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As I went down to the river to pray...

Step 8 -"Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all."

After taking Steps 4-7 of inner examination followed by sharing of our deepest secrets with at least one other person...and with God, we have undergone the process of becoming willing to let go of the behaviors and attitudes that have interfered with our relationships with others, with God and with our own inner peace, and now we are at a point of beginning outer rectification, based upon our inner transformation that is well in process.

As with Step 6, Step 8 is a Step of both action and waiting. We make a list of all persons we have harmed. This comes first. And the second half of the process is to become ready.

How do we do that?

One of my favorite songs from the film "Oh brother Where Art Thou?" stays, "when I went down to the river to pray, studying about the good old way, and who will wear the robe and crown, oh Lord, show me the way..."

In Gateway 8...we become willing...we go down to the river to pray.

I suggest creating a Zen garden, or some other contemplative art project to focus your efforts in a meditative mode as you become willing.

The people on your amend list will miraculously appear.

And if you have opened your heart and become willing to make amends to them, this process will be nothing short of miraculous.

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Rev. Dr. Galloways best-selling book The Gateways is available through Sacred Stories Publishing, Amazon, and all major booksellers and combines a strength based approach to utilizing the depth principles of the 12-Steps, combined with Psycho-spiritual tools and practices to anchor in the practice of each step.

Spiritual Blackout

Have you ever experienced spiritual blackouts—times when you feel cut off from your spiritual guidance or a higher power?

Host Debra Engle shares where these blackouts come from and how can your guides help you move through the sadness or depression and into the light again.

You do not have to navigate alone. Whenever you’re in a place of fear, this podcast’s comforting prayer and guided visualization will give you powerful tools for healing.

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"I was on the path of self-pity, but I was sick of feeling sorry for myself and I knew there had to be another way to take what I went through and allow it to empower me." ~ Courtney Cumberland


Courtney bravely shares her battles with anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts which haunted her for years after being raped by a teenage boy at eight years old. She discusses how the suppressed memory began to emerge and take over her life. She also talks about her brush with death during the birth of her daughter and how the experience led to wanting to pursue a career in the medical field. Courtney is on a mission to help break down the stigmas around mental health issues and passionately encourages others to take back their personal power post trauma. (Warning: There is some explicit language.)

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Journal entry from Courtney:

I have been selfish for 25 years, almost a decade of that wallowing in self-pity, neglecting myself, yet acting with the most selfless intentions I was capable of. I cherished those who doubted me, the ones I called "friends", and then I woke up. Today I stand firm to define myself as something more than the hand life dealt me and the wounds my past scared me with. Today, I am selfless. I may still neglect myself, but for the sake of handing off strength to someone who is weak or passing courage to someone living in fear. I know my path, and as much as I try to fight it, I am led back to what I know I am here to do. My life may expire but I intend to continue to save lives from my grave.

 

Mother's Day is right around the corner and if you struggle with finding the perfect gift for her, struggle no more. Join author and editor-in-chief for the Chicken Soup For The Soul book series and host Pamella Horton as they discuss heartwarming, inspirational, and funny stories about motherhood and what makes a mom, the best ever!

Amy Newmark is the bestselling author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Since 2008, she has published 133 new books, most of them national bestsellers in the U.S. and Canada, more than doubling the number of Chicken Soup for the Soul titles in print today. She is also the author of Simply Happy, a crash course in Chicken Soup for the Soul advice and wisdom that is filled with easy-to-implement, practical tips for having a better life.

Amy is credited with revitalizing the Chicken Soup for the Soul brand, which has been a publishing industry phenomenon since the first book came out in 1993. By compiling inspirational and aspirational true stories curated from ordinary people who have had extraordinary experiences, Amy has kept the twenty-three-year-old Chicken Soup for the Soul brand fresh and relevant.

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Ever get in a meditation slump?

From beginner to advanced, you can forget how good meditation is for everything from stress reduction to improved intuition. Expand and re-ignite your meditation with Primordial Sound and learn how meditation can be another tool in your forgiveness journey.

Join your host Reverend Misty Tyme and learn more about meditation from meditation expert, Karin Koepke.

Karin trained at the world famous Chopra Center with Dr. Deepak Chopra. She is a double certified Reiki Master, Sound Healer, Speaker, Meditation, and Yoga Instructor.

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If you could see yourself as I see you, you would know that you are Capable of Healing!- Emerald Green Solar Color Energy

Have you tried everything to heal from life's burdens?  Are you physically tired or suffering and feel too exhausted to search anymore?  Helen Heinmiller, the Queen of Color, knows how you feel and shares a powerful and empowering healing message from the Emerald Green Solar Color Energy.

In this revealing conversation, Helen explains how Solar Color Energies work with our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual energy bodies. Then, she introduces us to the powerful Emerald Green Solar Color Energy, known as the Doctor, that specializes in assisting us with physical healing.

Helen guides us through an enchanting meditation journey that shows us how to integrate and use the Emerald Green Solar Color Energy for any physical challenge we have that holds us back from living the divine life we have come to live. The gift of healing is waiting for you! Isn’t this what you’ve been asking for?

Helen is also teaching Solar Color Energy as part of Sacred U's Vibrational Medicine Master Class.  Find out more at http://bit.ly/SacredU_VM

Read Helen's article The Color Revolution in The Owl magazine for more.  https://issuu.com/theowlmagazine/docs/the_owl_winter_2017/28

For more information on all of Helen’s services and her new inspirational adventure/thriller, Final Redemption, visit www.evolvingtruths.com

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"You cannot live in full expression of that which you are not"

Join Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World host Jim Phillips as he dives deep into what he calls, The Four Pillars of Life. These four pillars serve as the underpinnings of what we are to learn, experience, and embody while living in the Earth plane.

When we make choices and live life within the context of these four pillars we are offering to humanity the greatest gift we each have to give.

Jim’s book The Key to LIFE: Living in Full Expression where he shares more of his spiritual insights and keys is available now from Sacred Stories Publishing, Amazon, and all major booksellers worldwide.

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"Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing there is a field.
I'll meet you there."
Rumi

Gateway 7 opens us into the realm of the Spirit.
After we have gone deep inside and done a fearless and searching inventory of ourselves, have shared that with God, ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs, and after we have waited by the Fountain of Bethesda and waited for the angel of God to trouble the water...after all of that...we humbly ask.

We ask to have our shortcomings removed.
We grieve the loss of who we thought we were, and we open unto who we are to become.
We allow the light of our true self to call us into the rest of our lives...in humility and service...as we pray this prayer:

Seventh Step Prayer
>My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding.
Amen

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Rev. Dr. Galloways best-selling book The Gateways is available through Sacred Stories Publishing, Amazon, and all major booksellers and combines a strength based approach to utilizing the depth principles of the 12-Steps, combined with Psycho-spiritual tools and practices to anchor in the practice of each step.

Finding Love

If you struggle with relationships—or if you want to make a good relationship better—the five takeaways in this podcast will give you a road map to follow every day.

Listen as host Debra Engle speaks right to the heart of who we are: love. How do you find it, keep it, live with it and expand it? And how can your spirit guides help you find the greatest love of your life? (Hint: The answer may surprise you.)

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Join host Pamella Horton with very special guest Guy Finley as they discuss the very profound SECRET OF LETTING GO, solutions to life’s problems and how to permanently rid ourselves of any difficulty.

Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over. Your True Self can no more get “stuck” somewhere than a sunbeam can be caught in a bottle.

To let go of who we have been in favor of the stronger and wiser person we are meant to be.





















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