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Meeting the Great Reality Within: The Inner Light
14 september 2024 · 25 min
A book I’ve often returned to in my morning Quiet
Times is Thomas R. Kelly’s A Testament of Devotion. Kelly was a Quaker and a mystic. His book centers on what the Big Book calls “the Great Reality within.” Since it’s a Greater Reality we can never understand it – but we can
experience it – and mystics like Kelly come as close as humans can come to describing what such an experience - and still more – what such a relationship is like. In this episode Fr. Bill focuses on Kelly’s first chapter: The Inner
Light. It’s a Light sure to illuminate the path of any spiritual seeker. Lees meerA Testament of Devotion by Thomas R. Kelly
Passage from The Light Within by Thomas R. Kelly:
… Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our time-torn lives, warming us with intimations of an astounding destiny, calling us home unto Itself. Yielding to these persuasions, gladly committing ourselves in body
and soul, utterly and completely, to the Light Within, is the beginning of true life. It is a dynamic center, a creative Life that presses to birth within us.It is a Light Within which illumines the face of God and casts new shadows and new glories upon the face of men. It is a seed stirring to life if we do not choke it. It is the Shekinah of the soul, the Presence in the midst. Here is the Slumbering Christ, stirring to be awakened, to become the soul we clothe in earthly form and action. And He is within us all.
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Meeting the Great Reality Within: Finding a Guide to Take Us There
4 september 2024 · 31 min
Many early AAs were prolific readers. Dr. Bob left a library overflowing with spiritual literature and for Oxford Group members spiritual reading formed an important part of their daily morning quiet times. When I’m asked, “What books do you recommend?” to read before doing Two Way Prayer, I’m hesitant to answer as we’re each very different. But, for me, there's one book I’ve returned to several times and it never fails to speak to the deepest longings of my soul. The Big Book says the Great Reality is within. Thomas R. Kelly’s book A Testament of Devotion sheds a Light that helps illuminate that inward journey. Come along for the ride! Lees meer
A Testament of Devotion by Thomas R. Kelly
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Golden Oldie: Psychic Change in Recovery
31 augustus 2024 · 26 min
In this Golden Oldie, Father Bill interviews Professor William Miller, author of Quantum Change: When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives. Listen as the professor reflects on his in-depth study of psychic change. It’s a lively discussion of spirituality and science. Lees meer
Quantum Change: When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives by William Miller
https://williamrmiller.net/quantum-change/
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Dr. Bob & The Good Oldtimers: Dr. Bob's Legacy
24 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 7 min
Description: Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob and the AA Pioneers found sobriety primarily by working the principles and practices of the Oxford Group and adapting them to meet the needs of alcoholics. This series traces that early history. It draws from the 1980 AA publication Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. Lees meer
Fr. Bill’s guest is recovery archivist Matt D. from the 12-Step Fellowship All Addicts Anonymous. In this final episode they focus on Dr. Bob’s legacy to AA.
Show Notes:
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
All Addicts Anonymous: https://alladdictsanonymous.org/
Return from Tomorrow by George Ritchie
Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
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Dr. Bob & The Good Oldtimers: Cleveland and Early AA Meetings
17 augustus 2024 · 54 min
Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob and the AA Pioneers became sober
primarily by working the principles and practices of the Oxford Group and adapting them to meet the needs of alcoholics. This series traces that early history. It draws from the 1980 AA publication Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. Fr. Bill’s guest is recovery archivist Matt D. from the 12-Step Fellowship All Addicts Anonymous. In this sixth episode they explore Chapters 15 through 18 as AA meetings evolve in Akron and Cleveland where Dr. Bob’s influence is remembered. Lees meerShow Notes:
Dr. Bob and The Good Old Timers
All Addicts Anonymous: https://alladdictsanonymous.org/
1939 Cleveland Plain Dealer AA Articles
1939 Rev. Dilworth Lupton’s Sermon
Article on Matthew Talbot
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Dr. Bob & The Good Oldtimers: AA Separates from the Oxford Group
10 augustus 2024 · 55 min
Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob and the AA pioneers gained their sobriety primarily by working the principles found in the Oxford Group and adapting them to the special needs of alcoholics. This series traces that early history. It draws from the 1980 AA publication Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. Fr. Bill’s guest is recovery archivist Matt D. from the 12-Step Fellowship All Addicts Anonymous. In this fifth episode they explore Chapters 12,13, and 14 as the alcoholics in the Midwest strike out on their own. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
All Addicts Anonymous: https://alladdictsanonymous.org/
Your Faith Magazine: 1939 article by Dr. Bob (courtesy Silkworth.net) https://silkworth.net/alcoholics-anonymous/i-saw-religion-remake-a-drunkard/#google_vignette
AA Saturday Evening Post: article on AA, 1941 https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2015/12/aa/
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Dr. Bob & The Good Oldtimers: The Original Program Takes Shape
