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Terms such as 'Great fact' or 'Great Reality' and the like are often used to mean an element of the spiritual awakening, or something we come to believe in after that happens to us. |
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Big Book:
“The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God’s universe. The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous.”
“He [God] was as much a fact as we were. We found the Great Reality deep down within us.”
“They knew they had known these strangers always. They had seen miracles, and one was to come to them. They had visioned the Great Reality – their loving and All Powerful Creator.”
“Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit what you haven’t got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great things will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us.”
Related:
“The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action.”
“When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.”
“We have come to believe that He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be firmly planted on earth. That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done. These are realities for us.”
12 & 12:
“Until he so humbles himself, his sobriety – if any – will be precarious. Of real happiness he will find one at all. Proved beyond doubt by an immense experience, this is one of the facts of A.A. life.”
“Of course, the often disputed question of whether God can – and will, under certain conditions – remove defects of character will be answered with a prompt affirmative by almost any A.A. member. To him, this proposition will be no theory at all; it will be just about the largest fact in his life.”
“Now, what about the rest of the Twelfth Step? The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps in to action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reality, of Alcoholics Anonymous.”
“We know this because we see monotony, pain and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying A.A.’s Twelve Steps. And if these are facts of life for the many alcoholics who have recovered in A.A, they can become the facts of life for many more.”
Page 25, There is a solution
Page 55, We Agnostics
Page 161, A Vision For You
Page 164, A Vision For You
Page 17, There is a Solution
Page 51, We Agnostics
Page 130, The Family Afterward
Page 21, Step One
Page 63, Step Six
Page 109, Step Twelve
Page 112, Step Twelve