I have worked my AA Program to the best of my ability for a while. I have been guilty enough of believing that I have had a direct pipeline to God. Oh, I was saying the right things. Even doing most of the right things. Everything was going so well that I may have believed that I had the inside track to God. I really did have some of the inside track, as we all do.
But my ego soon jumped in with both feet saying that I was in control of all around me because of my inside track to God. Bill W. said in As Bill Sees It: “The minute I figure I have got a perfectly clear pipeline to God, I have become egotistical enough to get into real trouble. Nobody can cause more needless grief than a power-driver who thinks he has got it straight from God.”
God is not a human-shaped figure “up there” in heaven ruling the universe with an iron fist. We are individualized expressions of God and one with all that exists. We also have free will. Also, we are a part of God just as a bead of water is a part of the ocean. We are living this brief piece of eternity in the human condition just as are all of the rest of the humans in the world. Lions are living their brief piece of eternity in the form of the lion. Earthworms are living their brief piece of eternity in the form of a worm. A blade of grass and a tree are living their brief piece of eternity in the forms we see sprouting up from the earth.
We are all spiritual beings. Living in a spiritual universe. That is governed by spiritual law. So, if I pay attention to the various methods God uses to communicate with me, I am on the right track. Since God does not communicate verbally, these communications from God could be one or more of the following: instincts, feelings, vibes, or sudden recalls. When acting accordingly after one of these reminders, we are doing the next right thing. Peace be with you!