3 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob and the AA pioneers gained their sobriety primarily by working the principles found in the Oxford Group and adapting them to the special needs of alcoholics. This series traces that early history. It draws from the 1980 AA publication Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. Fr. Bill’s guest is recovery archivist Matt D. from the 12-Step Fellowship All Addicts Anonymous. In this fourth episode they explore Chapters 9,10 and11 as the original program starts to take shape. Lees meer
Show Notes: Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
All Addicts Anonymous
Dr. Bob’s Last Talk
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Dr. Bob & The Good Oldtimers: Bill and Bob Go to Meetings
24 juli 2024 · 53 min
Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob and the AA pioneers gained their sobriety primarily by working the principles found in the Oxford Group and adapting them to the special needs of alcoholics. This series traces that early history. It draws from the 1980 AA publication Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. Fr. Bill’s guest is recovery archivist Matt D. from the 12-Step Fellowship All Addicts Anonymous. In this third episode they explore Chapters 7 and 8 as the co-founders go to work on AA number Three and chart their course of recovery. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
All Addicts Anonymous
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Dr. Bob & The Good Oldtimers: Providence Brings Bob and Bill Together
17 juli 2024 · 1 uur
Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob and the AA pioneers gained their sobriety by working the principles found in the Oxford Group and adapting them to the special needs of alcoholics. This series traces this early history. It draws from the 1980 AA publication Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. Fr. Bill’s guest is recovery archivist Matt D. from the 12-Step Fellowship All Addicts Anonymous. In this episode they explore the two year period when Bob was faithfully attending Oxford Group meetings but unable to stay sober. Then Bill arrived providentially and a spark was lit that ignited the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
All Addicts Anonymis
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Dr. Bob & The Good Oldtimers: Dr. Bob Preps for Recovery
10 juli 2024 · 35 min
A recovery program for alcoholics existed before the Big Book was written, and before the 12 Steps ever came to be. Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob and the original members of AA gained their sobriety by working the principles and practices found in the Oxford Group and adapting them to the special needs of alcoholics. This series traces some of this early history. It draws from the 1980 AA publication Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. Fr. Bill’s guest is recovery archivist Matt D. from the 12-Step Fellowship All Addicts Anonymous. In this first episode Matt shares some of his own story, explores what the original Akron program was like, how it differed from modern-day AA, and why that original program attracted him. Fr. Bill and Matt then go on to explore highlights from Dr. Bob’s early life and recovery. Lees meer
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
All Addicts Anonymous: https://alladdictsanonymous.org/
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The Eleventh Step: Quiet Time pt.2
29 juni 2024 · 30 min
Two Way Prayer is only a part of a longer morning Quiet Time. In this final episode of a two-part series Fr. Bill explores a pamphlet by Howard J. Rose that’s titled: The Quite Time. The short pamphlet was popular among members of the Oxford Group and early AA. It gives an overview of the Morning Quiet Time practice covering five areas: Lees meer
1.) The Facts of God’s Guidance.
2.) The Conditions of God’s Guidance
3.) The Tests of God’s Guidance
4.) One Method of receiving God’s Guidance
5.) The Results of God’s Guidance
The pamphlet is available to download in the show notes
Show Notes:
The Quiet Time by Howard J. Rose
The World’s Religions by Houston Smith: (Many used copies are available online so don’t spend too much)
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The Eleventh Step: Quiet Time pt.1
22 juni 2024 · 39 min
Two Way Prayer is only a part of a longer morning Quiet Time. In the following two episodes Fr. Bill explores a pamphlet by Howard J. Rose that’s titled simply: The Quite Time. The short pamphlet was popular among members of the Oxford Group and early AA. It gives an overview of the Morning Quiet Time practice covering five areas: Lees meer
1.) The Facts of God’s Guidance.
2.) The Conditions of God’s Guidance
3.) The Tests of God’s Guidance
4.) One Method of receiving God’s Guidance
5.) The Results of God’s Guidance
The pamphlet is available to download in the show notes
Show Notes:
The Quiet Time by Howard J. Rose
The World’s Religions by Houston Smith: (Many used copies are available online so don’t spend too much)
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Spiritual or Religious? An Interview with a Buddhist in Recovery
15 juni 2024 · 28 min
Many in recovery find Buddhist philosophy and meditation a tremendous aid to their spiritual journey. Fr. Bill’s guest is Kevin G. a gifted Buddhist author and teacher in long term recovery from addiction. Kevin is the author One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps. The Buddha’s enlightenment and Kevin’s simple teaching style have much to offer addicts in the ongoing search to overcome our suffering. See the links below to contact Kevin directly. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Kevin’s website: www.kevingriffin.net /The Buddhist Recovery Network: www.buddhistrecovery.org /
Houston Smith’ World Religions: (pdf.) https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-worlds-r... /
Article on Jesuit Brother Bob Maat: https://contemplativealliance.org/201...
