In Step One we admitted that we are powerless over many things in our lives. We are powerless to control others and their lives. We are powerless over Autism. This admission of powerlessness is a key that opens up to us a new possibility for our lives. We can seek other solutions beyond ourselves and our own abilities.
Step two is about faith. A leap of faith that there is a Power Greater than we are and that this Power can restore us to sanity. Step two is the beginning of us removing ourselves from the central "controller" of life and all things and opening ourselves up to seek reality. If we are powerless, we can seek a power beyond ourselves....Greater than ourselves.
In the 12 Step Program we are invited to define this power any way we like. We can choose what ever power we feel comfortable with. If we already believe in a Higher Power, some of us may want to open ourselves to a new understanding of that power in light of what we truly need and want a Higher Power to be and do in our lives. We can abandon any ideas about a Higher Power that do not help us with the real issues of our lives.
Step Two invites us to suspend judgement and open ourselves up to the possibility of developing a working relationship with a Power Greater than ourselves and believing that this Power could restore our lives to sanity. Atheists and agnostics alike are welcomed into this process. Thousands of atheists and agnostics have recovered and been successful with the 12 Step Program. We are not told what our Higher Power is, but instead are invited to find and use what ever works for us, and to define that Power however we wish.
What matters is that we believe that there is in fact a Power that is greater than we are. We are not the center of the universe, so to speak. We are not in control of life and all that exists. There is a power in this life that is the universal spirit or Creator of all that there is or we can even decide that our higher power will be that of the program itself. The only requirement is that we know that we are not this Higher Power and that it can restore us to sanity in our lives.
What helped me in this area was to write out what I needed and wanted my Higher Power to be and do in my life. Please take time to "brainstorm" and play with this idea. Write out everything you think of and then allow yourself time to feel comfortable with the definition that you come up with. It is yours alone. A higher power as you personally understand your Higher Power. If this is difficult, then people are asked to "act as if" what they needed and wanted in a Higher Power is exactly what that Power is. We took the actions that others had told us worked for them and amazing things started to happen in our lives. It didn't seem to matter if we believed in the actions we were taking. We did what others had said worked for them and we found that we began to feel comfortable with this new found Power. We felt comfortable with the Power that we had defined and we were on our way with Step Two.
Step two is about faith. A leap of faith that there is a Power Greater than we are and that this Power can restore us to sanity. Step two is the beginning of us removing ourselves from the central "controller" of life and all things and opening ourselves up to seek reality. If we are powerless, we can seek a power beyond ourselves....Greater than ourselves.
In the 12 Step Program we are invited to define this power any way we like. We can choose what ever power we feel comfortable with. If we already believe in a Higher Power, some of us may want to open ourselves to a new understanding of that power in light of what we truly need and want a Higher Power to be and do in our lives. We can abandon any ideas about a Higher Power that do not help us with the real issues of our lives.
Step Two invites us to suspend judgement and open ourselves up to the possibility of developing a working relationship with a Power Greater than ourselves and believing that this Power could restore our lives to sanity. Atheists and agnostics alike are welcomed into this process. Thousands of atheists and agnostics have recovered and been successful with the 12 Step Program. We are not told what our Higher Power is, but instead are invited to find and use what ever works for us, and to define that Power however we wish.
What matters is that we believe that there is in fact a Power that is greater than we are. We are not the center of the universe, so to speak. We are not in control of life and all that exists. There is a power in this life that is the universal spirit or Creator of all that there is or we can even decide that our higher power will be that of the program itself. The only requirement is that we know that we are not this Higher Power and that it can restore us to sanity in our lives.
What helped me in this area was to write out what I needed and wanted my Higher Power to be and do in my life. Please take time to "brainstorm" and play with this idea. Write out everything you think of and then allow yourself time to feel comfortable with the definition that you come up with. It is yours alone. A higher power as you personally understand your Higher Power. If this is difficult, then people are asked to "act as if" what they needed and wanted in a Higher Power is exactly what that Power is. We took the actions that others had told us worked for them and amazing things started to happen in our lives. It didn't seem to matter if we believed in the actions we were taking. We did what others had said worked for them and we found that we began to feel comfortable with this new found Power. We felt comfortable with the Power that we had defined and we were on our way with Step Two.
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