Practice These Principles Quotes

“This was to take a piece of paper and review one’s life against the “Four Absolutes,” the principles of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love which the Group had derived from the Bible’s Sermon on the Mount. Specifically how this was to be done was anyone’s guess. There is no body of writings that elaborates the concept, no collection of stories or shared experience that elucidates the practice. It is only when it is reconceived in AA that self-examination becomes a full-fledged spiritual discipline in its own right. The OG framework is retained, but its scope is greatly expanded to encompass eight clearly delineated Steps. Each of these Steps combines and integrates the practice of self-examination with other specific disciplines (e.g., confession, surrender, restitution, prayer, meditation) as well as with specific virtues (e.g., willingness, honesty, humility, justice, faith, courage) that expand on the Four Absolutes. This practice begins in Step 4 with a general examination that covers our entire lives and which places a special”
― Ray A., Practice These Principles: Living the Spiritual Virtues and Disciplines in 12-Step Recovery to Achieve Spiritual Growth, Character Development, and Emotional Sobriety - Step 4

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― Ray A., Practice These Principles: Living the Spiritual Virtues and Disciplines in 12-Step Recovery to Achieve Spiritual Growth, Character Development, and Emotional Sobriety - Step 4

“These are the discipline of self-examination and the virtues of willingness, honesty, humility, courage, diligence, and perseverance. They are the principles that enable us to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”
― Ray A., Practice These Principles: Living the Spiritual Virtues and Disciplines in 12-Step Recovery to Achieve Spiritual Growth, Character Development, and Emotional Sobriety - Step 4