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Logotherapy and Recovery: Viktor Frankl and the 12 Steps
5 juni 2024 · 54 min
We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl. Lees meer
Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls.
In this series, we’ve explored Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Fr. Bill’s guest and tour guide has been Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery.
This episode concludes the series. It briefly reviews some of the topics we’ve covered, ties them into the 12-Step journey and contains some suggestions from Tom on what to look for when choosing a therapist.
Show Notes:
Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Links to Tom’s website and his LIVE BETTER television series
Video of Viktor Frankl
The Doctor and the Soul via Amazon
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Logotherapy and Recovery: The Love Chapter
29 mei 2024 · 54 min
We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl. Lees meer
Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls.
In this series, we explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Fr. Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode explores the existential meaning of love. What it is … What is it not … And how to find it in recovery.
Show Notes:
Links to Tom’s website and his LIVE BETTER television series can be Accessed here.
https://contextualscience.org/tom_lavin_mft_lcadc_acata_live_better_psychoeducat
Video of Viktor Frankl
The Doctor and the Soul via Amazon: (Many used copies should be available)
Link to First Corinthians XIII
M. Scott Peck on Love
https://apathlesstravelled.com/love-what-it-is-what-it-is-not-and-what-its-role-is-part-2/
Bill Wilson’s article on Emotional Sobriety
The Sexual Crucible by David Schnarch (used copies)
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Logotherapy and Recovery: The Meaning of Work
22 mei 2024 · 49 min
We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl. Lees meer
Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls.
In this series, we explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Fr. Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode explores the existential meaning of work.
Show Notes:
Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Links to Tom’s website and his LIVE BETTER television series can be Accessed here: https://contextualscience.org/tom_lavin_mft_lcadc_acata_live_better_psychoeducat
Video of Viktor Frankl
Article on Professor Howard Gardner’s Good Work
The Doctor and the Soul via Amazon
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Logotherapy and Recovery: The Meaning of Life and Death
15 mei 2024 · 1 uur 3 min
We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl. Lees meer
Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls.
In this series, we explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Fr. Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode explores the existential issues surrounding Life and Death.
Show Notes:
Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Tom’s website and newsletter can be accessed at: www.easeap.com/
Tom’s LIVE BETTER television series provides tools to help people face and overcome their anxiety and other mental health and addiction issues. Be sure to download the worksheets that go along with the helpful videos. Access here.
https://contextualscience.org/tom_lavin_mft_lcadc_acata_live_better_psychoeducat
Video of Viktor Frankl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlC2OdnhIiQ
Bill Wilson article on Emotional Sobriety:
60 Values to Live by – Choose 3 and get going.
1. Acceptance: to be open to and accepting of myself, others, life etc
2. Adventure: to be adventurous; to actively seek, create, or explore novel or stimulating experiences
3. Assertiveness: to respectfully stand up for my rights and request what I want
4. Authenticity: to be authentic, genuine, real; to be true to myself
5. Beauty: to appreciate, …
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Lagotherapy and Recovery: The Age of Anxiety
8 mei 2024 · 57 min
We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl. Lees meer
Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls.
In this series, we explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Fr. Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode explores anxiety, a disease Frankl called “the disease of our time.” Tom explores the subject and suggests how Logotherapy can be of help.
Show Notes:
Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Tom’s website and newsletter can be accessed at: www.easeap.com/
Tom’s LIVE BETTER television series provides tools to help people face and overcome their anxiety and other mental health and addiction issues. Be sure to download the worksheets that go along with the helpful videos.
https://contextualscience.org/tom_lavin_mft_lcadc_acata_live_better_psychoeducat
Ego and Archetype by Edward Edinger via Amazon (free pdf copies are available online)
The Doctor and the Soul by Viktor Frankl
Frankl Quote:
“ … psychotherapy has given too little attention to
the spiritual reality of man.“For the aim of the psychotherapist should be to bring
out the ultimate possibilities of the patient, to realize his latent values, remembering the aphorism of Goethe,‘… if we take people as they are, we make them worse. …
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Logotherapy and Recovery: Going in Search of Soul
1 mei 2024 · 49 min
We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl. Lees meer
Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls.
In this series, we explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Father Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in recovery. This episode continues to explore how Logotherapy can shed new light on the path to overcome addiction.
Show Notes:
Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Tom’s website and newsletter can be accessed at: www.easeap.com/
The Doctor and the Soul
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Logotherapy and Recovery: Who is Viktor Frankle and how can he help me?
