Hi all,
I really want to turn my life to my higher power rather than my limited will trying to control everything. I say a prayer requesting this if you like but am wondering how else I can put things in the power of my hp.
Any advice?
Lacey - I'm just now learning to simply Let Go. Ask for what you want, say a prayer, then leave it alone. It's an issue of trust as well as faith - trust that there is a reason and a big picture. Believe me, I know how hard this is. Let's hear from some of the pros on this one.
~MomNMore
~MomNMore
Gidday Lacey
Imagine whatever you are wanting to give to your higher power to handle sitting in the palms of your outstretched hands and then the problem is lifted away by your higher power, keep doing this as you grab your problem back at times and also pray and the answers or signs that you are on the right track can come in many different forms, a song on the radio, a chance meeting, someones sharing, things may not happen straight away but they will and i know for me i had to believe as well as giving it away.
Other ways i have seen people give things away to there higher powers is to write down stuff and then burn the paper it is written on.
They say to pray everyday for what ever you want to hand over for at least 2 weeks
I just posted then seen MomNMore had posted an answer that is beautiful
light and love Zac
Imagine whatever you are wanting to give to your higher power to handle sitting in the palms of your outstretched hands and then the problem is lifted away by your higher power, keep doing this as you grab your problem back at times and also pray and the answers or signs that you are on the right track can come in many different forms, a song on the radio, a chance meeting, someones sharing, things may not happen straight away but they will and i know for me i had to believe as well as giving it away.
Other ways i have seen people give things away to there higher powers is to write down stuff and then burn the paper it is written on.
They say to pray everyday for what ever you want to hand over for at least 2 weeks
I just posted then seen MomNMore had posted an answer that is beautiful
light and love Zac
Thanks guys!
I have tried offering the situation up from my outstretched hands for my higher power to take on, and that feels really good, I like that and will continue to use it, you can tell it works.
It is important for me to get closer to my higher power, especially hearing how it nourishes and helps the good folk on here, and knowing how the whole self will thing doesn't work, well, it is a big part of recovery isn't it connecting with a spiritual source.
Have a good day everyone. I'm off to work now!
I have tried offering the situation up from my outstretched hands for my higher power to take on, and that feels really good, I like that and will continue to use it, you can tell it works.
It is important for me to get closer to my higher power, especially hearing how it nourishes and helps the good folk on here, and knowing how the whole self will thing doesn't work, well, it is a big part of recovery isn't it connecting with a spiritual source.
Have a good day everyone. I'm off to work now!
Hi, Lacey.
Obviously we're no authority on YOUR HP, but if you need to you can borrow mine... :)
Have you given thought to the simplicity of merely WANTING to understand your HP as a first step? I certainly can't speak for your experiences, but I can tell you that it wasn't until I gave up my expectations of what I anticipated the answers to be that I started actually listening. The peace and serenity that have surrounded me in the past months is nothing short of a miracle based on my earlier attempts to make my world better.
Most folks I know that work the program say, "Let Go and Let God and DON'T snatch it back!" "Stop, drop, and PRAY," works, too. :)
There's a thread in this forum (on the next page of threads I think) that's titled, "Letter From My Higher Power." *I* got a whole lot of inspiration from it and carry it in my truck to read from time to time while I'm waiting or something. I also pick at least one character flaw and pray about it and His/Her/Its will for me--right now I'm working at the "Prick in the truck while driving" flaw. :)
Hope this helps.
Obviously we're no authority on YOUR HP, but if you need to you can borrow mine... :)
Have you given thought to the simplicity of merely WANTING to understand your HP as a first step? I certainly can't speak for your experiences, but I can tell you that it wasn't until I gave up my expectations of what I anticipated the answers to be that I started actually listening. The peace and serenity that have surrounded me in the past months is nothing short of a miracle based on my earlier attempts to make my world better.
Most folks I know that work the program say, "Let Go and Let God and DON'T snatch it back!" "Stop, drop, and PRAY," works, too. :)
There's a thread in this forum (on the next page of threads I think) that's titled, "Letter From My Higher Power." *I* got a whole lot of inspiration from it and carry it in my truck to read from time to time while I'm waiting or something. I also pick at least one character flaw and pray about it and His/Her/Its will for me--right now I'm working at the "Prick in the truck while driving" flaw. :)
Hope this helps.
Another thing: This works for ME--it's not a go/no go thing.
When I first came in to the program I'd been "controlling" my dryness for months, and off and on for years and YEARS. After I admitted to myself that I was going to die and ruin everything around me before I went, I came to my first meeting only after being pushed into doing so.
I do not have a sponsor, in the literal sense, but I use you all as my sponsor as well as those in my home group. I figure that if this is going to work for ME, I've got to be completely honest to everyone around me. My group is my sponsor. The next thing I had to do was develop a very easy process whereby I could determine what was mine and what was not. It was only then that I could simply "Let Go and Let God," because I knew that if I tried to control someone else's responses, someone elses driving, someone else's problems, then I'd be right back into the ditch--this time cynical about the success of AA.
