In this episode, I am going to talk about the idea of improving our contact with God. As I said last episode my ability to contact God through my Spirit has certainly improved over the years. It is, however, nothing like what I expected or would like it to be. As it says in the literature, we strive for perfection. I cannot remember it saying anywhere that we have become perfect. As a matter of fact, I would hope I remember that as soon as I felt like I were doing things perfectly I will stop and try to figure out what is wrong! I have found that spiritual inspiration that I receive is always perfect. To transfer that inspiration into a human action, is another thing altogether. I have, hopefully, accepted the fact that my humanity will never be perfect. It may be true that some folks really do manage something like a perfect union with God, or nirvana, or something like that when they are still alive, but I certainly can’t imagine it happening to me. However, I, will certainly keep striving for that perfection.

This is how I approach this 11th step every single day. I try to listen and detect exactly what it is my Spirit is trying to direct me to do. Sometimes, for fleeting moments, I get it. Then, for some unknown reason, it becomes watered down. My humanity has taken that perfect thing, that perfect inspiration that I received from my Spirit, and made it into something I felt I could more easily live with. I’m not sure what it is what happens between the time I listen to my spirit and I try to put that inspiration into action, but something happens that it’s not nearly as pure as it started. This is why am constantly trying to improve my attempt to contact with God. I think I really am getting better at it!