Step eleven of AA is not about praying for anything to be fixed, it’s about praying for self knowledge and the qualities we need to execute that knowledge. It’s about perhaps changing the way we pray, how we view God’s will, and just taking the time to contemplate your life even if you don’t believe in God. 

 

Key Takeaways: 

 

[3:52] Step eleven of AA 

[7:56] A calculating mind vs a contemplative mind 

[9:04] The five big human issues

[11:46] Going to church as a child and Western bias 

[15:24] Praying not for an internal desire, but as an order from religion 

[18:53] Letting go of what I think is right and what I think I need to do

[19:48] Who is doing the praying? How are you praying? 

[21:17] I have to stop being an ‘all or nothing’ thinker 

[22:44] Prayer requires you to see your inner self and stop battling it so much

[27:31] There’s no preaching that every person needs AA 

[30:46] Finding something bigger than yourself and contemplating 

[34:35] Why I changed the way I pray 

[36:36] Praying didn’t get me what I want 

[38:32] My favorite Baha'i prayer 

[42:33] My understanding of God has changed 

[44:06] You can’t say what God’s will is  

[47:24] Traditions nine, ten, and eleven 

Resources:

 

• Breathing Underwater

 

 

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