20 april 2024 · 53 min
We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but fewer priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl. Lees meer
Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work
known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls.In this series, we’ll explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Father Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for many years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode introduces Viktor Frankl and his work. It explores how Logotherapy can shed new light on the path to overcome addiction.
Show Notes:
Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage
and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Tom’s website and newsletter: www.easeap.com/The Doctor and the Soul
https://www.abebooks.com/9780385500364/When-Life-Calls-Out-Love-038550036X/plp
Tom recommended this as a good biography of
Frankl’s life:When Life Calls Out to Us: The Love and Lifework of Viktor and Elly Frankl – by Haddon Klinberg, Jr.
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Bonus Episode: Fr. Bill Interviewed by Therapist Tom Lavin
13 april 2024 · 31 min
Tom will be my guest for an upcoming series focused on the work of psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. Serving both as a therapist and university instructor practicing in Reno, Nevada, Tom’s interest in Frankl’s Logotherapy extends back many years and he has a special gift for making Frankl’s work accessible to people in recovery. This recording was an interview we did several years ago when I appeared on Tom’s long-running TV series. Lees meer
In the upcoming series we’ll be exploring Frankl’s book: The Doctor and the Soul. Enjoy this and be sure to come back for more!
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What is Spirituality? AA Under the Microscope
3 april 2024 · 53 min
The series explores the book SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION by Dr. George E. Vaillant. The author was a psychiatrist at Harvard and served as a non-alcoholic Trustee for Alcoholics Anonymous. Spirituality can be a hard concept to grasp, and his book helps make it understandable. He defines spirituality as the realization of positive emotions such as love, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness, and compassion – along with awe and mystical illumination. The author argues our brains are hard wired for these and through the 12 Step journey, we’re evolving – “sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly” towards realizing them in our lives This episode concludes the series focusing on how AA brings about spiritual transformation. It concentrates on the difference between religion and spirituality and how AA tries to protect itself from becoming a cult. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Spiritual Evolution:
A Scientific Defense of Faith by George VaillantHARVARD STUDY
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What is Spirituality? When Ego is Awed and Floored
20 maart 2024 · 52 min
The series explores the book SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION by Dr. George E. Vaillant. The author was a psychiatrist at Harvard and served as a non-alcoholic Trustee for Alcoholics Anonymous. Spirituality can be a hard concept to grasp, and his book helps make it understandable. He defines spirituality as the realization of positive emotions such as love, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness, and compassion – along with awe and mystical illumination. The author argues our brains are hard wired for these and through the 12 Step journey, we’re evolving – “sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly” towards realizing them in our lives This episode focuses on Awe and Mystical Illumination –the goal of the 12-Step Journey. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith by George Vaillant
We Agnostics: How William James, Father of American Psychology, Advanced A Spiritual Solution to Addiction: How a Venerated Harvard Doctor Inspired the 12 Step Movement Paperback – Mr Paul L Schulte
Father Bill W. podcast w guest Paul Schulte AA & William James
Quantum Change: When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives 1st Editionby William R. Miller
Father Bill W. podcast w guest William Miller
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What is Spirituality? Compassion
9 maart 2024 · 33 min
The series explores the book SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION by Dr. George E. Vaillant. The author was a psychiatrist at Harvard and served as a non-alcoholic Trustee for Alcoholics Anonymous. Spirituality can be a hard concept to grasp, and his book helps make it understandable. He defines spirituality as the realization of positive emotions such as love, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness, and compassion – along with awe and mystical illumination. The author argues our brains are hard wired for these and through the 12 Step journey, we’re evolving – “sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly” towards realizing them in our lives This episode focuses on COMPASSION and the role it plays in the spiritual life of a recovering addict. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith by George Vaillant
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What is Spirituality? Forgiveness
28 februari 2024 · 48 min
The series explores the book SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION by Dr. George E. Vaillant. The author was a psychiatrist at Harvard and served as a non-alcoholic Trustee for Alcoholics Anonymous. Spirituality can be a hard concept to grasp, and his book helps make it understandable. He defines spirituality as the realization of positive emotions such as love, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness, and compassion – along with awe and mystical illumination. The author argues our brains are hard wired for these and through the 12 Step journey, we’re evolving – “sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly” towards realizing them in our lives This episode focuses on FORGIVENESS and the role it plays in the spiritual life of a recovering addict. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith by George Vaillant
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What is Spirituality? Recovery and Joy
21 februari 2024 · 39 min
The series explores the book SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION by Dr. George E. Vaillant. The author was a psychiatrist at Harvard and served as a non-alcoholic Trustee for Alcoholics Anonymous. Spirituality can be a hard concept to grasp, and his book helps make it understandable. He defines spirituality as the realization of positive emotions such as love, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness, and compassion – along with awe and mystical illumination. The author argues our brains are hard wired for these and through the 12 Step journey, we’re evolving – “sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly” towards realizing them in our lives This episode focuses on the quality of JOY in the spiritual life of a recovering addict. Lees meer
If you want to locate and feel JOY in your soul, be sure to watch and listen to the 5-minute YouTube video “Ode to Joy” linked below. “If you can spot it, you got it!”
