Category: Step 11

  • “The Sun is but a Morning Star”-  Step 11

    “The Sun is but a Morning Star”- Step 11

    FAITH DRAWN FROM THE LIGHT OF ANOTHER –  “We admit that our lives have been unmanageable, but sometimes we have a problem admitting our need for help.  Our own self-will leads to many problems in our recovery.” “Just for today I will have faith in someone in NA who believes in me … .” (The Basic Text. p. 93) on the Sun

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    What is this “Light” that today’s Zonr Pod refers to and how does it rise like the Sun in your life, lately?

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  • A Small but Powerful Detail, Best Not Forgotten, in All Our Prayers – Step 11

    A Small but Powerful Detail, Best Not Forgotten, in All Our Prayers – Step 11

    “Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.”

    -Thomas A. Edison (1847 – 1931), U.S. inventor

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    How have you “stayed out of the results”, lately?

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  • Potentially, one of the Most Consequential, spiritual sins a Person can commit – Step 11

    Potentially, one of the Most Consequential, spiritual sins a Person can commit – Step 11

    “The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”

    – George Eliot (1819 – 1880), British novelist

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    What does bottom stealing mean to you, and do you see it as a “sin”?

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  • A Practical Way to Turbocharge Our Recovery Each and Every Day – Step 11

    A Practical Way to Turbocharge Our Recovery Each and Every Day – Step 11

    AA.MAKING WAY FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH – ” … we go beyond merely asking for the power to live up to God’s [our HP’s]* plan for our own lives. We begin to seek out ways to be of service, to make a difference in the [lives] of another … .” (It Works, How & Why, p. 81)

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    What measurements of spiritual growth have you noticed lately?

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  • Let Us Be Your Valentine – The Meaning of Love and How to Hold It – Step 11

    Let Us Be Your Valentine – The Meaning of Love and How to Hold It – Step 11

    LOVE NEVER JUDGES AND MIGHT BE NEXT DOOR – “We teach by example.” “Compassion lends kindness to all our efforts in service to others. “[We] set aside our self-righteousness. Because the only requirement for membership is a quality we cannot measure, the right to judge another’s desire is denied us.” (It Works, How & Why, p 109)

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    According to NA “Growth means change”, so what changes have you made, lately?

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  • The Dawn of a Brand, New World Lights Up Our Path Once More – Step 11

    The Dawn of a Brand, New World Lights Up Our Path Once More – Step 11

    IT LIGHTS OUR WAY – “But most of all we shall want Sunlight, nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step into the sun.” (As Bill Sees It, p. 10)

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    What lights the path for your own spiritual awakening nowadays?

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  • Get Ready to Kick-Off “Once More into the Breach” – Step 11

    Get Ready to Kick-Off “Once More into the Breach” – Step 11

    GET READY TO KICK-OFFF “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;  Or close the wall up with our English dead.  In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness and humility;” Wm Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) English poet/playwright on our great reality

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    How has your “Great Reality deep down within” helped you with a daunting challenge lately?

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  • The Key to Being Loving with No Strings Attached – Step 11

    The Key to Being Loving with No Strings Attached – Step 11

    “Manifest plainness,
    Embrace simplicity,
    Reduce selfishness,
    Have few desires.”

    Lao-tzu (604 BC – 531 BC), Chinese Taoist philosopher, on cutting all ties

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    What have you done lately that was loving with no strings attached?

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  • How Personal Happiness Can Fuel Spiritual Growth – Step 11

    How Personal Happiness Can Fuel Spiritual Growth – Step 11

    “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed.  Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”

    – Denis Waitley (1933 – ) U.S. spiritual author

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    How has your own joy resulted from love, grace, or gratitude lately?

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  • Why It’s Like the Air We Breathe – Step 11

    Why It’s Like the Air We Breathe – Step 11

    “Far more indispensable than food for the physical body is spiritual nourishment for the soul. One can do without food for a considerable time, but a man of the spirit cannot exist for a single second without spiritual nourishment.” – Mohandas Gandhi (1869 – 1948) India Independence Movement Leader from British rule (on prayer and meditation)

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    In what ways have you enhanced your “conscious contact” with your HP (or source of inner strength) lately?

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