This is the Place “Where You Renew Your Springs that Never Dry Up.” Step 4

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“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.”

– Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973) U.S. author & 1st female Nobel Prize winner

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What makes sharing your feelings with others a “creative action of the spirit”?

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Where do you go when you need to feel calm and happy inside?

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Diamonds on the Inside – Ben Harper (3:44)
Qigong: 36 Touching Points for Self-healing

Pearl Buck Brief Bio (2:47)

Wang Fei – Ancient Chinese Guqin Zither Meditation (6:59)

Analysis: Renewing the Inner Spring

Addiction isolates the human spirit. As Bill Sees It describes this lonely trap. We once sought security through control or dependence. These unhealthy cycles fracture our peace. Now, we seek a different path.

Honesty sparks a creative action of the spirit. The Basic Text validates this brave process. Sharing our truth dissolves isolation. We find support in honest community. This connection sustains our journey forward. Our Higher Power guides these steps.

Pearl S. Buck envisioned a hidden inner sanctuary. She called it a spring that never dries up. Viktor Frankl also discovered this source of meaning (Frankl, 1946). He believed internal freedom survives even the darkest trials. Wellbriety teachings honor this quiet center. “We find our strength by going within” (White Bison, 2002, p. 41). We return to this source daily. It restores our emotional balance. Peace awaits those who listen.

References Frankl, V. E. (1946). Man’s Search for Meaning. Beacon Press. White Bison. (2002). The Red Road to Wellbriety. White Bison, Inc.

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Citas, Títulos y Referencias

ESTE ES EL LUGAR “DONDE RENUEVAS TUS MANANTIALES QUE NUNCA SE SECAN” – PASO 4

DESDE UN AUTOBÚS, HASTA UNA JAULA, EN LAS TORRES GEMELAS DE LA DESESPERACIÓN –

“El alcoholismo era un negocio solitario, a pesar de que estábamos rodeados de personas que nos amaban… [intentábamos] encontrar seguridad emocional ya sea dominando o siendo dependientes de otros.” “Todavía intentábamos en vano estar seguros mediante algún tipo poco saludable de dominación o dependencia.” (As Bill Sees It, p. 252)

DESATA UNA “ACCIÓN CREATIVA DEL ESPÍRITU” –

“Cuando nos sentimos atrapados o presionados, se necesita una gran fuerza espiritual y emocional para ser honestos. Compartir con otros evita que nos sintamos aislados y solos. Este proceso es una acción creativa del espíritu.” (El Texto Básico, p. 85)

PEARL S. BUCK –

“Dentro de mí hay un lugar donde vivo completamente solo y es ahí donde renuevas tus manantiales que nunca se secan.” — Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973)

Análisis

La adicción aísla al espíritu humano. As Bill Sees It describe esta trampa solitaria. Una vez buscamos seguridad mediante el control o la dependencia. Estos ciclos poco saludables fracturan nuestra paz. Ahora, buscamos un camino diferente.

La honestidad desata una acción creativa del espíritu. El Texto Básico valida este proceso valiente. Compartir nuestra verdad disuelve el aislamiento. Encontramos apoyo en una comunidad honesta. Esta conexión sostiene nuestro camino hacia adelante. Nuestro Poder Superior guía estos pasos.

Pearl S. Buck imaginó un santuario interior oculto. Ella lo llamó un manantial que nunca se seca. Viktor Frankl también descubrió esta fuente de significado (Frankl, 1946). Él creía que la libertad interna sobrevive incluso a las pruebas más oscuras. Las enseñanzas de Wellbriety honran este centro tranquilo. “Encontramos nuestra fuerza yendo hacia adentro” (White Bison, 2002, p. 41). Regresamos a esta fuente a diario. Restaura nuestro equilibrio emocional. La paz espera a quienes escuchan.

Pregunta Concluyente

¿A dónde vas cuando necesitas sentirte tranquilo y feliz por dentro?

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Comments

19 responses to “This is the Place “Where You Renew Your Springs that Never Dry Up.” Step 4”

  1. VLeigh Avatar
    VLeigh

    Connecting with nature makes me feel the most calm, especially the beach – taking in all of the sensory experiences.

  2. Sabrina J Avatar
    Sabrina J

    Meetings are a foundation to my calm.

  3. Elexi ( Lotus) Avatar

    When I want to feel calm, strengthened, and joyous there’s a few places I can find this. Being overly social has always been hard on me(moi), and the want to be alone is always there to find peace. There are somethings out there that definitely want to break my peace/Zen state at times, but I don’t allow it to.

