Why “The Easiest Thing of All is to Deceive One’s Self” – Step 10
"The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self; for what a man wish- es he generally be- lieves to be true." - Demosthenes (384 BC - 322 BC) Greek orator / politician WITHOUT SELF-EXAMINATION OUR SPIRITUAL TOOLBOX EMPTIES - "When we for- get where our real strength lies, we quick- ly become subject to the same patterns of thinking and action that got us to the program in the first place." (The Basic Text,p. 48) DOWN THE SLIPPERY SLOPE WHERE DESIRE = TRUTH - "It is easy to let up on the spir- itual program of ac- tion…