Red Flag #1:
I got an email from Lisa from Gorgeous for God a couple of days ago, asking how I was doing on the lessons from “A Course In Miracles.”

I promptly deleted the email without responding.

Red Flag #2:
I haven’t talked to my AA sponsor in a week.

Red Flag #3:
I haven’t showered in a few days (man, I really didn’t want to post that one…)

Red Flag #4:
I’m starting to believe that I’ll be just fine sitting here in front of the computer. Go outside??? Associate with other human beings??? Who needs that???

And this line from the Big Book keeps echoing in my mind:

“For us, material well-being always followed spiritual progress; it never preceded.” (pg. 127, The Family Afterward)

I’ve brought my spiritual progress to a near standstill in favor of building material wealth.

One of the things that I asked my sponsor was “It’s OK to want my life to get better, isn’t it?”

And he quoted that line from the book right back at me.

My excuse for not engaging in any spiritual practices? I believe that everything is spiritual, even what we commonly call the material. There is no well defined line between the two. Everything proceeded from the one Source, so everything material is a part of the spiritual universe. This includes material things like money.

But the problem is that I’ve been focusing more on the results, what proceeds, rather than the source that created it. And the best way to keep my focus on that source is to participate in things which are commonly referred to as spiritual activities: meditation, prayer, meetings with others on the same path.

It’s so damn easy to lose my focus. It feels like once a week I’m blogging about how I need to get my focus back, get back on track, etc.

But that’s OK. I’ll just get it back today. It’s as easy as looking in the direction I want to go in.

And thank God for Gmail. I need to respond to Lisa’s email…

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