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Higher Power is a term coined in Alcoholics Anonymous, and used in other twelve-step programs, also sometimes referred to as a power greater than ourselves. Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA) is an informal meeting society for recovering and recovered alcoholics, with the stated purpose to help its members "to stay sober and A twelve-step program is a set of guiding principles for recovery from Addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems It is suggested that members in such programs identify a power greater than themselves for spiritual strength, courage, confidence, and support. Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective given the A Higher Power can be anything or anyone, dead or alive, that the member feels is adequate – the sky, the Sun, the ocean, Nature, consciousness, existential freedom, their twelve-step group, God, science, Buddha Nature, gravity – it simply should be something "greater" than themselves, which is loving and caring. The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. An ocean (from Greek, ''Okeanos'' (Oceanus) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the Hydrosphere. Nature, in the broadest sense is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. Consciousness has been defined loosely as a constellation of attributes of Mind such as Subjectivity, Self-awareness, Sentience, and the Existentialism is a philosophical doctrine which posits that individuals create the meaning and essence of their lives and that this essence follows from their existence God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Luminous mind in the Nikayas There is a clear reference in the Anguttara Nikaya to a " Luminous mind " present within all people be they corrupt or pure whether Gravitation is a natural Phenomenon by which objects with Mass attract one another ^[1]

These phrases are used in Alcoholics Anonymous, the "Big Book", used in Alcoholics Anonymous groups, in the following ways.

• Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. ^[2]
• The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. ^[3]
• Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!^[4]

See also

• Addiction recovery groups
• List of twelve-step groups
• Self-help groups for mental health
• Twelve-step program

References

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