re: the co-founder of AA: William G. Wilson. Found LSD and niacin to be of value; claimed a discarnate Spirit named Boniface helped him craft the 12 Steps program. ... >From Wiki: "For Wilson, spiritualism was a life-long interest. One of his letters to adviser Father Dowling suggests that while Wilson was working on his book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, he felt that spirits were helping him, in particular a 15th century monk named Boniface.[34] Despite his conviction that he had evidence for the reality of the spirit world, Wilson chose not to share this with AA. However his practices still created controversy within the AA membership. Wilson and his wife continued with their unusual practices in spite of the misgivings of many AA members. In their house they had a "spook room" where they would invite guests to participate in seances using a Ouija board.[35][36]"
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > I agree, terrible idea. I tried it - didn't work. > > > HeHe :-) > > It's interesting to note that somewhere in the 12 steps, meditation is very > much empathized but somewhere along the passing of time this thingy of > helping others have gained more weight in the AA programme and it seems it is > now their full focus. This is not a critisism of AA, just an observation. > > > > > > > > > On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:58 PM, russell sedman wrote: > > > > > > > To be told that meditation alone can solve personal problems is, in my > > > > experience, not a workable solution. > > > > > > >
