Hi All,
Here is a link to the recordings from the meeting for week 6:
Before Breakout:
#^https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Vf4hIDAmD7OVIlmpSbO8GW4mte46fYuKkORs2mJCc_FEMnQ2nmm4YoT9ruKK7yzS.EBcFr7OjEB-xU?startTime=1639328491000 After Breakout:
#^https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Vf4hIDAmD7OVIlmpSbO8GW4mte46fYuKkORs2mJCc_FEMnQ2nmm4YoT9ruKK7yzS.EBcFr7OjEB-xU?startTime=1639333130000 The speaker view video, a gallery view video (just one page of the gallery is available), and audio recording are all available (you might have to download the files to watch other views than the speaker view).
Mark-Ups:
Here is a link to Chapter 3 Marked Up:
#^https://drive.google.com/file/d/18UEfJ85YtKgVR4MZBx-_3H-NGa7gvVGW/view?usp=sharing Here is a link to Chapter 4 with page 52 Marked Up:
#^https://drive.google.com/file/d/18eO2zDfMU-oIOnojbr0Vu6SdKqWBkpMS/view?usp=sharing Here is a link to Chapter 11 with Pages 151 and 152 Marked Up:
#^https://drive.google.com/file/d/18eRJOa_hJ8ktbdwdaJROMABn6gzd3NSP/view?usp=sharing Page 52 Questions:
Does trying on my own power allow this to work they way I want it to?
Can I see that even when they go the way I want I am still not okay?
Can I see that even in recovery I base the value of my life on my ability on my own power to make these things happen?
Can I see these areas are where I look for a third choice?
Prayer for This Week:
God, please enable me to set aside everything I think I know about We Agnostics and the Second Step for an open mind, and a new experience.
Reading for this week:
We Agnostics up until page 53, “What Was Our Choice to Be?”
Keep looking for statements that suggest questions and consider what they mean to me.
Highlight anything that points out your lack of reliance on God (or self-reliance).
On page 53 when you come to the question about God is Nothing, consider each of the items in the lists, and each of the bedevilments from page 52 and consider what if I let God become nothing about this.
Do I have experience with there being nothing but self-reliance in this area?
What does this look like and is it ever going to work?
Consider what if I make God everything in my life?
Consider the ideas from page 52 the bedevilments, and the items on the lists.
Do I have experience with moments where God was everything?
Envision what each of these areas would look like if I was participating in them while the connection to the Spirit of the Universe was the most important thing to me.
Assignments:
Make 2 appointments with someone from the workshop. Hopefully someone you have met in the workshop, and someone you don't know yet. This interaction is a major part of the work we do in this workshop. Discuss the experiences you are having.
Joey's Highlights:
More details in the follow up E-mail this week, but Joey said we are good to go up to recording 13 with where we are now.
Here are the links to related recordings (11,12 and 13) from 2020 in case you want to spend some time with them:
#^https://redmatrix.us/channel/stones/&mid=b64.aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWRtYXRyaXgudXMvaXRlbS80YjM2MmVkMS04NGE2LTQzNTAtODk4NC0yZDEzZDQxYTRjZWU Notes:
If you would like to set up a calendar link so people can make appointments with you, people are using Calendly and Calendar Hero (or use whatever service you like). If you send me a link to make appointments with you I will add it to the list.
Here is a link to a list of appointment calendars for people who are available to discuss the work:
#^https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17p9a6rcEOVnhD5n6vFvCMXUFAde8XGO3WBuLLSrsKqQ/edit?usp=sharing PDF Files Open to Be Marked Up:
Open PDF file of Chapter 4 (We Agnostics)
#^https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ow821MYghdc7ALmww6xpSg7iqXxDuzRU/view?usp=sharing Open PDF file of Chapter 11 (A Vision for You)
#^https://drive.google.com/file/d/152wNHhUsSrF50e9-i6nTvur5DI4bjUyI/view?usp=sharing Page 52 Questions from BBA (requested):
Consider these questions for each of the items in the paragraph (in meditation if you have that available)
1. Can I on my own power manage to control this?
2. If nothing changes and I stay in this problem, could I drink over this?
3. If this was just the way I wanted it to be, could I still drink?
4. Therefore can I see that these problems manifest from inside of myself rather than from outside?
5. Can I see that these are the manifestations of my unmanageability, untreated alcoholism, and my spiritual malady?
Reminder:
Everything about this workshop including the previous recordings from 2020 (scroll to the bottom) are posted at:
#^https://redmatrix.us/channel/stones The Monday Wednesday and Friday meetings are at 5pm Pacific Time at the same link as the workshop:
#^https://us04web.zoom.us/j/550885842 If you know people who are interested, please feel free to invite them to join us and catch up if you like. The link to sign up for the mailing list if you are not on it already is here:
#^https://bit.ly/3bwWLuZ Looking forward to seeing you all again next Sunday!