Breathing Under Water- Spirituality and the Twelve Steps- By Richard Rohr- An exploration of the connections and parallels between Christian principles and the 12 Step Program. - Book Review by Sun and Planets Spirituality AYINRIN

 Breathing Under Water-

Spirituality and the Twelve Steps-

By Richard Rohr-

An exploration of the connections and parallels between Christian principles and the 12 Step Program. -

Book Review by Sun and Planets Spirituality AYINRIN 

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Franciscan priest Richard Rohr is founding director of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico (www.cacradicalgrace.org). He considers the proclamation of the Gospel to be his primary call; related themes he often addresses are eco-spirituality, scripture as liberation, non-dual thought, the integration of action and contemplation, peace and justice issues, and male spirituality. He is the author of many books and regularly contributes to Sojourners and Tikkun magazines.

Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935 by William Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith. This program known for its Twelve Steps, has liberated millions of people from their enslavement to alcohol and other addictions. At the core of its approach is a surrender to God or whatever name you want to use for a Higher Self. Equally important is regular participation in a community of others who are taking the journey of recovery. In this paperback, Rohr draws on talks he has given over the past 20 years to people in recovery. He joins Rami Shapiro, Thomas Keating, and other spiritual masters who have saluted the fellowship, encouragement, support, discipline, and wisdom of the Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve Step Method.

Rohr is convinced that this program "parallels, mirrors, and makes practical the same messages that Jesus gave us." In other words they are saying the same thing with different vocabulary:

We suffer to get well.

We surrender to win.

We die to live.

We give it away to keep it.

In 12 chapters, Rohr explores the Christian principles in the Twelve Steps. Along the way, the reader is treated to examinations of powerlessness, the imperial ego, keeping the heart space open, the surrender of our will to God, making amends, restorative justice, being responsible, the importance of intimacy, and the grace of God.

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Breathing Under Water

Spirituality and the Twelve Steps

By Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr on why only those who have suffered can save others in the same boat.

A Book Excerpt on Compassion

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"I am indeed saying that only people who have suffered in some way can save one another — exactly as the Twelve Step Program discovered. Deep communion and dear compassion is formed much more by shared pain than by shared pleasure. I do not know why that is true. We are not saved by any formulas or theologies or any priesthood extraneous to the human journey itself. 'Peter, you must be ground like wheat, and once you have recovered, then you can turn and help the brothers' (Luke 22:31-32), Jesus says to Peter. Was that his real ordination to ministry? No other is ever mentioned. I do believe this is the only ordination that matters and transforms the world. Properly ordained priests might help bread and wine to know what it is, but truly ordained priests help people to know who they are, as they 'help the brothers (and sisters).'

"Only those who have tried to breathe under water know how important breathing really is, and will never take it for granted again. They are the ones who do not take shipwreck or drowning lightly; they are the ones who can name 'healing' correctly, they are the ones who know what they have been saved from, and the only ones who develop the patience and humility to ask the right questions of God and of themselves.

"You see, only the survivors know the full terror of the passage, the arms that held them through it all, and the power of the obstacles that were overcome. All they can do is thank God they made it through! For all the rest of us it is mere speculation, salvation theories, and 'theology.' "

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