Steps to the Spirit Chuck Lutz

So, my friends, even though I have heard about the Oxford group in the past, I am learning so much more as I revisit it. A couple of years ago I created a chart that compares the different ideas of the Oxford group to the 12 step program. I was amazed then, and I am still amazed, that every single group of ideas from the Oxford group relate directly to the 12 step program.Of course, we know of the influence love Ebby Thatcher on Bill Wilson. Debbie was a good friend of Bill’s and I would go a...

I have been thinking about all of the information that I have been talking about in these podcasts. Of course, it is all about the 12 steps. However, lately I have been feeling like I haven’t given enough background on what the 12 steps are all about and how they got started. So I am going to use the next (few) episodes to talk about but I feel are the real origins of the 12 step program.Most of you who have been with me for a while are aware that I use the first edition of what is commonly r...

So, I feel that sometimes, okay, most of the time, I am sharing with you the wonderful connection I developed with my Spirit as a result of this 12 step program. I don’t think I am sharing the human part of me and all its foibles as much as I could. I really hope that I do not sound like I am pontificating. That is certainly not my intent. It would be so easy to suggest that you do what I say and not do what I do.I have been thinking that it may be helpful for me to include you in some of my ...

Now that we are done with the promises, there are a few things I have thought about in the past couple of weeks. They have to do with what happens to us in my day-to-day experiences.Everything I speak about in these podcasts has to do with my 12-step program. These steps are the guidance for my humanity. They are not my spiritual program. The spiritual me is the me that listens for the inspiration of my Spirit and God. The 12 step program, however, is that way of life that puts me in a positi...

They will always materialize if I work for them.Once again, I humbly believe that these promises are, or may be directed to two different groups of people. If you recall the X and Y groups from the previous podcast, there are two groups who may, although approaching the 12 step program differently, get similar results. I believe that, while some of these promises will come true, even for those who are approaching the 12-step program from a purely psychological point of view. I do not, however...

Are these extravagant promises? I think not. They are being fulfilled in me – sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if I work for them.So, for this question at the end of the promises, I really have to say that there is an X and Y group that I would be addressing at the same time.The X group are those that are doing or have done this beautiful, God-given, 12-step program based on God and the promise of the new, spiritual way of life. Of course you know who you are....