Chapter headings: Preface Introduction Part One: Surrender(Step One; Meditation Exercise: Vipassana; Step Two; Step Three) Part Two: Investigation and responsibility(Step Four; Meditation exercise: noting the hindrances; Step Five; Step Six; Step Seven; Step Eight; Step Nine) Part Three: Fulfillment(Step Ten; Step Eleven; Meditation exercise: cultivating the wholesome: mudita and karuna; Step Twelve; Back to Step…
Update from the Publisher: Shambhala has re-published a newer edition of this book, under the title “Ordinary Recovery: Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety”.You can find a link to it here. Chapter headings: Introduction: something’s happening here Breakdown, ordinary recovery and autumn prayers Coming home Off the cushion and out the door My liver, my…
Chapter headings: Dedication Preface Introduction The Way of Mindfulness and Recovery PART ONE: SURRENDER For the Newcomer Step One Step Two Step Three PART TWO: INVESTIGATION AND RESPONSIBILITY Step Four Step Five Step Six Step Seven Step Eight Step Nine PART THREE: FULFILLMENT Step Ten Step Eleven Step Twelve Appendix A: Buddhist Recovery Meetings Appendix…
Chapter headings: Preface Introduction PART I: DHARMA GOD The Higher Power of Karma The Higher Power of Mindfulness The Higher Power of Wisdom The Higher Power of Love The Higher Power of the Eightfold Path The Higher Power of Faith The Higher Power of Presence The Higher Power of Spiritual Awakening The Higher Power of…
Written preface on the website from Judith Ragir: “These lectures were recorded at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in an effort to bring together 12-Step recovery work, Buddhism and meditation. My mission, as stated often in the lectures or at the beginning of the meeting is: (1) To help people understand how to meditate, encourage daily…
Selected excerpts: (transcription of the conclusion to Step 7) “We are a conscious part of the Universe, or we are the Universe being conscious…aware…and that consciousness is at root pure, it’s not addictive, it’s not full of craving, and clinging and egoism. Those are all kind of ways that consciousness goes astray, but fundamentally that’s…