Which is why I keep reading the " Just for Today" thoughts they help me to see where I am.
April 03, 2009
For you alone
Page 97
"The idea of a spiritual awakening takes many different forms in the different personalities that we find in the fellowship."
Basic Text p. 49
Though we all work the same steps, each of us experiences the spiritual awakening resulting from them in our own way. The shape that spiritual awakening takes in our lives will vary, depending on who we are.
For some of us, the spiritual awakening promised in the Twelfth Step will result in a renewed interest in religion or mysticism. Others will awaken to an understanding of the lives of those around them, experiencing empathy perhaps for the first time. Still others will realize that the steps have awakened them to their own moral or ethical principles. Most of us experience our spiritual awakening as a combination of these things, each combination as unique as the individual who's been awakened.
If there are so many different varieties of spiritual awakenings, how do we know if we've truly had one? The Twelfth Step provides us with two signs: We've found principles capable of guiding us well, the kind of principles we want to practice in all our affairs. And we've begun to care enough about other addicts to freely share with them the experience we've had. No matter what the details of our awakenings are like, we all are given the guidance and the love we need to live fulfilling, spiritually oriented lives.
Just for Today: Regardless of its particular shape, my spiritual awakening has helped me fill my place in the world with love and life. For that, I am grateful.
Yes,, the important note I got from that message is that we may all ahve different kinds of spiritual awakenings,, semm like when I have stayed clean and serene that is a spiritual awakening in effect,,, when Im not feling serene is when I need to work toward an awakening,,spiritual, 12 Step motivated and on a just for today basis !!! God Bless u Vin,,youre a great guy,,deserving of all the happiness that you are and in and those which are on the way !!
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Raman an addict clean and serene just for today in NA Worldwide ; live to love and love to live the NA Way !!!
12th Step- Talk about a "wake up call"! I was in a spiritual coma for most of my life, either that, or was off chasing bad leads. The true awakening for me was slow, but shocking. The journey continues, and for that I am grateful. Sometimes I have to amp up carrying the message because I can become complacent with the lack of trauma and drama that always used to pervade my existence. At the same time, I have to maintain balance and not get too caught up in other people's roller coasters. The need for that balance sends me back to the 11 step for guidance.
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From dying and surviving to living and thriving. LeeU