Show Notes:
Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith by George Vaillant
Video: Ode to Joy on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJcQYVtZMo
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What is Spirituality? Hope for the Hopeless
14 februari 2024 · 39 min
The series explores the book SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION by Dr. George E. Vaillant. The author was a psychiatrist at Harvard and served as a non-alcoholic Trustee for Alcoholics Anonymous.
Spirituality can be a hard concept to grasp, and his book helps make it understandable. He defines spirituality as the realization of positive emotions such as love, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness, and compassion – along with awe and mystical illumination. Lees meerThe author argues our brains are hard wired for these and through the 12 Step journey, we’re evolving – “sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly” towards realizing them in our lives This episode focuses on the importance of HOPE in the spiritual life of a recovering addict.
Show Notes:
SpiritualEvolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith by George Vaillant
Harvard Study Hightlights: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Study
Anthem by Leonard Cohen: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=anthem+leonard+cohen
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What is Spirituality? God is Love
7 februari 2024 · 46 min
The series explores the book SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION by Dr. George E. Vaillant. The author was a psychiatrist at Harvard and served as a non-alcoholic Trustee for Alcoholics Anonymous. Spirituality can be a hard concept to grasp, and his book helps make it understandable. He defines spirituality as the realization of positive emotions such as love, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness, and compassion – along with awe and mystical illumination. The author argues our brains are hard wired for these and through the 12 Step journey, we’re evolving – “sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly” towards realizing them in our lives This episode focuses on the meaning and transforming power of LOVE. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith by George Vaillant Used Copy Available
HARVARD STUDY HIGHLIGHTS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Study
References to LOVE in Key AA Literature (Courtesy 164andMore.com):https://www.164andmore.com/words/love.htm
Paul’s Letter to the Corinthians
For more on this topic, check out the Father Bill W. podcast series Inner Gold https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fatherbillw/episodes/Inner-Gold-God-Is-Out-of-the-Box-e1h26f3
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What is Spirituality? Faith vs Belief: What's the Difference? A lot!
27 januari 2024 · 56 min
The series explores the book SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION written by Dr. George E. Vaillant. The author was a research psychiatrist at Harvard and served as a non-alcoholic Trustee for Alcoholics Anonymous. Spirituality is often a hard concept to grasp and his book helps make it understandable. He defines spirituality as the realization of positive emotions such as love, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness, and compassion – along with awe and mystical illumination. The author argues our brains are hard wired for these and through the 12 Step journey. We’re evolving – “sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly” towards realizing them in ourselves. This episode focuses on the important difference between faith and belief. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith by George Vaillant
HARVARD STUDY HIGHLIGHTS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Study
References to “Faith” in Key AA Literature: https://www.164andmore.com/words/faith.htm
Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%27man%27s+search+for+meaning%27&i=stripbooks&hvadid=580696318078&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9028223&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=1501299473015564863
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What is Spirituality? Monkey Mind Ain't All Bad
20 januari 2024 · 40 min
The series explores the book SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION written by Dr. George E. Vaillant. The author was a research psychiatrist at Harvard and served as a non-alcoholic Trustee for Alcoholics Anonymous. Spirituality is a hard concept to grasp, and his book helps make it more understandable. He defines spirituality as the realization of positive emotions such as love, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness, and compassion – along with awe and mystical illumination. The author argues we are evolving physically, culturally, and individually. This episode is focused on the geography of the brain and how it sets the stage for the spiritual journey. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith by George E, Valliant
Harvard Study Highlights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Study
Bill Wilson article Emotion Sobriety
“The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety” by Bill Wilson (aainthedesert.org)
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What is Spirituality? What an Addict in Recovery Needs to Know
16 januari 2024 · 43 min
This series explores the book SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION written by Dr. George E. Vaillant. The author was a research psychiatrist at Harvard and served as a non-alcoholic Trustee for Alcoholics Anonymous. Spirituality is a hard concept to grasp and his book helps make it more understandable. He defines spirituality as the realization of positive emotions such as love, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness, and compassion – along with awe and mystical illumination. The author argues our brains are hard wired for these and through the 12 Step journey, we’re evolving – “sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly” to realizing them in ourselves. This should be a powerful series you won’t want to miss. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Spiritual Evolution:
A Scientific Defense of Faith by George VaillantHARVARD STUDY HIGHLIGHTS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Study
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Recovery Gems: Inventory & Beyond
31 december 2023 · 51 min
Fr. Bill’s guest is Andy C., a Canadian attorney in recovery since 1977. Andy is the author of “Gems,” a collection of reflections and meditations on insights and practices that can lead to a more meaningful, satisfying, and purposeful recovery. In this final episode, Fr. Bill and Andy explore the practice and benefits of frequent and meaningful inventories using Steps 4 and 10. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Gems: Meditations on Alcoholism and Recovery by Andy C.
