http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/ Big_Book_Seminars Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:02:44 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/429 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/429 Welcome back everyone! Let's read through starting from the bottom of page 76 and on to the top of page 77. Here is where we find out what our purpose is: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:58:56 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/428 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/428 Good Morning Everyone! Page 76 - Let's look at the first paragraph - believe it or not there is a prayer for the 6th Step too: "Can He now take them all - Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:21:08 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/427 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/427 Good morning everyone! We are on Page 75. Paragraph 2 includes the 5th Step promises: "Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing, we are delighted. We Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:40:01 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/426 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/426 Good Morning, everyone! We are at page 72 - Chapter 6 "Into Action" - and we're about to embark on our discussion of the 5th Step! "Having made our personal Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:45:18 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/425 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/425 Good morning! We are filling out the third column of the first of four parts of our 4th Step inventory. The four parts are: 1. Resentments 2. Fears 3. Sexual Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:25:50 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/424 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/424 Good Morning everyone! We're at Paragraph 3 on page 64 - "Resentment is the number one offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else." Again we see Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:46:47 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/423 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/423 Good morning, everyone! We are at the bottom of page 63, last paragraph: "Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:02:31 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/422 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/422 'Morning everyone : ) We are on page 62, Paragraph 3. Here we find out the position that God will occupy in our lives: "This is the how and the why of it. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:55:23 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/421 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/421 Good Morning, everyone! Paragraph 2 on page 60 - original text in (parenthesis) and my editorial notes in [brackets]: "Our description of the alcoholic, [found Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:27:52 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/420 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/420 Good Morning! Beginning on Page 59, paragraph 1, we'll continue to examine the text as originally written to see the changes made before the first edition of Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:27:40 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/419 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/419 Good morning! We can gain some insight into the writing of the book through an examination of the original text (pre-publication "Multilith") in conjunction Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:57:11 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/418 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/418 Good Morning Everyone! Appendix II - "The Spiritual Experience" is found on page 567. "The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:19:31 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/417 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/417 Good morning! ***Here's a good exercise for Chapter 4. Read through and count how many times the word "prejudice" in it's various forms appears. Also count Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:39:43 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/416 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/416 Good Morning and welcome back! Today we are at Chapter 4 - We Agnostics, Page 44. We should start by defining some terms. "Agnostic" is comprised of two parts: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:04:51 GMT Jim K http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/415 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Book_Seminars/message/415 Good Morning all! Paragraph 2 - Page 35: "Jim the car salesman" is example number 2 of alcoholic insanity. Reading through paragraph 3 on this page: "We told