So I did. An don't you know, there's a PRAYER just for that! "God, grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I can not change, the COURAGE to change the things I can, and the WISDOM to know the difference." And those things I can't change, I either pray to my HP to give me patience, or give it all to Him/Her/It and move on.
Works for me. Your results may vary, but the concepts are proven to work since 1939--and the beginning of faith as *I* know it.
S
When I first came in to the program I'd been "controlling" my dryness for months, and off and on for years and YEARS. After I admitted to myself that I was going to die and ruin everything around me before I went, I came to my first meeting only after being pushed into doing so.
I do not have a sponsor, in the literal sense, but I use you all as my sponsor as well as those in my home group. I figure that if this is going to work for ME, I've got to be completely honest to everyone around me. My group is my sponsor. The next thing I had to do was develop a very easy process whereby I could determine what was mine and what was not. It was only then that I could simply "Let Go and Let God," because I knew that if I tried to control someone else's responses, someone elses driving, someone else's problems, then I'd be right back into the ditch--this time cynical about the success of AA.
So I did. An don't you know, there's a PRAYER just for that! "God, grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I can not change, the COURAGE to change the things I can, and the WISDOM to know the difference." And those things I can't change, I either pray to my HP to give me patience, or give it all to Him/Her/It and move on.
Works for me. Your results may vary, but the concepts are proven to work since 1939--and the beginning of faith as *I* know it.
S
Hi Lacey...
Growing up and when I was in active addiction, I always believed in God but it wasn't until I got in recovery and joined the fellowship did I start to make a conscious contact with my HP, whom I call God....I always thought that I had screwed up to many things/done to many wrongs/wasn't worthy enough to have God love me like others talked about....I started attending meetings and started to trust people who I was getting to know and I watched as things happened for them and then, by trusting them, listening to suggestions and by starting to pray, things started materializing for me......The Promises started happening and I was in total awe....it took a little bit but today I have faith...I can look back over my life and see where my HP has been working in it all along, even when I was pushing him away....Today I understand when I feel distance between me & God that it's me not doing the work I need to and he's there, I just have to let God in....Keep praying and asking and I like what was said about willingness...for me, all it took was a little bit of willingness. In the 2nd step it states "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity"...I like where it says "came" and I didn't have to come with it but rather it came to me....and I know my will just kept me sick and by praying and asking for help doing the next right thing, sanity has been restored in my life...
Thanks for sharing...awesome topic...
Have a great weekend...
xoxo
Stacey
Growing up and when I was in active addiction, I always believed in God but it wasn't until I got in recovery and joined the fellowship did I start to make a conscious contact with my HP, whom I call God....I always thought that I had screwed up to many things/done to many wrongs/wasn't worthy enough to have God love me like others talked about....I started attending meetings and started to trust people who I was getting to know and I watched as things happened for them and then, by trusting them, listening to suggestions and by starting to pray, things started materializing for me......The Promises started happening and I was in total awe....it took a little bit but today I have faith...I can look back over my life and see where my HP has been working in it all along, even when I was pushing him away....Today I understand when I feel distance between me & God that it's me not doing the work I need to and he's there, I just have to let God in....Keep praying and asking and I like what was said about willingness...for me, all it took was a little bit of willingness. In the 2nd step it states "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity"...I like where it says "came" and I didn't have to come with it but rather it came to me....and I know my will just kept me sick and by praying and asking for help doing the next right thing, sanity has been restored in my life...
Thanks for sharing...awesome topic...
Have a great weekend...
xoxo
Stacey
Many thanks for the great information posted here. I am really ready to do this now - I guess it must mean I am taking a step out of the self centredness behaviour into the bigger picture - and that is really great!
I looked up your previous post skg - thanks for that. I remember you posting it actually. It didn't mean anything like it does now, I wasn't ready, simple as!
I have saved that, and the promises to look at frequently for guidance.
And Stacey, I thought you had been sober for years because everything you say is so full of knowledge and cool wisdom! I was really surprised when you posted your one year triumph!!
So, I am letting my higher power in, and it does feel good. It is freeing to release things and hand them over, therefore not allowing my mind to become consumed (obsessive) about them, which is actually stressful.
I looked up your previous post skg - thanks for that. I remember you posting it actually. It didn't mean anything like it does now, I wasn't ready, simple as!
I have saved that, and the promises to look at frequently for guidance.
And Stacey, I thought you had been sober for years because everything you say is so full of knowledge and cool wisdom! I was really surprised when you posted your one year triumph!!
So, I am letting my higher power in, and it does feel good. It is freeing to release things and hand them over, therefore not allowing my mind to become consumed (obsessive) about them, which is actually stressful.