Visit Andy at his website: the Fourth Dimension https://the4thdimension.ca/
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Recovery Gems: Meeting Ego in the Steps
23 december 2023 · 59 min
Fr. Bill’s guest is Andy C., a Canadian attorney in recovery since 1977. Andy is the author of “Gems” a collection of reflections and meditations on insights and practices that can lead to a more meaningful, satisfying, and purposeful recovery. In this third episode, Fr Bill and Andy explore the nature and depth of SELF WILL and how the Steps are used to overcome it. Lees meer
Gems: Meditations on Alcoholism and Recovery by Andy C.
Visit Andy at his website: the Fourth Dimension https://the4thdimension.ca/
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Recovery Gems: Emotional Growth
16 december 2023 · 55 min
Fr. Bill’s guest is Andy C., a Canadian attorney in recovery since 1977. Andy is the author of “Gems” a collection of reflections and meditations on insights and practices that can lead to a more meaningful, satisfying, and purposeful recovery. In this second episode, Fr Bill and Andy explore serenity and how it’s related to emotional sobriety. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Gems: Meditations on Alcoholism and Recovery by Andy C.
Visit Andy at his website: the Fourth Dimension https://the4thdimension.ca/
Emotional Sobriety article by Bill Wilson
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Recovery Gems: Andy's Story and How to Keep Recovery Fresh
11 december 2023 · 59 min
Fr. Bill’s guest is Andy C. an attorney in recovery since 1977 and living in Victoria, Canada. Andy is the author of “Gems” a collection of meditations on the various components and practices that can lead to meaningful, satisfying, and purposeful recovery. In this first episode, Andy shares his recovery story before he and Fr/ Bill dive into Andy’s first chapter distinguishing Long-termers from Old-timers. You’ll discover there’s a world of difference and find a few pitfalls to avoid along the way. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Gems: Meditations on Alcoholism and Recovery by Andy C.
Visit Andy at his website: The Fourth Dimension
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Spiritual or Religous? Meet Yisrael C. An Orthodox Jew in Recovery
3 december 2023 · 30 min
In this classic episode, Fr. Bill visits with Yisrael C. to discuss the age-old question, "Are you spiritual or religous?" The discussion provides perspective and a deeper understanding of what it all means in relationship to recovery. Lees meer
Yisrael C. has over 40 years in AA journeying from a Catholic kid in Philadelphia to an Orthodox Jew and stand-up comedian in Israel. Balancing tragedy and comedy, he works at the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem and takes great joy helping newcomers find both sobriety and fun in recovery. Here’s a link to his full AA story.
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Harry Tiebout AA's First Shrink: How it Really Works
22 november 2023 · 33 min
Father Bill continues a series centered on Dr. Harry Tiebout, the first psychiatrist to recognize why AA worked while so many other methods (including his own) had failed. Tiebout also treated Bill Wilson for his depression and later served as an AA Trustee. Lees meer
The series uses Hazelden’s book: Harry Tiebout: The Collected Writings as a source and, where available, adds pdf articles in the Show Notes. In this episode Fr. Bill explores Tiebout’s article: Anonymity, the Ego Reducer. This was a talk he delivered in 1955 at the AA World Convention in St. Louis. A free pdf link to Tiebout’s article is available below.
