I love the 'living the questions' poem by Rainer Maria Rilke; it aligns with this open ended process of curiosity and there never being an end point until we die. Reading articles similar to this on Substack (Dr Vera Hart) has very much helped me to feel witnessed. Thank you for this piece.
“Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” — Rilke ❤️
I think one of the reasons Next Level Human speaks to me so much is because it honors, parallels, and expands the work I've done in Alanon. 12 Step recovery is so much more than just steps. It's the Steps, Traditions, and Concepts. It's a home group that becomes your family. It's having a sponsor and being a sponsor. It's service work. It's carry all of it in who you are and the work you do in the world. It's having a framework for dealing with all the messiness of life. Progress not pefection. Alanon taught me what love anf family are. Next Level Human is teaching me how to be love.
Commenting before I finish reading this because I want to agree with you here:
“I think the steps are almost secondary. I think the thing that heals people is the group. The showing up. The telling. The being heard. The witnessing others and being witnessed in return.”
In my limited experience with this two decades ago, this was exactly my takeaway. It’s the community that heals. Remembering we’re not alone. I know there are a lot of people who feel differently, but I’m very much with you on this.
I love the 'living the questions' poem by Rainer Maria Rilke; it aligns with this open ended process of curiosity and there never being an end point until we die. Reading articles similar to this on Substack (Dr Vera Hart) has very much helped me to feel witnessed. Thank you for this piece.
Karen ✨️
“Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” — Rilke ❤️
I think one of the reasons Next Level Human speaks to me so much is because it honors, parallels, and expands the work I've done in Alanon. 12 Step recovery is so much more than just steps. It's the Steps, Traditions, and Concepts. It's a home group that becomes your family. It's having a sponsor and being a sponsor. It's service work. It's carry all of it in who you are and the work you do in the world. It's having a framework for dealing with all the messiness of life. Progress not pefection. Alanon taught me what love anf family are. Next Level Human is teaching me how to be love.
I was hoping you would comment given your experience here.
I see this happening every time there is a story circle. It is so rewarding and amazing to see other’s transformations and our own through this work.
Super cool right? ☺️
Commenting before I finish reading this because I want to agree with you here:
“I think the steps are almost secondary. I think the thing that heals people is the group. The showing up. The telling. The being heard. The witnessing others and being witnessed in return.”
In my limited experience with this two decades ago, this was exactly my takeaway. It’s the community that heals. Remembering we’re not alone. I know there are a lot of people who feel differently, but I’m very much with you on this.