It's Hard to be Humble ...

0:00Good morning, recovery people. If you're well, one here, using a grump. Because it's raining. I think my speedy. We can't let the weather think it's too well going. It is September the 8th and this is from opening doors for them. May prevalence were. Let me work in and through you. Let my love and light play freely in and through you and out to the world. Realize that this is as it was in the beginning. When we walked and talked together. And that you have gone to the full cycle and had once again returned and become one with me. The beloved. Do not dream about it. Do not long for it. To be so. Simply know that it is so. Now and that no longer there is any separation. No longer do you have to wander in the world in this lost and alone. The knowing which way to turn.

1:00Realize that your every step is guided and directed by me. And that you become more and more aware of me. Of my divine presence. And you can never again lose your way. So give a table of thanks and let your heart be. Full of joy and gratitude. Let you express it at all times. And your every day. Thank you for your courage. It's interesting isn't it you know about this separation. They say that's the readable suffering. With a lot of. The. The. Yoga teachings. That we realize that the I amness. I'm going to take a look at the. Is very different from. The whole. And as we come into recovery. We talk not to be selfish. Be in our own head.

2:00And you know to give our whereover to the care of God as we understand it. So that we can be of service. And we help other people. And when we do that, we feel a lot better about ourselves. So that's the great paradox, I guess. that when we're doing God's will, it's actually making us feel better. You. And you know, if we're working for the whole, we're not separate, we're not isolating. We don't feel so alone, we don't have to bear the weight of the world on our shoulders if, you know, we can share it and get help and learn how to live a different way of living, I guess. And I do feel guided and directed. I certainly know what I'm doing with something wrong.

3:02We do tend to live by principles now, don't we? All the time. Perhaps as these principles in our affairs, no idea. I do feel it's a better way of living. I still look by, you know, synchronicity and karma and, you know, so I forget I'm not to buy a book and I read the book and there's something in the book that makes me think, you know, then I'm glad for that. And then I was reading a Godless book and I was reading that and I was talking about how, you know, helping people, you know, it's the paradox I've talked about before, helping other people in a way as selfish because it meant me real good, you know, as opposed to just being greedy and getting

4:09stuff from myself, actually, you know, looking to be observant, being observant is good for me. You know, there you have it, you know, so there's a mechanism that I want to have self-reasoness to it. But what are your main tips to say this, just to help yourself? Well, I don't like to share a part of that, I just, you know, to. Isn't it to help the other person? To have a better life, you know. To give what was free, you know, you made that contract, didn't you? And your sponsor said, are you prepared to take someone through the steps? So it's a contract really, so you're doing it because you want to repay the debt that was freely given to you. What are the four things that Dr. Bob, you do it because, do you remember?

5:09It's my duty as insurance against a slut. Yeah. Because I like it. Makes you feel good. Takes you out of your own head. Quite like to know. No, it's on my head now. I'm going to find it. So I looked on that and it says, I do this for four reasons. I spent a great deal of time passing on where I learned to others who want and need it badly. I do it for four reasons. Sense of duty to it's a pleasure. Three, because in so doing and paying my debt, the man took time to pass it on to me. Four, because every time I take a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip. But very good reasons. It is a pleasure.

6:10I mean, you get a kick out of it. And it's not just helping other alcoholics. It's helping anybody. It's helping people in the world. A nice people. When you get them on an individual basis, they're helpful. And they're not wanting to hurt you. And it's like there's a lot of goodwill, a lot of God's will. And you know, that will be well. All is very, very well. You know, that idea of being awakened and allowing that idea. And for me, I think it's, it really helps me accept my past. Knowing that my past can help someone's future. Yes, it makes sense.

7:10You're a past. We can suddenly you're a past. Is it useful? Is ammunition, you know, to... It's an asset. It's an asset. And that to me helps get rid of the guilt and shame that I could take that. And to where I do my four and five, I can say to the other person, don't worry, I've done this, I've done this, I've done this. And that can help them get better. So, you know, it's... It's a strange sort of thing to have gone through. But at least it makes some sort of sense that I can help. And I have helped, you know, a lot of girls with me get through. And they're steps by being honest about my past. So that helps me as well. Knowing that I'm going to continue doing that. So yeah, I like doing God's will and so my will.

8:12It's working out better for me than my previous reliance on the self. Oh. And step... six, seven, seven. Seven. So I'm going to have a game this. I love it, 12, you know. I'm not terribly enthusiastic about this. Yeah, nearly there. Well, go ahead, keep going. Keep going. It just makes me realise how much I like the big book. Yeah, I don't know. Step seven, humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings. Since this step sort of specifically concerns itself with humility, we should pause here to consider what humility is and what the practice of it can mean to us. Pardon me. Indeed, the attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of AAs 12 steps.

9:13For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. Nearly all AAs have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than maybe required just for sobriety, they still have a much chance of becoming truly happy. Without that they cannot live too much useful purpose or in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency. I'm just going to stop there. So the, it says, the attainment of greater humility is a foundation principle of each of AAs 12 steps. So that's, I didn't realise that. So there does that work, learn humility. Humility, step one, you know, it's like accept and turn yourself. Recruit humility.

10:15It takes humility to accept that you live so manageable. Step two, come into believe. It's not about you. It's not human power. It can cure you. You can know, it's humbling yourself that you need help, support from greater power. Three, asking to forget to get your life. Again, this is the evil deflation. Okay. Yeah. For this, you need humility to get honest. Five, you need humility to be honest. With another human being, dog. Six, you know what I said? Two, one. Well, that's it. No way you can change. Well, it's you know what I say.

11:15I mean, it's free from ego. So, and arrogant, surprised, being humble. So our way didn't work. We've got to get help. So tricky road. Three from pride, over excessive, importance of oneself. So when you realise we're just a tiny little grain of sand, and you know, we're quite insignificant. And we were, we thought we were the centre of the world. You know, it was all about us. Instead, my name was humbling. Yeah. You know, I understand and the damage you've done and healing it. You know, being prepared to kind of humble yourself. It's really from going from an egocentric person to doing God's will. All of the stats, isn't it? The whole programme is to the next decision, to be committed.

12:18Deflating ego. That's 10 is reviewing your conduct and having humility to accept you've gone wrong. You've gone wrong. I live in those, just kind of like three years into it, where you're connecting to God. So you're not God. Yeah. And 12 or packs and all are principles. Yeah. Yeah. It's, it's the what does he call it? The keystone or the cornerstone? Well, I don't know if you think so. Of, of, you know, the humility is yeah. The bedrock. So there you go. You've learned, you've learned that today. Humility is a word and as an ideal, it was a very bad time of it. And our world not only is the idea misunderstood, the word itself is often intensely disliked. Many people haven't even been nodding a quaintance

13:20with humility as a way of life. I mean, it is, it's the principle that, that is, you know, a link to step seven. And six is where in a seven humility. So rather than with your three pages of the German government, I'm glad to read the disparity. We read a bit less today. You know, just consider that principle. Yeah. Good plan. Give an ice from Horton. Never get over, ever, ever humble day. Thank you so much. I hope that worked.