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The Twelve Steps
Disclaimer: These writing are merely my attempt to explain my perception of my experience, which is changing as I grow. However, I am attempting to stay as close to principle as possible. A principle, as I’m using the word, describes something that applies to all situations equally. I would also suggest to the reader that reading one of the writings on the steps and traditions without reading all of them, in order, may defeat the purpose. I also want to make a statement, with all the confidence that exists within me, that reading these steps, without applying these steps into action in your consistent daily living, will prove to be futile.
I realize that I live in a delusion, and by definition, I typically don’t know I’m in this delusion when I’m in it. I also acknowledge that just because you and I are in agreement, doesn’t mean that you and I aren’t sharing the same delusion.
My passion for these principles sometimes comes across as being arrogant and self-righteous; however, I want to assure you that I am very aware that my perception is not reality, only the Creator of everything knows what reality is. I only have my ever-changing perceptions and the limited free-will that the Creator has designed within me.
My purpose for providing these writings is my best attempt to enhance the reader’s ability to practice these principles in their own lives to gain their own experience. These writings are designed as an alternative to sharing these principles with another, when in-person, one-on-one sharing is not possible.
I am attempting to use written words to describe a principle that is spiritual in nature. This task, in and of itself, means that the words will not exemplify the true spirit of the message. Spiritual literature that has stood the test of time is almost always written in parables. Parables attempt to describe something in intellectual terms that is too profound to be described in intellectual terms. Multiple parables are used to come at the point from different angles to minimize the chances of not hearing the spirit of the message behind the words. I would suggest picturing a circular target with a bulls-eye. There are many and varied degrees and directions away from—or in the direction of—the bulls-eye. No surprise that the first-century Christians took the word “sin” from the sport of archery…the word “sin” means “to miss the mark”. For this reason, I beg the reader, for his/her own best interest, to attempt to read these writings from the heart, don’t intellectualize them and completely “miss the mark”.
Steve F.
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