Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   May 12                                   Living with spiritual experiences

      "For meditation to be of value, the results must show in our daily
                                   lives."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 47

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   In working our program, we are given many indirect indications of a Higher
   Power's presence in our lives: the clean feeling that comes to so many
   of us in taking our Fifth Step; the sense that we are finally on the right
   track when we make amends; the satisfaction we get from helping another
   addict.    Meditation, however, occasionally brings us  extraordinary
   indications of God's presence in our lives.   These experiences do not
   mean we have become perfect or that we are "cured." They are tastes
   given us of the source of our recovery itself, reminding us of the true
   nature of the thing we are pursuing in Narcotics Anonymous and encouraging
   us to continue walking our spiritual path.

   Such experiences demonstrate, in no uncertain terms, that we have tapped a
   Power far greater than our own.    But how do we incorporate that
   extraordinary Power into our ordinary lives?  Our NA friends, our sponsor,
   and others in our communities may be more seasoned in spiritual matters
   than we are.  If we ask, they can help us fit our spiritual experiences
   into the natural pattern of recovery and spiritual growth.

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   Just for today:  I will seek whatever answers I may need to understand my
   spiritual experiences and incorporate them into my daily life.