Show Notes:
Tiebout’s Collected Writings
Anonymity: The Ego Reducer
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Harry Tiebout AA's First Shrink: Surrender vs. Compliance
15 november 2023 · 49 min
Father Bill continues a series centered on Dr. Harry Tiebout, the first psychiatrist to recognize why AA worked while so many other methods (including his own) had failed. Tiebout also treated Bill Wilson for his depression and later served as an AA Trustee. The series uses Hazelden’s book: Harry Tiebout: The Collected Writings as a source and, where available, adds pdf articles in the Show Notes. In this episode Fr. Bill explores Tiebout’s classic article: Surrender vs Compliance. Tiebout believes compliance gets in the way of surrender but Fr. Bill isn’t so sure. See what you think. A free pdf version of Tiebout’s article is available in the show notes. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Tiebout’s Collected Writings
Surrender vs Compliance article
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Harry Tiebout AA's First Shrink: Ego Factors in Surrender Pt.1
30 oktober 2023 · 49 min
Father Bill continues a series centered on Dr. Harry Tiebout, the first psychiatrist to recognize why AA worked while so many other methods (including his own) had failed. Tiebout also treated Bill Wilson for his depression and later served as an AA Trustee. The series uses Hazelden’s book: Harry Tiebout: The Collected Writings as a source and, where available, adds pdf articles in the Show Notes. In this episode Fr. Bill explores Tiebout’s classic article: Ego Factors in Surrender. If you want to know what’s going on when we’re feeling restless, irritable or filled with discontent, you won’t want to miss this episode. A free pdf version is available. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Tiebouts Collected Writings and Ego Factors in Surrender
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Harry Tiebout AA's First Shrink: Ego Factors in Surrender Pt.2
28 oktober 2023 · 53 min
Father Bill continues a series centered on Dr. Harry Tiebout, the first psychiatrist to recognize why AA worked while so many other methods (including his own) had failed. Tiebout also treated Bill Wilson for his depression and later served as an AA Trustee. The series uses Hazelden’s book: Harry Tiebout: The Collected Writings as a source and, where available, adds pdf articles in the Show Notes. In this episode Fr. Bill explores Tiebout’s classic article: Ego Factors in Surrender. If you want to know what’s
going on when we’re feeling restless, irritable or filled with discontent, you won’t want to miss this episode. This is Part Two. Lees meerShow Notes:
Tiebout’s Collected WritingsEgo Factors in Surrender (article)
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Harry Tiebout AA's First Shrink: The Act of Surrender
14 oktober 2023 · 43 min
Father Bill continues a series centered on Dr. Harry Tiebout, the first psychiatrist to recognize why AA worked while so many other methods (including his own) had failed. Tiebout also treated Bill Wilson for his depression and later served as an AA Trustee. The series uses Hazelden’s book: Harry Tiebout: The Collected Writings as a source and, where available, adds pdf articles in the Show Notes. In this episode Fr. Bill explores Tiebout’s 1949 article: The Act of Surrender in the Therapeutic Process. A free pdf version is available. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Tiebout’s Collected Writings
Tiebout’s article: The Act of Surrender in the Therapeutic Process in pdf
What Is a Psychic Change Podcast Episode – William James
Stages of Change
Tiebout Quote: “The dilemma of the alcoholic is now obvious. The unconscious mind rejects, through its capacity for defiance and grandiosity what the conscious mind perceives. Hence, realistically, the individual is frightened by his or her drinking and at the same time is prevented from doing anything about it by the unconscious activity that can and does ignore or override the conscious mind.”
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Who Is Harry Tiebout and Why Should I Care?
7 oktober 2023 · 48 min
Father Bill starts a new series centered around Dr. Harry Tiebout. He was the first psychiatrist to recognize why AA was being successful in treating alcoholics while so many other methods (including his own) had failed. Tiebout (pronounced (TEE-BOW) also treated Bill Wilson for his depression. The series uses Hazelden’s book: Harry Tiebout: The Collected Writings as a source and, where available, adds pdf articles in the Show Notes. Lees meer
Show Notes:
∙ Tiebout’s Collected Writings
∙ Ego Factors in Surrender in Alcoholism
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Two Way Prayer: The Book Ep.5 The Fourth Dimension of Recovery
27 september 2023 · 59 min
Fr. Bill continues a series highlighting the history and practice of Two Way Prayer as contained in his book expected to be published in the spring of 2024. In this episode he explores meaning of a “psychic change,” a “conversion experience or awakening,” as well as “the fourth dimension of existence.” The episode uses the works of Bill Wilson, William James, and Jungian analyst and author Robert Johnson. If you’ve ever wanted to explore “ego deflation at depth” this episode is for you. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Quotes from Wilson, James, Edinger and Johnson
William James Podcast Series
Book by Paul S. We Agnostics: How William James, Father of American Psychology, Advanced A Spiritual Solution to Addiction: How a Venerated Harvard Doctor Inspired the 12 Step Movement
Transformation by Robert A. Johnson
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Two Way Prayer: The Book Ep.4 The Four Absolutes
23 september 2023 · 46 min
Fr. Bill continues a series highlighting the history and practice of Two Way Prayer. In this episode he focuses on the Four Absolutes: Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love. These principles were foundational for Dr. Bob and to many of the AA Pioneers. They’re still emphasized in Akron and Cleveland, Ohio but in few other places. This episode focuses on how they relate to Two Way Prayer. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Fr. Bill continues a series highlighting the history and practice of Two Way Prayer. In this episode he focuses on the Four Absolutes: Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness, and Love. These principles were foundational for Dr. Bob and to many of the AA Pioneers. They’re still emphasized in Akron and Cleveland, Ohio but in few other places. This episode focuses on how they relate to Two Way Prayer.
