Spiritual Experience
This is one of the two terms repeatedly used in the Big Book to describe spiritual change.
spiritual experience
Most spiritual experiences develop this way rather than all at once.
slowly / over a period of time
Members discover what the Appendix calls an unsuspected inner ___.
resource
The first of the three essentials named in the Appendix.
Willingness
One attitude the Appendix says can defeat recovery.
intolerance?
The other term used alongside “spiritual experience”
spiritual awakening
This psychologist called gradual spiritual experiences the “educational variety.”
William James
Members identify this inner resource with a Power ___ than themselves.
greater
The second essential.
honesty
The other attitude mentioned alongside intolerance.
belligerent denial
According to the Appendix, the personality change described here is sufficient to bring about this.
recovery from alcoholism
These people may notice a newcomer’s change before the newcomer notices it himself.
friends
Members identify that Power according to their own ___.
conception
The third essential.
open-mindedness
The Appendix says a person need not have difficulty with this aspect of the program.
spirituality
Early readers mistakenly believed spiritual change had to take the form of sudden and ___ upheavals.
spectacular
The newcomer eventually realizes he has undergone a profound ___ in his reaction to life.
alteration
More religious members use this term for awareness of a greater Power.
God-consciousness
The Appendix says these three qualities are not merely helpful; they are this.
indispensable
The closing quotation says this is a “bar against all information.”
contempt prior to investigation
ccording to the Appendix, awareness of a Power greater than ourselves is the ___ of spiritual experience.
essense
What can happen in a few months may seldom have been accomplished by years of this.
self-discipline
The Appendix says recovery does not require an immediate and overwhelming version of this.
God-consciousness
An alcoholic capable of doing this with his problems can recover, provided he keeps his mind open to spiritual concepts.
honestly facing his problems
According to that quotation, contempt prior to investigation keeps a person in this condition.
everlasting ignorance