SEEING THE NAKED TRUTH THRU NEW, LOVING EYES – “How is it that two people can observe the same difficult situation, but one person is upset about it, and other isn’t?” “If each morning we ask the Creator to allow us to see with His understanding and with His love, we will open a new way of ‘seeing’. This eye of the heart is a free gift given to us if we ask for it in prayer each day.” (White Bison 2-13-10)
Category: Step 11
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Why We ‘Use What We can Use and Leave the Rest’ – Step 11
CALL IT A “SPIRIT OR AN ENERGY” OR KINDNESS … “Many of us were suspicious and skeptical because of disappointments that we have had with religion.” “Agnostics and atheists sometimes start by just talking to ‘whatever’s there.’ There is a spirit or an energy that can be felt in the meetings. This is sometimes the newcomer’s first concept of a Higher Power.” (The Basic Text. p. 94)
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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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The Meaning of: “Life on Life’s Terms” – Step 11
LIFE’S PARADOX OF THE IDEAL –
“While the circum-
stances of our lives
may not change, the
way we deal with those
circumstances does.” “[W]e
cease to struggle against life
on life’s terms. Striving to
maintain and build on our
surrender, we are better
able to live and enjoy
life in the moment.”
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How to Spot Our Reckless Rebellion Before It Harms Those We Love, Again – Step 11
RECKLESS REBELLION REVEALS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR EGO –
“Rebellion is a character defect that spoils us here. We need not lose faith when we become rebellious.” “Eventually faith, humility and acceptance replace pride and rebellion.” (The Basic Text, p. 35)
“Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.”
– Albert Camus (1913 – 1960) French existentialist
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Why We might Want to Take Time to Meditate with Care Before Rushing to Pray in Haste – Step 11
“There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.”
– Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582) Roman Catholic Nun
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“Change is the Law of Life” – Step 11
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
– John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) U.S. President
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How to Succeed and Surf Atop the Emotional Tsunamis Roiling Within – Step 11
“Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth – don’t let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.”
– Aesop (620 – 560 BC) Greek author / teacher
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Welcome to the “Realm of the Spirit”; the Land of Endless Discovery & Dreams – Step 11 begins
“The realm of the Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all … .” (The Big Book, p. 44)
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What We may Mean When We say We “See with Our Inner Eye” – Step 11
“When you see with your inner eye. Then you realize that you are God and not different from Him.”
Sai Baba of Shirdi (1838 – 1918) Hindu & Muslim Yogi
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