Reality House

The spiritual life depends upon the unseen

kyle — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:18:12 +0000

“Offer new prospects friendship and fellowship. Tell them that if they want to get well you will do anything to help. Burn the idea into their consciousness of new prospects that they can get well, regardless of anyone else. Job or no job, spouse or no spouse, they cannot stop drinking as long as they put dependence on other people ahead of dependence on God. Let no alcoholic say they cannot recover unless they have their family back. This just isn’t so. Their recovery is not dependent on other people. It is dependent on their own relationship with God.” Can I recognize all excuses made by a prospect?

The spiritual life depends upon the unseen. To live the spiritual life, you must believe in the Unseen. Try not to lose the consciousness of others. As a child in his mother’s arms, stay sheltered in the understanding and love of God. God will relieve you of the weight of worry and care.

Confidence

kyle — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:20:05 +0000

We in AA are offering a kind of psychological program as well as a spiritual one. First, people must be mentally able to receive it. They must have made up their minds that they want to quit drinking, and they must be willing to do something about it. Their confidence must be obtained. We must show them that we are friends and have a real desire to help them. When we have their confidence, they will listen to us. Then the AA fellowship is a kind of group therapy. Newcomers need a fellowship of other alcoholics who understand their problem because they have had it themselves. Individuals must learn to re-educate their mind. They must learn to think differently. Do I do my best to give mental help?

“And this is life eternal, that they may know Thee.” It is the flow of life through spirit, mind and body that cleanses, heals, restores, and renews. Seek conscious contact with God more and more each day. Make God an abiding presence during the day. Be conscious of his spirit helping you. All that is done without God’s spirit is passing. All that is done with God’s spirit is life eternal.

You can give abundantly and so live abundantly

kyle — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:22:29 +0000

“Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as extensive work with other alcoholics. Carry the message to other alcoholics. You can help when no one else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail. Life will take on a new meaning for you. To watch people recover, to see them help others in turn, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow about you, to have a host of friends, this is not an experience you must not miss.” Am I always ready and willing to help other alcoholics?

One secret of abundant living is the art of giving. The paradox of life is that the more give you, the more you have. If you lose your life in the service of others, you will save it. You can give abundantly and so live abundantly. You are rich one respect- you have a spirit that is inexhaustible. Let no mean or selfish thought keep you from sharing this spirit. Of love, of help, of understanding, and of sympathy, give and keep giving. Give your personal ease and comfort, your time, your money, and most of all, yourself. And you will be living abundantly.

Am I sincere in my desire to do God’s will today?

kyle — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:22:00 +0000

We cannot get along without prayer and meditation. On awakening, let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking. Our thought lives will be put on a much higher plane when we start the day with prayer and meditation. We conclude this period of meditation with a prayer that we will be shown through the day what our next step is to be. The basis of all our prayer is: Thy will be done in me and through me today. Am I sincere in my desire to do God’s will today?

Breathe in the inspiration of goodness and truth. It is the spirit of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love. It is readily available if we are willing to accept it wholeheartedly. God has given us two things- His spirit and the power of choice- to accept or not, as we will. We have the gift of free will. When we choose the path of selfishness, greed and pride, we are refusing to accept God’s spirit. When we choose the path of love and service, we accept God’s spirit and it flows into us and makes all things new.

Moral and Spiritual Laws

kyle — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:08:45 +0000

“If we are still clinging to something that we will not let go, we must sincerely ask God to help us to be willing to let that even go, too. We cannot divide our lives into compartments and keep some for ourselves. We must give all the compartments to God. We must say: ‘My Creator, I am now willing to accept all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my friends.’” Am I clinging to something that I will not let go?”

The laws of nature cannot be changed and must be obeyed if you are stay healthy. No exceptions will be made in your case. Submit to the laws of nature or they finally break you. And in the realm of the spirit, in human relationships, submit to the moral laws and to the will of God. If you continue to break the laws of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love, you will be broken to some extent yourself. The moral and spiritual laws of God, like the laws of nature, are unbreakable without some disaster. If you are dishonest, impure, selfish, and unloving, you will not be living according to the laws of the spirit and you will suffer the consequences.

