The Higher Power Plane and a Deep Dive into the Final Three Steps – Sandy B.

About This Speaker Tape

There Is A Solution Workshop - 2004

A blockage preventing the flow of energy between the individual and their Higher Power—this is how Sandy B. frames the ego within the spiritual mechanics of recovery. Using the image of a radio beam from flight training Sandy B. argues that pain and disturbance are not failures but necessary signals that we have drifted off course. The talk shifts from the technicalities of the first nine steps to the 'world of the spirit' found in steps 10 11 and 12 where the goal is to remain 'undisturbed' in the now. Sandy B. dismantles the idea of perfection in the sixth step calling the tension between instinctual drives and spiritual grace the 'riddle of our existence,' suggesting that peace comes not from the absence of conflict but from accepting the journey without beating oneself up.

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Timestamps

• 0:00 Sandy B. opens with the 'good news' and discusses the St. Francis prayer and the elimination of ego.
• 5:15 Discussion on the necessity of another person to see the truth in the Fourth and Fifth Steps.
• 8:30 The 'Soul School' metaphor and using grief as a way to help newcomers.
• 12:45 Entering the 'world of the spirit' through the Promises and Steps 10, 11, and 12.
• 16:20 The flight training analogy: using the radio beam and pain as a navigation tool.
• 21:10 The concept of staying 'undisturbed' and the importance of calling a sponsor when triggered.
• 26:40 Comparison between the disturbed and undisturbed reactions to a missing tuxedo.
• 32:15 Bob B. discusses the 'phantom self' and the discipline of prayer and meditation.
• 38:50 Analysis of the word 'decision' in Step 3 and the nature of spiritual awakening.
• 44:10 Discussion on the 'daily reprieve' and the danger of being too connected to the past.
• 51:20 The debate between acceptance and the Serenity Prayer.
• 56:15 The 'riddle of our existence' in Step 6 and the impossibility of total perfection.