<transcript><audio_166>reemergence of ego uh a whole bunch of years ago and I shared it with some new folks today hopefully it resonated uh it certainly resonates with me and those of us who've been around a while uh there's some readings by Thomas meron uh some</transcript><transcript><audio_167>writings by Thomas meron um when we see uh you can see his influence here um in reemergence of ego and the separation from God and uh he writes the following um the so-called typical alcoholic is a</transcript><transcript><audio_168>narcissistic egocentric core dominated by feelings of omnipotence intent on maintaining at all costs it's in Integrity inwardly the alcoholic Brooks no control for man or God he the alcoholic is and must be master of his Destiny he will fight to the end to</transcript><transcript><audio_169>preserve that position if the alcoholic can truly accept the presence of a power greater than himself which is step two consideration he by that very step modifies at least temporarily and possibly permanently his deepest inner</transcript><transcript><audio_170>structure and when he does so without resentment or struggle then he is no longer typically alcoholic and the strange thing is that if the alol can sustain that inner feeling of acceptance he can and will remain sober for the rest of his life which challenges and flies right into face of hanging in</transcript><transcript><audio_171>there doing a day at a time he goes on to say a religious or Spiritual Awakening is the act of giving up one's Reliance on one's own omnipotence the defined individuality no longer defies but accepts help guidance and control</transcript><transcript><audio_172>from the outside and as the individual relinquishes his negative aggressive feelings towards himself and towards life he finds himself overwhelmed by strongly positive ones such as love friendliness peacefulness pervading contentment which state is the exact an</transcript><transcript><audio_173>anti the opposite of the former Relentless Restless irritability which is kind of like what the great Factor talking about he says they must lose the narcissistic element permanently otherwise the program of AA Works only</transcript> reemergence of ego uh a whole bunch of years ago and I shared it with some new folks today hopefully it resonated uh it certainly resonates with me and those of us who've been around a while uh there's some readings by Thomas meron uh some writings by Thomas meron um when we see uh you can see his influence here um in reemergence of ego and the separation from God and uh he writes the following um the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core dominated by feelings of omnipotence intent on maintaining at all costs it's in Integrity inwardly the alcoholic Brooks no control for man or God he the alcoholic is and must be master of his Destiny he will fight to the end to preserve that position if the alcoholic can truly accept the presence of a power greater than himself which is step two consideration he by that very step modifies at least temporarily and possibly permanently his deepest inner structure and when he does so without resentment or struggle then he is no longer typically alcoholic and the strange thing is that if the alol can sustain that inner feeling of acceptance he can and will remain sober for the rest of his life which challenges and flies right into face of hanging in there doing a day at a time he goes on to say a religious or Spiritual Awakening is the act of giving up one's Reliance on one's own omnipotence the defined individuality no longer defies but accepts help guidance and control from the outside and as the individual relinquishes his negative aggressive feelings towards himself and towards life he finds himself overwhelmed by strongly positive ones such as love friendliness peacefulness pervading contentment which state is the exact an anti the opposite of the former Relentless Restless irritability which is kind of like what the great Factor talking about he says they must lose the narcissistic element permanently otherwise the program of AA Works only
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