Step Twelve (concluded)

The Way

free-from is freedom
each day the path continues
in faith forged onward

I need not know where
there is no destination
the walk is the way

no more do I ask
as once I did...who am I
I am who I am

grateful to be me
no more tormented...seeking
searching for answers

life now is enough
the Twelve Steps keep me on course
my job...to live them

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Step Twelve (continued...)

The Way

giving...practicing
so much received in return
a new way of life

a way so simple
focused on the next right thing
based on principles

living honestly
free from fear-driven lying
just one life...not two

with integrity
comes a sense of well being
shame cannot survive

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Step Twelve (continued...)

The Way

one word...surrender
what the Steps are all about
the great paradox

through giving up self
doing what each step entails
not once but always

all aspects of life
in all things, with all people
live these principles

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Step Twelve (continued...)

Unselfishness

they need only ask
I will carry the message
the cost...willingness

what can I offer
only what I have received
these simple Twelve Steps

my experience
the strength I have been given
my hope for each day

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Step Twelve (continued...)

Unselfishness

those able to see
let them decide for themselves
about what they see

they can make their choice
whether they want what I have
or another way

for those who want it
what I have can be theirs, too
theirs for the taking

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Step Twelve (continued...)

Unselfishness

not just about me
I work for all who suffer
they deserve relief

what I have received
I am to give to others
first, by example

mine is not to preach
it is to live my beliefs
my inside will show

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Step Twelve (continued...)

Good Consequences

Step Eleven says
spiritual wakening
and truly it is

awake to being
power abiding within
growing in spirit

awakened...the way
abiding within...the source
growing...the result

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Step Twelve (continued...)

Good Consequences

an awakened way
a willingness to witness
to observe myself

to turn inwardly
pay heed to inner being
not to attachments

nor wily urges...
so long masters that enslaved
robbers of freedom

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Step Twelve

Good Consequences

on this my journey
Eleven Steps a path make
Twelfth...a path to stay

to where has it led...
freedom from my compulsion
precious in itself

in itself a prize
yet much more I have received...
a new way of life

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Step Eleven (Concluded)

God's Will

thoughts for reflection
scanty articulations
a nascent credo

adequate to guide
to shepherd me to loving
to being kindness

to live in this way…
such a will I seek to know
and the strength to do

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Step Eleven (continued...)

God's Will

go deeply inside
abide there unconsciously
listening not listening

hearing not hearing
seeking yet without seeking
knowing not knowing

then...not caring how
mysteriously appear
shadow images

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Step Eleven (continued...)

God's Will

seeking is practice
just as practice is seeking
with twofold the fruits

practice brings knowing...
knowing the will to do right...
brings strength to do it

weak my devices
best I become desolate
just be only be

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Step Eleven (continued...)

God's Will

not a conscious will
rather...a will of conscience
a gift over time

faithful listening
through prayer and meditation
offspring of practice

thus is birthed conscience
knowing…willing...to do right
thoughtless in doing

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Step Eleven (continued

God's Will

my Eleventh Step
seeks to improve connection
with what is within

the being I am
the I am who am being
eternally there

there a will awaits
not a brain will...not self will
one ascribed to God

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Step Eleven (continued...)

God’s Will

this step and Step Three
both invoke the name of God
as we understand

given this option
I choose not to understand
to have no concept

not one given me
nor one I have created
brain children the two

such is human will
call it whatever I may...
my brain hatched it up

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Step Eleven (continued...)

Conscious Vs Un

unconscious contact
silent speaking and hearing
with no me between

no need for speaking…
Mother Teresa listened
God also listened

although unconscious
through such a faithful practice
contact will be made

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Step Eleven (continued...)

Conscious Vs Un

it does say conscious
conscious contact...but with God?
 by using my brain?

can brain be trusted…
based on history...not mine
whole lot of talking

and what do I hear…
does it come from God or me
am I to decide

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Step Eleven (continued...)

Meditation

all these are fuel
each a topic to ponder
occasion to learn

a chance to witness
to enhance my awareness
become more mindful

thus I am nourished...
meditation feeds the mind
prayer feeds the spirit

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The Twelve Steps

Step Eleven (continued)

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

Meditation

the prayer I describe
for some, is meditation
for them, so be it

my meditation
unlike my prayer, involves brain
it is reflection

all that I observe
my thoughts, what people might say
whatever I read

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Step Eleven (continued...)

Prayer

thus will it happen
this bounty without request
beyond even hope

a transformation
old self yielding to the new
a new connection

Step Eleven says
seeking through prayer...to improve
my contact…with God

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