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

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

– George Eliot (1819 – 1880), British novelist

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What is one thing you can choose to do today to grow?

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It’s A Sin – Pet Shop Boys (5:20)

Every day people discuss … What is sin? (3:14)

Timeless Quotes from The Buddha (3:14)

 

Analysis: The Sacred Duty of Growth

Growth is a sacred duty. The Big Book defines the greatest errors as blocking expansion. We must not hinder our own journey. Likewise, we must never stunt another person’s development. This interference creates a heavy spiritual burden.

Viktor Frankl believed choice remains our most potent tool for evolution (Frankl, 1959). Every decision fuels our connection to the Great Mystery. George Eliot also believed choice governs our strongest principles. We find strength in the power to change.

The Basic Text calls our recovery a living miracle. We sustain this miracle through constant surrender. Awareness keeps our spirits open to the light. Wellbriety teachings emphasize this mental shift. “Growth means changing the way we think” (White Bison, 2002, p. 134). This change allows the Higher Power to guide us.

References

Frankl, V. E. (1959). Man’s search for meaning. Beacon Press.

White Bison. (2002). The Red Road to Wellbriety. White Bison, Inc.

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Traducción al Español

Citas, Títulos y Referencias

POTENCIALMENTE, UNO DE LOS PECADOS ESPIRITUALES MÁS TRASCENDENTALES QUE UNA PERSONA PUEDE COMETER – PASO 11

ROBAR EL FONDO O NO –

“…solo hay dos pecados. El primero es interferir con el crecimiento de otro ser humano, y el segundo es interferir con el propio…”. (El Libro Grande, p. 542)

ELEGIR CRECER –

“Cualquier adicto limpio es un milagro, y mantener vivo el milagro es un proceso continuo de conciencia, rendición y crecimiento.” (El Texto Básico, p. 90)

FRAGMENTO DE ELIOT –

“El principio más fuerte del crecimiento reside en la elección humana.”

George Eliot (1819 – 1880), novelista británica


Análisis

El crecimiento es un deber sagrado. El Libro Grande define los mayores errores como el bloqueo de la expansión. No debemos entorpecer nuestro propio viaje. Asimismo, nunca debemos frenar el desarrollo de otra persona. Esta interferencia crea una pesada carga espiritual.

Viktor Frankl creía que la elección sigue siendo nuestra herramienta más potente para la evolución (Frankl, 1959). Cada decisión alimenta nuestra conexión con el Gran Misterio. George Eliot también creía que la elección gobierna nuestros principios más fuertes. Encontramos fuerza en el poder de cambiar.

El Texto Básico califica nuestra recuperación como un milagro viviente. Sostenemos este milagro a través de la rendición constante. La conciencia mantiene nuestros espíritus abiertos a la luz. Las enseñanzas de Wellbriety enfatizan este cambio mental. “Crecer significa cambiar nuestra forma de pensar” (White Bison, 2002, p. 134). Este cambio permite que el Poder Superior nos guíe.


Pregunta Concluyente

¿Qué cosa puedes elegir hacer hoy para crecer?

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Comments

7 responses to “Potentially, one of the Most Consequential, spiritual sins a Person can commit – Step 11”

  1. VLeigh Avatar
    VLeigh

    I can choose to forgive myself for past mistakes, and continue to move forward without self sabotage.

  2. E-Dawg Avatar
    E-Dawg

    I can only speak for myself, but if I could actually stop before catastrophe hits, then I’m not an alcoholic…. more power to the people who have a stop button, I guess they call that bottom stealing. We’ve always called it a high bottom…

  3. Sabrina J Avatar
    Sabrina J

    My goal today is to keep an open mind and remember the serenity prayer. There is a perceived turbulence coming that I would just as soon deflect. Obstacles put in my path are tests, often for unknown reasons. So my goal, my choice in how to deal with this is to keep an open mind and be ready, if needed to strongly pivot in unknown directions.

    Thank you for sharing recovery with me. Grateful.

  4. Jim Brown Avatar
    Jim Brown

    Well, I am not sure about stealing another person’s bottom, but I think the sin itself is referring to avoidance…in other words avoiding our own areas of needed growth, by focusing on the processes of others. (10)

  5. Margo Avatar
    Margo

    When I get stuck on a Step I realize that I am afraid to grow. After all, when we “grew up” we had to leave home (or got to leave home). Maybe my fear is that I must leave the love and protection of my Higher Power if I “Grow Up.” And maybe that is the beauty of 12-Step Programs – I don’t have to worry about having no more lessons to learn – no more fun to be had – no more Higher Power loving and protecting me. Maybe I simply get to continue to Grow. “Sought through prayer and meditation…” Maybe I get to keep doing this for the rest of my life…Namaste

  6. JB jr. Avatar
    JB jr.

    “Keeping my side of the street clean’, as they say, keeps my conscious clear. I don’t even think I’ve thought in terms of “sin” per se, in years.

  7. Margot E. Avatar
    Margot E.

    Wow! So many really heavy topics in the quotations today: growth, sin, awareness and surrender. I was raised with a definite idea of what constituted “sin.” There were even categories of sin: mortal sin, venial sin, etc. Some sent me to hell, and others only to purgatory. Then I heard of “sins of relationship” in the story of the Prodigal Son – whoa, here was a sin of which I was unaware. Now, in Al-Anon, I learn that I suffer from a disease of relationships. Get the hell out of the way and let myself and others heal – recover. How do I reconcile myself to a Higher Power more loving than I know – both in my life and the lives of others? Let go and let God – a simple plan I sometimes make harder than necessary. Progress not perfection.

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