Head in the clouds and our feet firmly planted on earth. That’s what the BB says is a formula for us today. It tells us that it gets us out of the world of spiritual make believe and into the realm of reality. A place where we can practice a spiritual way of living and still deal with others on a daily basis.
I know that when I came in and was told that I was going to have to live a spiritual way of life or die an alcoholic death, I guess I threw myself into it, without knowing what I was doing. I went overboard and got involved with all kinds of ridiculous practices, trying to be spiritual. I had no idea that there was a road map already laid out for me. The 12 Steps are designed to accomplish just that. To lead me to a way of life, which is both spiritual and practical.
I had failed to read or study the BB and its directions toward this way of life. I didn’t see, or I ignored the chapter entitled How It Works. I didn’t pay attention to the words, Rarely have we seen a person fail, who has thoroughly followed our path. What path? The 12 Steps of course.
I was through the doors of this program, but I was still asleep. It was going to take a sponsor who could penetrate this alcoholic brain and wake me up to the facts of life.
If I had been conscious, I would have seen that the end result of taking these steps would lead me to what I was supposed to be seeking; having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps. Not only was I going to enter the realm of the spirit, but I was going to be awake.
No more dozing off into the realm of spiritual make believe. The seemingly impossible was put into way of living I could never have imagined in my wildest dreams.
I was thinking about this this morning and the man, who had gone to Dr. Jung. I thought about what Dr. Jung said to him. “You have the mind of a chronic alcoholic. I have never seen one single case recover, where that state of mind existed to the extent that it does in you.” Wow! He could have been talking to me. In a sense he was. Because the seed of AA was planted in the mind of that man. He was told that his only hope was a spiritual experience. A spiritual awakening.
That man Roland H. was to come back and pass this message along to Ebby T., who was going to pass this along to Bill W. And we all know where that led. We are all beneficiaries of this message. Only we have a formula, a road map drawn out for us on how to achieve this state of being. I can be awake, aware, living a spiritual way of life and sober as a result.
Head in the clouds and feet planted firmly on earth.