Recovery – The Sacred Art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (588 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1541457935 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 575 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Full of wisdom, expanding and deepening Twelve Step insight with the author's wide knowledge of world spiritual traditions." ---Thomas Bien, author of Mindful Recovery
This special rendering makes them relevant to those suffering from specific addictions-alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, sex, shopping-as well as the general addictions we wrestle with daily, such as anger, greed, and selfishness. Rami Shapiro describes his personal experience working the Twelve Steps as adapted by Overeaters Anonymous and shares anecdotes from many people working the Steps in a variety of settings. Drawing on the insights and practices of Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, and Islam, he offers supplementary practices from different religious traditions to help you move more deeply into the universal spirituality of the Twelve Step system.. In this hope-filled approach to spiritual and personal growth, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are uniquely interpreted to speak to everyone seeking a freer and more God-centered life
Rami Shapiro, commonly called "Rabbi Rami," is an award-winning author, teacher, and speaker on the subjects of liberal Judaism and contemporary spirituality. He served for ten years as Adjunct Professor of Religion at Middle Tennessee State University.Barry Abrams has narrated and produced audiobooks for a variety of publishers. Based in Danbury, Connecticut, Barry engineers and calls live webcasts of his son's ice hockey games.Coming so
eye-opening desiree I am so thankful for this book. I am a long-time Buddhist and relatively new to a Twelve-Step program (Al-Anon). I guess anyone who is serious about the 12 steps knows it is a spiritual journey (not tied to any religion) but for me it was challenging to learn to ask a higher power for help. This book has been an insightful guide and I have highlighted so many powerful passages. The author refers to "the core addiction of. Free Fall into God Shapiro has given us perhaps the best multicultural understanding of the 12 Steps. I am grateful. He wrestles with the paradoxes and seeming contradictions of the process, i.e., I am powerless but I have responsibility and power to 1st., conceive of the God of my understanding, 2nd., I have the power to turn my life over to this God, in intriguing ways. He sheds light on every page and gives voice to many struggling to o. but I am so in love with this book Andy Jackson I'm barely getting to the 5th step material, but I am so in love with this book! I've bought several copies as gifts, though I am by nature a supremely cheap como se llama.By the grace of God working through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous in the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, I have been sober since March 2007. Even so, practices he introduced in the context of steps 1 & 2 gave me the tools I needed so I could