“Conscious Contact”
Eleventh Step Guidance Meeting Format
Hello my name is ________ and I would like to welcome you to our Eleventh Step Guidance Meeting. This is a meeting for “anyone or everyone interested in a spiritual way of life”.
Let’s open this meeting with a moment of silence followed by the serenity prayer.
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Are there any announcements? Are there any visitors from other meeting or outside the area? Are there any newcomers that would like to announce themselves in order for us to get to know you better?
Welcome to everyone!
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During this meeting, we conduct a five minute “quiet time” in order to make “conscious contact” and receive “guidance”. Guidance can take the form of images, thoughts, feelings, or inspiration.
We write a brief note about what we see, hear, feel or realize during these five minutes of “prayer and mediation” or “two-way prayer”.
We share the guidance we believe passes the “test” of Forgiveness, Faith, Unselfishness and Honesty, and that we feel comfortable sharing with other members of the group.
As we hear others read their guidance, we jot down anything that is especially meaningful to us. When we receive guidance through another person or persons, we call this “three-way prayer”.
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I have asked ________ to read the third paragraph on page 86 of the “Big Book.”
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I have asked ________ to read today’s daily meditation.
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We will now sit in silence for five minutes in order to listen to and record our guidance.
(Five minutes of silence)
If anyone needs more time, please raise your hand.
We will now go around the room. This is called “two-way prayer”. If you haven’t written anything down, please pass.
(Share “two-way prayer”)
*Did anyone hear something during the sharing session that they feel was directed toward them in addition to the person who shared it? If so, please tell the group what you heard. This is called “three-way prayer” – the “Spirit of the Universe” speaking to us through others. If this has happened to you, please raise your hand.
(share “three-way prayer”)
I would like to thank each of you for participating, either by sharing or by listening. I will not read the first and second paragraphs on page 87 of the “Big Book”.
We will close the meeting with the 3rd and the 7th step prayers
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