Monday, November 24, 2008

12 STEPS !!!


Step ೧: We admitted we were powerless over our emotions – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step ೨: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Step ೩: Made a decision to turn our will over to the care of God, as we understood Him.
Step ೪: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step ೫: Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of out wrongs.
Step ೬: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Step ೭: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Step ೮: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Step ೯: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Step ೧೦: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
Step ೧೧: Sought out prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will and the power to carry that out.
Step ೧೨: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all out affairs.

12 Signs of a Spiritual Awakening...


  1. An increased tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
  2. Frequent attacks of smiling.
  3. Feelings of being connected with others and nature.
  4. Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
  5. A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fears based on past experience.
  6. An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
  7. A loss of ability to worry.
  8. A loss of interest in conflict.
  9. A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
  10. A loss of interest in judging others.
  11. A loss of interest in judging self.
  12. Gaining the ability to love without expecting anything in return.