"THE TRIANGLE OF SELF-OBSESSION" -
"People, places, and things cannot possibly fill the emptiness inside of us, and we react to them with resentment, anger, and fear. Resentment, anger, and fear make up the triangle of self-obsession. All of our defects of character are forms of these three reactions." (NA Information Pamphlet #12 on being selfish) "
THE PLACE WHERE THE WORST MISTAKES ARE MADE -
"Referring to our [character defects inventory] list again. Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, and frightened?" (The Big Book, p. 67)
It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes ... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones."
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918 - ) Russian freedom writer
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
