Showing posts with label self-examination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self-examination. 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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Friday, October 5, 2012

Thoughts, Character Defects, and Awakening

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Consider, if you will, the following short, succinct, yet powerful statements taken from different sections of the 'Big Book' of ...
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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...
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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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Reducing Ego at Depth through Accurate Self-Survey

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Why the necessity of taking both an initial and a continuing moral inventory ? Principally, it is because we manufacture our own troubles a...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Fear, Desire, and Instincts Run Wild

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"Creation gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them we wouldn't be complete human beings. If men and women didn't exert the...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Letting Go of Anger and Emotional Disturbances

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"It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us. If somebody hurt...
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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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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Carl Jung: On the Benefit of Self-Examination

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In explaining the nature and necessity of the spiritual (or religious) experience that he saw as requisite for the successful treatment of a...
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...
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...