Big Book Page 568
Appendix II – Spiritual Experience
"Most of us think this awareness of a Power greater than ourselves is the essence of spiritual experience. Our more religious members call it "God-consciousness.""— Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page 568. A short quotation, for identification and study. Read the whole page in your own copy →
What's on page 568
Page 568 sits in Appendix II – Spiritual Experience. Read the surrounding pages in your own copy to get the run of the argument.
What's notable here: this page falls inside Spiritual Experience (Appendix II) (pages 567–568 in the 4th Edition).
Reading the page itself, the language here turns on honesty, willingness, the spiritual experience, a higher power. That's taken from the page's own words — not from anybody's summary of them.
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Quick answers
What part of the Big Book is page 568 in?
Page 568 is in Appendix II – Spiritual Experience of Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.
What is on page 568 of the Big Book?
Page 568 sits in Appendix II – Spiritual Experience. It falls inside Spiritual Experience (Appendix II) — pages 567–568 in the 4th Edition. Reading the page itself, its language turns on honesty, willingness, the spiritual experience, a higher power. Recovery Starts does not reproduce the Big Book — the book belongs to A.A. — so to read the page in full, get your own copy.
Where is the Spiritual Experience appendix in the Big Book?
Appendix II, “Spiritual Experience,” is on pages 567–568 of Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition. It is the appendix that clarifies that a spiritual awakening is usually of the “educational variety” — gradual rather than sudden.
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