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Practicing the Here and Now: Being Intentional with Step 11, Using Prayer & Meditation to Work All the Steps - Paperback | Diverse Reads

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With Practicing the Here and Now: Being Intentional with Step 11, you’ll learn to use prayer and meditation to work all the steps, so you can make contact with the Higher Power in a way that is yours and yours alone.

Step Eleven
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

How do we unlock and experience the teachings of Step Eleven? Herb K. helps us realize that working—and living—this vital recovery “maintenance Step” doesn’t have to be as challenging as commonly thought.

With Practicing the Here and Now, you’ll find guidance on using prayer and meditation to help you be present throughout each day, staying in contact with your Higher Power for ongoing inspiration and sustenance. By opening the connection to your Higher Power with what Herb K. calls “intentional consciousness,” prayer and meditation can help you fully experience the cumulative power of the Twelve Steps to deepen and sustain your recovery journey.

ISBN-13: 9781616496746

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Hazelden Publishing

Publication Date: 04-18-2017

Pages: 200

Product Dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)

Herb K. encourages people to embrace the importance and practicality of a spiritual path. A seasoned and respected spiritual counselor within the recovery community, he’s the author of Twelve-Step Guide to Using the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book and Twelve Steps to Spiritual Awakening: Enlightenment for Everyone. He has many years of experience helping both newcomers and old-timers in the program attain emotional and spiritual sobriety as they journey down the road of recovery. Herb K. can frequently be found speaking about the importance of conscious contact.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Prayer and Meditation as Intentional Consciousness: Step Eleven 19

2 We Become Conscious of Having "No Choice": Step One 41

3 We Access Power through Choice: Steps Two and Three 57

4 We Awaken by Naming Obstacles to Power: Step Four 71

5 We Continue Awakening by Establishing a Healthy Self: Steps Five, Six, and Seven 89

6 We Continue Awakening by Repairing Damage to Others: Steps Eight and Nine 101

7 We Continue Awakening by Dealing with Internal Disturbances: Step Ten 119

8 We Enlarge Our Awakening by Carrying the Message and Practicing the Principles: Step Twelve 131

9 A Vision for You 145

Epilogue: Living in the World of Spirit-Practicing Intentional Consciousness 151

Acknowledgments 155

Appendix A Prayer and Meditation-My Own Practice of Intentional Consciousness 157

Appendix B Applying Prayer and Meditation to Each of the Twelve Steps 163

Appendix C Twelve Step Principles-Some Core Values 165

Appendix D The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous 169

Notes 171

Resources 173

About the Author 176