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The Gathering With Roger B.
by Roger B.
The Gathering’s talks are generally tied to one or more of the 12 Steps, but are always guided by spiritual concepts, principles and ideas common to most faiths. Topics are drawn from a variety of sources: the 12 steps, many of the well-known wisdom texts, science and other teachers that speak to a spiritual solution to life's challenges. About Roger B. Roger has been in recovery for over 47 years and has spent thousands of hours in service, sharing his experience, strength and hope. He has created curriculum for treatment centers, and lead workshops and retreats throughout the United States and Canada. Roger is a Certified Spiritual Director, and offers insight into spiritually-based living skills that are relevant to all people – whether in recovery or not. Roger is the first to admit that his long-term sobriety was brought about by the “trial-and-error method.” His experience reveals what has worked, and - perhaps more importantly - what has not worked, but taught him valu
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#120 WISDOM
Send us Fan Mail WISDOM IS A KNOWING THAT CANNOT QUITE BE ARTICULATED, THAT EXCEEDS THE CAPACITY OF LANGUAGE TO CONTAIN IT THAT ARRIVES NOT THROUGH ARGUMENT OR ACCUMULATION BUT THROUGH EXPERIENCE, THROUGH SUFFERING AND SURVIVING, THROUGH LOVING AND LOSING, THROUGH PAYING ATTENTION FOR LONG ENOUGH...
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#119 Slender Threads
Send us Fan Mail Ever look back and realize one tiny moment redirected your whole life? We talk “slender threads,” sobriety, and how guidance shows up in plain clothes. Listen now and tell us: what’s a small moment that changed you? Support the show 1st & 3rd Wed, 7pm CST ID 728-200-4166 PW…
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#118 It's My Attitude!
Send us Fan Mail Attitude = Angle of approach. My attitude is formed by my life experiences, starting with childhood. Our brains form opinions based on our experience - this becomes our life view - the way we see the world our attitudes are birthed from those early impressions. Until I change the...
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#117 NOW you want me to pray?!
Send us Fan Mail Yes now we pray. But how" to what? when? What is the purpose? There is no purpose until I have something that makes sense to me to pray to! The journey begins. We need to find what's in the way and how to proceed. Listen to this , perhaps it will help clear the way for you. The...
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#116 HARD TIMES
Send us Fan Mail Everyone goes through hard times, everyone has a story. We have all gone through loss, jobs, careers,relationships, death of a loved one, loss of a beloved pet, loss of a dream or dreams. Now listen to how the Gathering community have dealt with their own challenges. Support the...
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#115 Enough is Enough
Send us Fan Mail When is enough enough? Being mistreated, ignored, discounted, betrayed. Why is it when I tell you what I want or need there's no response? I have 3 options 1. change my attitude 2. change the situation 3. continue to suffer, Ths includes a great discussion with the Gathering...
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#114 INSPIRATION
Send us Fan Mail To inspire someone with the urge, confidence, or ability to do or feel something, particularly regarding creative effort or motivation. It evolves acting as a catalyst that sparks action, evokes emotion, or breathes new life and purpose into an idea. What or who has been your…
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#113 What do I do with the pain?
Send us Fan Mail As the Buddha is supposed to have said, "Pain is part of the deal" So pain is a pointer, it holds a lesson, when I learn the lesson the pain is transformed. What isnt transformed is transmitted! If I ignore or deny the pain I never learn the lesson. So lets see what The Gathering...
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#112 Celebrations
Send us Fan Mail Celebrations are of many kinds,birthdays, anniversaries ect. Here another way to look at it. Celebration is the acceptance of life in a constantly increasing awareness of its preciousness; And life is precious not only because it can be seen, touched and tasted, but also because…
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#111 Forgiveness
Send us Fan Mail Forgive , Forgiveness, Forgiven , Self Forgiveness. We are forgiven as we Forgive, what isn't transformed is transmitted. We suffer from our History & our Imagination. The past and the future. The past is dead and the future (fear) hasn't happened. We need to be free of the past…
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#110 2nd Chances
Send us Fan Mail As we look back over our successes and failures, one thing becomes abundantly clear. Grace & Mercy are real operative states. I didn't get what I deserved and I got more second chances than I ever imagined possible. There's a great group discussion here. You are welcome to join...
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#109 The Pattern of Transformation
Send us Fan Mail This is a companion piece to episode 108. The process of Order, Disorder & Reorder is the process of transformation. Old ideas have to be evacuated to make room for the new ideas, the growth is painful because of our clinging. Its a process of Admission (step 1) Submission )steps...
