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The Ah-Man Spiritual Recovery Program guides seekers through the Twelve Steps alongside Eastern and Western spiritual traditions. What are the next steps?

The Little Blue Book of Recovery & Spiritual Foundation helps you build your relationship with God, Self, and others. There's usually a common thread that brings one to seek Spiritual Recovery. That thread is pain: physical, mental or emotional. On rare occasions, it can be a joyous or spectacular life event that brings one to Spiritual Recovery. But in most cases, it will be life's painful events

that bring us into alignment for Spiritual Recovery. Once the process of Spiritual Recovery is ignited, it will be by an event or experience that will have a profound and permanent effect on your life. There are many types of people attracted to this work, including those in Twelve-Step programs, because they have already begun to think and see things differently. Others are those who have a negative, poor, or no relationship with God. Something happened in their life that was painful and led them to stop believing in and communicating with God. They’ve now reached a point where looking for fulfillment outside of themselves is not satisfying, and so they begin to go within. Yet others were raised in a faith that was forced upon them or didn’t make any sense to them. Perhaps they were made to fear God. Many times, something surrounding their religion caused them pain and humiliation. As adults, they now know there’s more to life than what they’re experiencing and they begin searching for a religion or spiritual path that makes sense to them. They want something that encompasses love instead of fear, joy instead of pain, respect rather than disrespect. Whether one is beginning a new relationship with their Inner Self or has had a Spiritual Awakening/Divine Experience, the common thread is how one can deepen or enhance that experience? Whether you are a neophyte or a journeyman on your Spiritual Recovery, Michael Hoare’s vast experience will guide you in learning how to enrich your journey experience. For more information about Spiritual Recovery or Ah-Man, contact Michael via email at [email protected].

05/27/2026

Next up is Buddhism:

Buddhism / The Buddha
The Buddha’s teachings offer a path to liberation and enlightenment through The Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path.
By following these teachings, we avoid being trapped in the dualities of the world. We are encouraged to help where we can, while remembering these core truths:
• 1. Life means suffering.
• 2. The origin of suffering is attachment.
• 3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.
• 4. There is a path to the cessation of suffering.
In other words, suffering in the material world is inevitable, but we cause much of our own suffering through attachment to people, commitments, and personal agendas. Insight into what is real and what is not brings the possibility of ending suffering—a goal accessible through the Eightfold Path and wisdom from other sacred texts.
The Eightfold Path: right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.
Recognizing the limits of what we can control, doing our best, and letting go of the rest sets us on the right path. By treating others with respect and understanding that everyone is doing the best they can, we move beyond the entanglements of duality.

05/23/2026

Letting Go and Finding Inner Peace

While it is noble to serve others and protect our loved ones, a key lesson on the spiritual path is to let go of attachment to outcomes. We are called to act with compassion and integrity, then release control over the results. Harboring resentment or negativity toward those who differ from us only hardens the heart and blocks the Light from shining through.

05/20/2026

The Limitations of Worldly Freedoms

Worldly freedoms—such as the rights to move, believe, and express faith—are inherently unstable and can change at any moment. When these freedoms shift, they often lead to frustration, anger, or even rage, hardening the heart rather than bringing true peace. These emotional turbulences highlights that relying solely on external liberties cannot provide enduring contentment or genuine inner peace.
As long as we seek fulfillment in a world defined by duality, lasting peace and satisfaction will remain out of reach, both individually and collectively.

05/17/2026

Understanding Freedom on the Spiritual Path

Exploring the Meaning of Freedom

Freedom means different things to different people. On the spiritual journey, it's vital to reflect on why the kinds of freedom most people pursue today often fail to deliver lasting peace and fulfillment. Even those dedicated to world peace may not find deep contentment by focusing only on external forms of freedom.
This months newsletter invites you to consider a deeper, more enduring liberation.

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05/16/2026

The Third Path To True Freedom:

Jesus, The Christ / Christianity
The season of Lent and all that leads up to and including Holy Week, is the summit of Jesus of Nazareth’s teachings. See last month’s newsletter. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, reminding us, “Remember, thou art dust, and to dust thou shall return.” And “We are not our bodies or of the temporal world, but part of the Eternal Light.”
Jesus teaches us to turn away from sin—which means redirecting our focus away from the material world and its dualities—and to be faithful to the Gospel, which represents sacred scripture and not worldly influences…news, social media, etc.
True freedom, Jesus enlightens us, comes from within. He told us, His kingdom is not of this world, but within each of us. When He refused to liberate the people from Roman rule, many turned away, misunderstanding the nature of true liberation.
John the Baptist’s call to “Repent” was a call to look inward, to act from the world of Spirit, rather than the material one.
Turning inward means letting go of fear, greed, ego, and unchecked self-will. This journey, symbolized by Christ’s suffering on Good Friday, shows that our deepest fears have no power compared to the eternal reality of Spirit.
True Freedom is Unity Consciousness—seeing all beings as equal souls and transcending the pull of attraction and aversion.
At The Last Supper, Jesus’s words, “This is my body, this is my blood,” point to the unity of form and essence, teaching that all forms and all essence are one in Christ.
“When you see it all as Him, you stimulate the Him in all you see.” Jerry Thomas
This is how The Christ, Krishna, and The Buddha experienced the world—and how we can, too, when we earnestly follow their teachings, not just those that suit our preferences.
Be true to the Gospel and sacred scriptures.

05/10/2026

Let's explore three authentic teachings from sacred scriptures—Eastern and Western. These ancient sources illuminate the way to Unity and reveal how to attain genuine freedom, lasting peace, and true fulfillment.

First up is Hinduism:
Lord Krishna / Hinduism
In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna guides Arjuna—and all of humanity—through confusion and despair toward transformation. The journey begins on a battlefield but leads to inner liberation, breaking free from the ego and allowing the soul to experience true freedom.
Krishna teaches that rising above the modes of material nature—goodness, passion, and ignorance—is essential for freedom. A liberated mind is unaffected by the dualities of joy and sorrow, praise and insult, success and failure, thus enabling inner peace.
Krishna instructs Arjuna to abandon attachment to the fruits of action. Freedom arises from surrendering to Divine Will, not from stubborn willfulness. This surrender is not defeat, but a willingness to let go and trust a higher order.
This transcendence—known as True Freedom or Moksha—enables action without expectation, love without demands, and giving without pride. It is the release of the need to control outcomes.
Practicing this mindfulness leads to equanimity, contentment, inner peace, joy, and fulfillment.

04/06/2026

A Closing Reflection

From the image of the bridge and the passerby come the words of the great Muslim scholar Al-Ghazali, who attributes them to Yeshua (Jesus), peace be upon him:

The world is a bridge.
Pass over it,
But do not make your home there.

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