Show Notes:
Not God, a History of Alcoholics Anonymous by Ernest Kurt.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
The Four Absolutes
A.J. Russell: For Sinner’s Only
Ivory Soap Commercial: Just want to see if anyone is really reading these things!
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Two Way Prayer: The Book Ep.3 How to Do the Practice
13 september 2023 · 39 min
Fr. Bill continues a series highlighting the history and practice of Two Way Prayer. In this episode he shares step by step suggestions for a daily practice. Lees meer
Show Notes:
A Testament of Devotion by Thomas R. Kelly / Kelly’s first essay: The Light Within makes excellent Quiet Time reading. Here’s a pdf version of this contemplative classic.
Here’s a one-page guide with suggestions for doing the daily practice:
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Thomas Merton’s Prayer:
“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road
ahead of me.I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know
myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road,
though I may know nothing about it.Therefore will I trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and
in the shadow of death.I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave
me to face my perils alone.”Big Book quote from page 87:
“What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration gradually becomes a working part of the mind. Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas. Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it.
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Two Way Prayer: The Book Ep.2 From Lost to Found
6 september 2023 · 41 min
Fr. Bill continues his focus on Two Way Prayer. In this episode he explores why the AA Pioneer’s connection to the Oxford Group was downplayed in the Big Book and how knowing the history brings the practice alive in the pages devoted to Step Eleven. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Quotations are from Pass It On: https://www.aa.org/pass-it
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Two Way Prayer: The Book Ep.1
30 augustus 2023 · 34 min
Fr. Bill begins a short series focused on a new book he’s writing on Two Way Prayer. This episode gives a brief history of how the prayer practice developed within the Oxford Group and its important place in the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous. Fr. Bill draws on several quotations from AA literature telling how the practice was done by some of the early members. Lees meer
Show Notes:
“Where did we learn about moral inventory, amends for harm done, turning our wills and our lives over to God? Where did we learn about meditation and prayer and all the rest of it? The spiritual substance of our remaining ten Steps came straight from Dr. Bob’s and my own early association with the Oxford Groups….”
Bill Wilson, The Language of the Heart, p. 298.
“The central theme of Wright’s book (The Will of God and a Man’s Life Work) was that an individual could, through “two way prayer” - listening for guidance as well as talking - find God's will for his life and for the ordinary events of the day. Wright himself set aside half an hour for such listening prayer first thing every morning. At such times - and indeed at anytime in the day - he declared that what he called “luminous thoughts” came from God, provided only that the human receiver was clean enough to pick them up. These thoughts Wright wrote down in a notebook and always tried to carry out.
Garth Lean, On the Tail of a Comet, p.74.
More Selections from Dr. Bob and the Good Old Timers & Pass It On in this episode.
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Unshakable Foundations in Recovery with Tyler D.: Meditation in Recovery
16 augustus 2023 · 57 min
Father Bill continues his interview with recovery teacher and spiritual guide Tyler D. from Dallas, Texas. The series centers on Bill Wilson’s 12 & 12 quote: “There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. … But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakeable foundation for life.” This episode is focused on helping us understand and begin the practice of meditation. Lees meer
Show Notes:
∙ Contact and information for Tyler D. http://tylerdawn.com/
∙ Prayer of St. Francis
∙ Lectio Divina
∙ Centering Prayer
∙ Insight Timer App
∙ Sharon Salzburg: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/
∙ Richard Rohr: https://cac.org/about/what-is-contemplation/
∙ Jon Kabat-Zinn: https://jonkabat-zinn.com/
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Unshakeable Foundations in Recovery with Tyler D: Prayer in Recovery
9 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 2 min
Father Bill continues his interview with spiritual recovery teacher and guide Tyler D. from Dallas, Texas. The series builds on the Bill Wilson’s 12 & 12 quote: “There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. … But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakeable foundation for life.” This episode explores various forms of prayer that can help in our recovery as well as make recovery more of the living adventure it can be. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Contact and information on Tyler D. http://tylerdawn.com/
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Unshakable Foundations in Recovery with Tyler D.: Watching: Self Examination
2 augustus 2023 · 58 min
Father Bill continues his interview with spiritual recovery teacher and guide Tyler D. from Dallas, Texas. The series builds on the Bill Wilson’s 12 & 12 quote: “There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. … But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakeable foundation for life.” This episode explores tools for watching ourselves and making Step Ten come to life in new and more meaningful ways. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Contact and information on Tyler D. http://tylerdawn.com/
Invitation to the Great Experiment by Tom Powers. Purchase a hard copy at www.AllAddictsAnonymous.com/
Nikki Meyers 12 Step Yoga https://y12sr.com/