance and made many mistakes...
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Written by and for incarcerated alcoholics, this slim, staple-less volume contains 26 stories by A.A. members who found their way to the Fellowship and got sober while behind bars. All of these individuals reveal how, through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous, they transformed their lives and found serenity despite their surroundings.
One after the other, these recovering alcoholics - of all ages and all types - share how they came to grasp...
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A.A. co-founder Bill W. tells the story of the growth of Alcoholics Anonymous from its make-or-break beginnings in New York and Akron in the early 1930s to its spread across the country and overseas in the years that followed. A wealth of personal accounts and anecdotes portray the dramatic power of the A.A. Twelve Step program of recovery - unique not only in its approach to treating alcoholism but also in its spiritual impact and social influence.
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Full of first-person accounts and primary source material, this portrait of Bill W. recounts his journey from Vermont youth to army officer to Wall Street success story to hopeless drunk - until a series of remarkable events leads him to stop drinking and to meet Dr. Bob, with whom he would found Alcoholics Anonymous.
We follow Bill through his tireless work for Alcoholics Anonymous: the publishing of the Big Book, the development of the Twelve...
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Communément appelé le « Douze et Douze », le livre Les Douze Étapes et les Douze Traditions comprend 24 essais écris par le confondateur des Alcooliques anonymes, Bill W, qui ont aidé des millions de membres des AA du monde entier à devenir et à rester abstinents un jour à la fois, et à s'assurer que leur « Mouvement » - les Alcooliques anonymes dans leur ensemble – seraient là pour eux demain.
D'abord publié en 1952 par Grapevine,...
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