Healing from the inside out takes time, but the rewards are great The Big Book suggests that I am to share with you, in a general way, what I used to be like, what happened and what I am like today. Here’s what I used to be like: I came from a home where IContinue reading “What I Am Like Today – Grapevine Article By Kate W.”
Author Archives: Bruce McPherson
Practicing The Twelve Steps And Finding Real Freedom – Epilogue ‘The Fix’ By Ian Morgan Cron
We’re on this earth to learn how to “bear the beams of love,” as William Blake wrote, to lean into the Spirit, to avail ourselves of healing, to ease the burdens of others, and not rely on overeating, drinking, drugging, watching porn, compulsively controlling people, or any other repetitive, self-medicating behaviors to escape reality andContinue reading “Practicing The Twelve Steps And Finding Real Freedom – Epilogue ‘The Fix’ By Ian Morgan Cron”
A Visit To Bill W’s Grave – Epilogue of ‘The Fix’ By Ian Morgan Cron
It was a Rockwellian October morning when I first visited A.A. founder Bill Wilson’s grave in East Dorset, Vermont. The sky was cerulean blue; the tips of the towering maples were flaring orange and red; and the air was hazy from the smoke wafting from nearby chimneys, sweetening the crisp, cool autumn air. No otherContinue reading “A Visit To Bill W’s Grave – Epilogue of ‘The Fix’ By Ian Morgan Cron”
Practicing Surrender – Extract From Progloue/Epilogue Of Surrender To Love By David Benner
How does surrender address the fundamental reality of ‘lack of power, that was our dilemma’ (BB p.45) ? What is the dynamic between the surrender of offering myself or abandoning myself and finding who I really am … my true self … distinguishing the true from the false ? Is it possible that to “thineContinue reading “Practicing Surrender – Extract From Progloue/Epilogue Of Surrender To Love By David Benner”
Surrender – The Language Of Letting Go June 17th By Melodie Beattie
Master the lessons of your present circumstances. We don’t move forward by resisting what’s undesirable in our lives today. We move forward, we grow, we change by acceptance. Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door. Listen to this truth: We are each in our present circumstances for a reason. There is a lesson,Continue reading “Surrender – The Language Of Letting Go June 17th By Melodie Beattie”
What You Practice Gets Stronger – Radical Compassion Extract From Chapter 2 By Tara Brach
I like to tell students the story of a man who went to a mindfulness retreat because his therapist said he’d feel better if he learned to meditate. The retreat turned out to be a real roller coaster. Yes, there were moments of calm, but he also plunged deeply into fear, anger, and grief. TheContinue reading “What You Practice Gets Stronger – Radical Compassion Extract From Chapter 2 By Tara Brach”
Steps Six and Seven – Daily Meditation June 5th 2016 By Richard Rohr
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. [1] Here again we see how Alcoholics Anonymous is aware of the power of powerlessness. All we can really do is be “entirely ready” to have God do the work. A. A. knows the limits of humanContinue reading “Steps Six and Seven – Daily Meditation June 5th 2016 By Richard Rohr”
We Are Survivors – Touchstones Meditation June 14th
The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. — Max Lerner When we consider all the troubles and crises in our lives and all the scrapes we’ve gotten into, we might feel overwhelmed. With what we have gone through, it seemsContinue reading “We Are Survivors – Touchstones Meditation June 14th”
Not Taking Things Personally By Dr. Kristin Neff
In my opinion , self compassion and forgiveness are high tides that lift all boats when it comes to recovery. Kristen is widely recognized as a pioneering researcher in the academic study of self-compassion and best selling author on this topic. She is confounder of the ‘Center For Mindful Self Compassion’ which offers some free resourcesContinue reading “Not Taking Things Personally By Dr. Kristin Neff”
What Do You Get When You Squeeze An Orange By Wayne Dyer
I love this very simple 3 minute video. It’s a powerful reminder that what comes out from me is a direct reflection of what is in me. On the final page of the Big Book (before the stories ) on page 164; we find these suggestions and observations: “Ask Him in your morning meditation whatContinue reading “What Do You Get When You Squeeze An Orange By Wayne Dyer”