Space To Heal

Finally, the eleventh step is not driven by a deep desire to teach us how to sit still.

It is, in some deep and mysterious way, giving us a space where God can do deep work in us.

It is union with the divine. It helps us cultivate lovely things like love and compassion.

Thomas Keating said, “Intentionality is the star rising in the dark nights, it is the focus of contemplative prayer.”

A daily meditation and prayer practice is the process that reflects our intention to draw near to God and him to us. This may be the most profound gift that things like the 12-steps and quarantines and scary viruses give us - a capacity for love that is larger than our endless quench for self-satisfaction.