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ThE Symbol of the Circle and Triangle

Picture
Picture
Picture
The Equilateral Triangle
 Balance, Discernment, Three as One, Interrelationships, Pyramid Structure, An Arrow Pointing Up, Male Energy
Left, Base, Right
​

Left Side
The BODY and UNITY
12 TRADITiONS

Problem
Sickened Body
The physical craving and mental powerlessness over the next drink once I start to drink.
​
​Solution
100% abstinence from alcohol.
Rooms with chairs, coffee, conviviality, community, rather than the bar, the liquor store...;
12 Traditions, spiritual principles to maintain my relationship to the group, maintain  and protect the group's unity, its sacredness.
Base
The MIND and RECOVERY
​12 STEPS
​

Problem
Sickened Mind
​The mental powerlessness over the first drink, taken from a sober state: obsession, mental twists, blank spots, justifications, excuses requires a spiritual solution.

​Solution

The recovery process 12 steps to freedom through a spiritual experience.
Another alcoholic who has gone through the process, had a spiritual experience, and is willing to pass it forward. 
Right Side
The SPIRIT (emotions) and SERVICE
12 CONCEPTS OF SERVICE
​
Problem
​Sickened spirit
The spiritual sickness, bedevilments, pre-existed drinking and show up once the booze, addictions are removed and make sobriety unbearable.

Solution

Intensive work with other alcoholics and the practice of the spiritual principles in all our affairs. 
Today, we need the rooms because that is where we often meet and develop trust in others so that one on one work can begin. It is also there that the experience of living on spiritual principles develops. 


​
God
Body, Mind, Spirit
Unity, Recovery, Service
Fellowship, Journey, Purpose

12 Traditions, 12 Steps, 12 Concepts of Service

Alcoholism
Jails, Institutions, Death
 Sickened Body, Sickened Mind, Sickened Spirit (emotions)
Phenomenon of Craving,    Mental Obsession/Twists/Blank Spots/Justifications,    Unmanageable Life
Picture
The Circle
Cycle, Emptiness, Potential, Wholeness, Infinity, Anonymity, the Moon, the Female...



a CYCLE
the cycle of the disease
the cycle of daily spiritual practices

energy
unending motion

eternal life
the law of conservation of energy: "energy can neither be created nor destroyed." 

”this is repeated over and over
and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change 
there is very little hope of their recovery.”
(Big Book pg XXlX)

"The dog returns to its own vomit
and the sow, after washing herself
returns to wallow in the mire." 
(2 Peter 2:22)

"When we retire at night... upon awakening..."
(Big Book pg 86)
"The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens to his place where he arose...

All the rivers run to the sea;
yet the sea is not full;
to the place from which the rivers come,
there they return again."
​(Eccl 1:5 and 7)


.EMPTINESS and its POTENTIAL
the number zero
powerlessness

humility
the empty womb,
empty tomb,
the void before creation,
mental space before a creative idea
a mind free of the monkey
the feminine

"By myself I can do nothing; (John )
"Lack of Power, that was our dilemma."
(BB page 45)

"The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep."
(Genesis 1:1)



WHOLENESS
unity

One God,
one earth,
one community,
one spirit, one family,
wholeness, integrity,
a perfect shape without edges,
inclusivity
​the mystical Body of Christ

"...there is One who has all power - that One is God. May you find Him now." (BB page 59)
"Hear O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One." ​(Deuteronomy 6:4)​



INFINITY
anonymity
mathematically, a circle is defined
as the infinite set of points
the same distance
from a single central point,
is the invisible central point is God?
is the line is the mystical body
we are each a part of?


“Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions,
ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.” -Tradition 12


a CYCLE
the cycle of the disease
the cycle of daily spiritual practices

”this is repeated over and over
and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change t
here is very little hope of their recovery.” (Doctor's Opinion pg XXlX)

"The dog returns to its own vomit
and the sow, after washing herself
returns to wallow in the mire."  (2 Peter 2:22)

"When we retire at night... upon awakening..." (Big Book pg 86)
"The sun rises,
and the sun goes down,
and hastens to his place where he arose.


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  • Alma Turner
    • Alma Turner
    • Site Overview
    • Alma's Blessings
  • 12 Steps
    • Step 1: Humility >
      • Step One Questions
    • Step 2: Hope
    • Step 3: Faith
    • Step 4: Honesty >
      • Money Inventory
    • Step 5: Trust
    • Step 6: Willingness
    • Step 7: Surrender
    • Step 8: Forgiveness
    • Step 9: Justice >
      • Amend White to Black
    • Step 10: Perseverance >
      • Fear Watch
    • Step 11: Contact
    • Step 12: Service
  • Poems, Prayers, Music
    • Beloved Poems by Others >
      • I Stand at the Door by Sam Shoemaker
      • Prayer to the Great Spirit
      • The Guest House by Rumi
      • The Invitation by Oriah
      • Elohai Neshama
    • Poems by Alma >
      • Poems 2017-2020
      • More Poems by Year >
        • Poems 2021
        • Poems 2022
        • Poems 2023
        • Poems 2024
      • Clay Haiku
      • Beatitude Poems
      • Hurricane Ida Poems
      • Prayer Poems
      • Injustice Poems
    • Big Book Prayers
    • Variations on the Familiar >
      • Lord's Prayer Variations
      • Serenity Prayer Variation
      • Creed Variation
      • Psalm Variations
      • Parables etc Variations
      • Invictus Variations
    • Letters
    • Music >
      • Roberta Flack
      • Marvin Gaye
  • more
    • Bible Thoughts >
      • Count the Omer
      • yeshua hamashiach >
        • Books on the Journey to J
        • Brown or Black
        • Teacher
        • Son of Man
        • Activist
        • High Priest
        • Innocent
        • Lynched
        • Alive
        • Sayings >
          • Sayings 1-3
          • Sayings 4-6
          • Sayings 7-9
          • Sayings 10-12
          • Sayings 13-15
          • Sayings 16-18
          • Sayings 19-21
          • Sayings 22-24
          • Sayings 25-27
          • Sayings 28-30
          • Sayings 31-33
          • Sayings 34-36
          • Sayings 37, 38, 39
          • Sayings 40, 41, 42
          • Sayings 43, 44, 45
          • Sayings 46, 47, 48
          • Sayings 49, 50, 51
          • Sayings 52, 53, 54
          • Sayings 55, 56, 57
          • Sayings 58, 59, 60
          • Sayings 61, 62, 63
          • Sayings 64, 65, 66
          • Sayings 73, 74, 75
          • Sayings 76, 77, 78
          • Sayings 100, 101, 102
          • Sayings 103, 104, 105
          • Sayings 106, 107, 108
          • Sayings 109, 110, 111
          • Sayings 112, 113, 114
      • Genesis >
        • High Priest
        • Jacob is Israel.
      • Prophets >
        • Isaiah 30
        • Isaiah 54
        • Jeremiah 31:31-35
      • Frederick Douglas
    • Disciplines >
      • Fasting
      • Lectio Divina and Centering Prayer
      • Reading!
      • 12 White Steps
    • The Gospel of Thomas
    • Psalms >
      • Psalms for Mercy
      • Psalms 23, 46, 91, 139
      • Psalms 121, 1, and 32
    • The Odes of Solomon >
      • Ode 38
    • The Symbol >
      • The Circle and Triangle
    • Blog
    • Preparations
    • A Suggestion