Divine Therapy and Addiction: Centering Prayer and the Twelve Steps
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1590561155
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Publication Year
2011
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240
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“All spiritual traditions have a wisdom literature. Alcoholics Anonymous is a spiritual tradition. Its influence and spread in the present century is going to depend on how well each generation of those in recovery assimilate and interiorize the basic wisdom that is enshrined in the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions.” ―Thomas Keating.In this major new work, Father Thomas Keating reflects on the wisdom and legacy of the Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve-Step Method and its connections to, and similarities with, the Christian mystical traditions of centering prayer and Lectio Divina. In conversation with a long-time member of AA meetings, Father Thomas talks insightfully about surrendering to one’s Higher Power and the journey that must be undertaken for the healing of the soul to begin. - from Amazon
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This is a book for anyone desiring an honest relationship with God. We must get over thinking it is just for alcoholics or drug addicts. Fr. Keating's responses to the twelve steps take you to a different level of relating to your creator. His brilliant assessments to the human condition resonate with anyone intentionally seeking a spiritual journey and are aimed at deepening their relationship with God (as they know God to be).
It would be helpful to read one step at a time at each meeting. Be aware that Keating does combine three steps in one chapter. In a group of recovering addicts, a good companion book would be Rohr's "Breathing Underwater."
Keating focuses on not the mechanics of working through the twelve steps but the spiritual dimensions of each step. If you are unable to admit that we are all addicts, then you are not ready for this book!
Virginia Beckham
It would be helpful to read one step at a time at each meeting. Be aware that Keating does combine three steps in one chapter. In a group of recovering addicts, a good companion book would be Rohr's "Breathing Underwater."
Keating focuses on not the mechanics of working through the twelve steps but the spiritual dimensions of each step. If you are unable to admit that we are all addicts, then you are not ready for this book!
Virginia Beckham
4 years ago