“There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.”
– Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582) Roman Catholic Nun
Category: Step 11
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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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The Unspoken Meaning of THE MESSAGE We Share So Freely – Step 12 begins
The Message – “One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.”
Sophocles (496 BC – 406 BC) Greek playwright of 123 plays including Oedipus Rex
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Cultivating the “Great Reality Deep Down Inside” – Step 11
LISTEN CAREFULLY AND YOUR TRUTH WILL SPEAK – “Sometimes we had to search fearlessly, but He was there. He was as much a fact as we were. We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis, it is only there that He may be found. It was so with us.” (The Big Book, p. 55)
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“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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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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Potentially, One of the Most Consequential, Spiritual Sin a Person can Possibly Commit – Step 11
“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”
– George Eliot (1819 – 1880) British novelist