God’s help in vain

kyle — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:30:55 +0000

“Unless we discuss our defects with another person, we do not require enough humility, fearlessness, and honesty to really get the program. We must be entirely honest with somebody, if we expect to live happily. We must be hard on ourselves, but always considerate of others. We pocket our pride and go to it, illuminating every twist of character and every dark cranny of the past. Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing, we can look the world in the eyes.” Have I discussed all my defects with another person?

Never yield to weariness of the spirit. At times, the world’s cares and distractions will intrude and the spirit will become weak. At times likes this, carry on and soon the spirit will become strong again. God’s spirit is always with you, to replenish and renew. None ever sincerely sought God’s help in vain. Physical weariness and exhaustion make a time of rest and communion with God more necessary. When you are overcome by temporary conditions which you cannot control, keep quiet and wait for the power of the spirit to flow back.

The belief is truly accepted

kyle — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:08:33 +0000

When we saw our faults, we listed them. We placed them before us in black and white. We admitted our wrongs honestly and we were willing to set these matters straight. We reviewed our fears thoroughly. We asked God remove our fears and we commenced to outgrow our fears. Many of us needed an overhauling in regard to sex. We came to believe that sex powers were God-given and therefore good, if used properly. Sex is never to be used lightly or selfishly, nor it is to be despised or loathed. If sex is troublesome, we throw ourselves the harder into helping others, and so take our minds off ourselves.” Am I facing my sex problems in the proper way?

Cling to the belief that all things possible with God. If this belief is truly accepted, it is the ladder upon which a human soul can climb from the lowest pit of despair to the sublimest heights of peace of mind. It is possible for God to change your way of living. When you see the change in another person through the grace of God, you cannot doubt that all things are possible in the lives of people through the strength that comes from faith in Him who rules us all.

Am I free of resentment or anger?

kyle — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:53:05 +0000

“We who have accepted the AA principles have been faced with the necessity for a thorough personal housecleaning. We must face and be rid of the things in ourselves which have been blocking us. We therefore take a personal inventory. We take stock honestly. We search out the flaws in our make-up which caused our failure. Resentment is the number one offender. Life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. If we are to live, we must be free of anger.” Am I free of resentment or anger?

Keep in mind the goal you are striving for, the good life you are trying to attain. Do not let little things divert you from the path. Do no be overcome by the small trials and vexations of each day. Try to see the purpose and plan to which all is leading. If, when climbing a mountain, you keep your eyes on each stony of difficult place, how weary is your climb. But if you think each step is leading to the summit of achievement from which a glorious landscape will open out before you, then your climb will be endurable and you will achieve your goal.

Fundamental Idea of God

kyle — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:09:12 +0000

“When many hundreds of people are able to say the consciousness of the presence of God is today the most important factor in their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith. When we see others solve their problems by simple reliance upon some Spirit of the universe, we have to stop doubting the Power of God. Our ideas did not work, but the God-idea does. Deep down in every man, woman and child is the fundamental idea of God. Faith in a Power greater than ourselves and miraculous demonstration of that power in our lives are facts as old as the human race.” Am I willing to rely on the Spirit of the Universe?

You should not dwell too much on the mistakes, faults, and failures of the past. Be done with shame and remorse and contempt for yourself. With God’s help, develop a new self-respect. Unless you respect yourself, others will not respect you. You ran a race, you stumbled and fell, you have risen again and now you press on toward the goal of a better life. Do not stay to examine the sport where you fell, only feel sorry for the delay, the shortsightedness that prevented you from seeing the real goal sooner.

The Material Temple

kyle — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:55:23 +0000

“People of faith have a logical idea of what life is all about. There is a wide variation in the way each one of us approaches and conceives of the power greater then ourself. Whether we agree with a particular approach or conception seems to make little difference. There are questions for each of us to settle for ourselves. But in each case the belief in a Higher Power has accomplished the miraculous, the humanly impossible. There has come a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking.” Has there been a revolutionary change in me?

Worship is consciousness of God’s divine majesty. As you pause to worship. God will help you to raise your humanity to His divinity. The earth is a material temple to enclose God’s divinity. God beings to those who worship Him a divine power, a divine love, and a divine healing. You only have to open your mind to Him and try to absorb some of His divine spirit. Pausing quietly in the spirit of worship, turn your inward thoughts upward and realize that his Divine Power may be yours, that you can experience his love and healing.