Category: 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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“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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“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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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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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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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-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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“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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“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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“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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