  4. E-Dawg Avatar
    E-Dawg

    One way is to let go of expectations, accepting life on its own terms, sharing your experience strength and hope creatively with others…

    1. Elexi (Lotus) Avatar

      Thanks for all your wonderful post.

  5. Elexi W.S.A. Avatar

    I think sharin’ like said is carin’ and I want people to know of me, my perceptions and where I’m coming from. In sharin’ I open up and make me available for good pointers to make me strong in my alone time to strengthen me, and of course I always find somethin’ good inside of me, because that’s my main goal in everything I do – is to stay good.

  6. Eli???????????????????? Avatar
    Eli????????????????????

    Expressing your feelings makes them more real. “If a tree falls in the forest” and so on. Something does not need to be known by others to be true. But sharing it with others can transmute.

  7. Ari L Avatar
    Ari L

    I think that sharing intimacy is an act of creation since the combination of two is always greater than one, and you create a moment of connection with another where new memories are made. For me, connection is a life giving thing, we are social animals afterall

  8. Sabrina J Avatar
    Sabrina J

    Yes, for me it is my Higher Power. When my higher power is with me, i can never be alone. As I rebuild my spiritual life, the void becomes filled. And as I have a friend in my higher power, I am filled with the beginning of many great and renewed friendships.

    Thank you for sharing recovery with me. Grateful.

  9. E-Dawg Avatar
    E-Dawg

    That’s why they call it a we program, we don’t do it alone… however I do my best writing when I’m alone. But if I isolate just to stay away from people that can be unhealthy for me. I must be done with the past and see it for what it really was. Now it is time to Live and Let Live

  10. Kevin M Avatar
    Kevin M

    I have found in the course of my time in recovery and in going to meetings, there is something phenomenal about coming together to share about our experience. The Big Book speaks of the disease of alcoholism as being really “incomprehensible” to others. I think it is, of course, incomprehensible in a way to ourselves, which is why we come together to share and support each other. This is a bit of a process of collectively parsing toward understanding the nature of this disease, being otherwise incomprehensible, which has a sort of collective, discursive function. Many in the program would probably regard this phenomenon as part of the “spiritual component” of the program. For my own purposes, I don’t use the term spiritual, but it is in being of service, in exchanging, in coming together, we make sense of this “incomprehensible” thing we labor under. There is a long tradition of kind of collective translation or divining between or with others. I think of concepts like drawing or writing through exquisite corpse. It is certainly creative. We are making something together. It is beautiful.

  11. Tony o Avatar
    Tony o

    Doing something new and uncomfortable.

  12. Simon Yebio Avatar
    Simon Yebio

    I dont know, however I do find sharing my feelings is very powerful

  13. Margo E. Avatar
    Margo E.

    I have recently joined a writers’ collective. What I have found is a more profound serenity of spirit as I release the ideas swirling within me. How ever I choose to give voice to my talents, whether drawing, painting, dancing, cooking, etc. as I have been given, so must I return to the universe. Stay blessed and beautiful!

  14. Br. Buddha Avatar
    Br. Buddha

    Good morning everyone + happy Monday. Here is today’s thought. I am 61 years old + I am 24 years sober. Lots has happened to me over my life; both good times + difficult times. But there is a constant, God. God has always been there for me, ALWAYS! When I look back on all the times He has given me love, courage, + strength to persevere in both happy + sad times, I feel loved + I feel renewed. I will never, ever forget what God has done for me. I wish the same feelings for you. Blessings. BB

  15. Adam Avatar
    Adam

    Sometimes the act of sharing for me allows me to move beyond something that my head is tripped up on. And I sometimes get feedback that helps me move ahead as well. I share with friends and coworkers quite frequently, but I still don’t feel the need or desire to share in a meeting. That’s just where I’m at.

  16. raretruthseeker Avatar
    raretruthseeker

    5 minutes of meditation at the beginning of the day will ensure that Spirit is in charge of your thoughts!

  17. brita Avatar
    brita

    Constant effort to engage in the world – meetings help best.

  18. Margot E. Avatar
    Margot E.

    This is a vicious cycle. When I isolate (not enough meetings, no phone calls, not reading the literature…and don’t even think about praying!), I begin to feel very bad about myself. The worse I feel about myself, the more I isolate, convinced that no one could ever forgive me or want to be around me. And the more I isolate, the worse I feel. When I notice I am not loving myself (or actually beating myself up), it doesn’t take much for me to figure out I need a meeting. Once I get to the meeting, I reconnect; and I once again understand that I am loved – that I am a child of a loving Higher Power.

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