Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Beyond the 'Big Book' . . . Beyond the 'Inner Dialogue' . . . Beyond the Confines of the 'Self'

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The 'Big Book' of Alcoholics Anonymous is, of course, our most valuable resource in early recovery, offering, as it does, a comple...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Maintenance of Our Spiritual Condition

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"It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do. . . . We are n...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Deep Down Within Us

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" . . (D)eep down within every man, woman, and child is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by wo...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Escape From the Bondage of Self

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To be trapped in the prison-house of the smaller "self" - mired in the incessant stream of involuntary thinking that is the the hu...
Sunday, October 2, 2011

No Longer Running the Show

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"We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be don...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Reflections on A.A.'s Early History: The Cental Role of Meditation

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In a 1958 lecture delivered to the New York City Medical Society on Alcoholism (contained in the "Three Talks to Medical Societies ...
Monday, September 5, 2011

The Spiritual Life Is NOT a Theory!

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"The spiritual life is not a theory," we read in the 'Big Book'. " We have to live it. " Why this exhortation? A...
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

The Addiction to 'Self'

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"(O)ur troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of sel...
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Monday, June 6, 2011

Chasing Our Desires

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Chasing our desires is like blindly chasing dragons. Unexpectedly, they turn on us and we get burnt. Moreover, spiritually it is an impossi...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Back From Life's Precipice

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"It's extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it's just as wel...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Praying For Answers

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" In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspirati...
Sunday, May 8, 2011

The Use of Will Power and a Higher Power

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An alcoholic addict who has progressed beyond a certain point in his or her addiction loses all will-power and cannot, it seems, stop and re...
Monday, May 2, 2011

Humility: 'Blessed are the Meek' and Humbled

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A  friend of mine who is a long-time spiritual seeker told me the following story of an encounter he had while on a retreat with his spiritu...
Saturday, April 9, 2011

Is it My Will or God's Will?

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The "Co-Founders" Pamphlet I've heard it said that if you are wondering whether what you are about to do or say is self-w...
Thursday, April 7, 2011

Courage: The Ability to Continue in Spite of Fear

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"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situatio...