Table
Of Contents
On
the spiritual path
From
the editor
Through
prayer and meditation
Recovery
without God
Terima
kasih banyak banyak Bahasa Melayu for “Thank you very, very
much”
Am
I a human being having a spiritual experience or a
spiritual
being having a
human
experience?
Seeking
understanding
Finding
the spirit in spirituality
Creative
action
A
brief history of
“God”
in Narcotics Anonymous
Toward
a more spiritual service
Editorial
reply
It’s
a matter of life and death Serious about service
Our
readers write
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This issue of the NA Way
has been the most enjoyable of all the issues I’ve had the privilege of
putting together. When the theme of “Spirituality” was originally
suggested, I knew it would result in some refreshing and inspiring material,
but just how wonderful it would be I had no way of knowing. As the
material began to come in, I found myself reading it with awe. It
was thought-provoking, deep, and extraordinarily authentic. It represented
NA’s diversity beyond anything for which I had dared to hope.
Now my only concern is that
we may have raised the bar a bit too high with this issue. Can anything
we do in the future compare?
I believe it can. Something
that really contributed to our success in getting such good material for
this issue was the editorial board’s careful and detailed planning.
This gave us the lead time needed to draw material from more NA communities
and to seek out writers who had experience with the topic of spirituality.
The editorial board has created
a new process for developing the magazine and has chosen themes for the
next year’s worth of magazines. In this issue you will find an enclosure
that lists the themes and deadlines for the next four issues and gives
some ideas for developing articles. We realize the 2 July deadline for
the October issue is going to be a little tight when you receive this magazine
at the end of June; nevertheless, we’re hoping that some of you will be
able to write articles for the October NA Way.
Please don’t be discouraged
from submitting an article just because it doesn’t seem to fit in with
the upcoming themes. There’s always room for all kinds of sharing
and opinions. We need every bit of it in order to put together the
best possible magazine for you.
As always, we appreciate
receiving your ideas, suggestions, comments, and criticism. Even
though we can’t publish it all, we read every bit of it and act on as many
of your ideas as we can. The editorial board asked me to make it
very clear that the magazine’s goal is continuous improvement and that
your input is not only welcome, it is desperately needed. So let
us hear from you—we’re looking forward to it.
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