Freedom to Live Spiritually Naked, Under the Sun, for All the World to See – Step 11

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)

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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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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 Practical Way to Turbocharge Our Recovery Each and Every Day – Step 11

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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Let Us Be Your Valentine – The Meaning of Love and how to Find It – Step 11

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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