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#108 4 World Views
Send us Fan Mail This is taken from Richard Rohr's book " The Universal Christ" The 4 views are Material, Spiritual, Priestly and Incarnational. None of them are all good or all bad, but one is most useful. One is the most useful. Give it a listen and find out where you are on the path! This...
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#107 Stuck on the God Idea
Send us Fan Mail Nothing binds me, except my thoughts, and nothing limits me except my fear, and nothing controls me except my beliefs. What stands in the way is my belief system. I need to be open to new ideas/concepts. Instead of my arguments about the God idea and my unwillingness to give…
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#106 The Power of Story
Send us Fan Mail In 12 step recovery we talk about what I was like, what happened and what I am like now. Its not about abstinence (although that's the critical starting point) Its about a lifestyle that does not include resentment, fear and shame. Acquiring tools to deal with life on life's…
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#105 Amazing Grace
Send us Fan Mail Amazing Grace - the unmerited gift. Where there is Grace there is Mercy - a reprieve "I didn't get what I deserved." I cant see the how or why, but where I am left is an undeniable experience of transformation, humility and gratitude. Now what are you going to do with it?This…
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#104 Forgiveness, Expectations & Solutions
Send us Fan Mail Forgiveness is for the forgiver. It frees me from the weight of carrying a life time of harms, slights and injustices. I think the world is unfair and I have been mistreated. I may have, but what am I going to do about it? I can be a victim or I can rise above it and get free,...
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#103 Use Your Tools! What Tools?
Send us Fan Mail Mans World, (external referral) predicated on self reliance. Some of those tools are effort, focus, domination, win, be number one. The Spiritual tools involving introspection, embody your recovery or your faith. Belief in a Power greater than ourselves, prayer, mediation and...
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#102 I Need You! is that true?
Send us Fan Mail Needs are external. The beast uses our Basic instincts of Social and Security to trick us into to thinking we need, money, approval, status, nice things ect to be happy. So the question is where do I find my true self, my purpose, direction and value? This session includes a rich...
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#101 The Answer Is?
Send us Fan Mail We are searching for the answer. To happiness, purpose , direction, success , joy! But everywhere we have looked has yielded nothing in the large scale of things. Nothing lasting or substantial. Perhaps I /We have been looking in the wrong places. As with anything that's lost…
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#100 Acceptance & Suffering
Send us Fan Mail Acceptance is to believe "it is what it is" without labeling it good or bad. I suffer when I demand the person,place, thing, circumstance or condition should be determined by my "agenda or expectations" I am powerless and in my lack of understanding I suffer. I am doing this to…
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#99 The Walk
Send us Fan Mail If you are a Faith practitioner or in a 12 Step program, the challenge is the same. Are my walk and talk in sync? Do I live the Principles I claim as mine, are they in my actions. Does my declaration ( of who I am, what I'm about) match my actions. Our actions, what we do and how...
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#98 Loss and Change
Send us Fan Mail Life is celebration and loss. Everything that comes into our life has a expiration date. What do I do with loss , grief, celebration? Do i lame something or someone? When I push away the pain I also push away the answer. What is this trying to show or teach me? Support the show…
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#97 Where are you? Alignment
Send us Fan Mail If this conversation resonates, follow and share the show with someone who needs it, leave a quick review to help others find it, and consider supporting monthly to keep these talks free. What am I aligned to? Mans world, Gods world? What are the Principles that I base my…
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#96 Holding Steady Through The Holidays
Send us Fan Mail So we have the Holidays on the horizon. I did this a couple of years ago. If you are someone who has a lot of stress during this time of year. This may offer you some options. Its an open mic session, people sharing what and how they get through the challenges of the holidays. I...
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#95 The Beast Fear and Resentment
Send us Fan Mail We all have that voice inside us...the Inner Critic, the Narrator, the Boss, the Director...mine is the Beast. The voice that has been in control of me since I was a little boy. But it didn't tell me it was the Beast, it told me it was "The Answer" answer to my fear, frustration,...
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#94 The Doctors Opinion Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Part 2 If you are living with or have been effected by someones addiction. You are, and have been, effected. Why do they act the way they do? Don't they care? What about our marriage and the children? What is going on? This is what William D Silkworth, the treating physician for...
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#93 The Doctors Opinion Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Part 1 If you are living with or have been effected by someones addiction. You are, and have been, effected. Why do they act the way they do? Don't they care? What about our marriage and the children? What is going on? This is what William D Silkworth, the treating physician for...
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#92 Whats Wrong with Me?
Send us Fan Mail As a boy I came to the conclusion there was something wrong with me. No matter what I did or achieved it never felt like enough, it didnt complete me. So I became more convinced that I had to show you, i would prove I was someone. What was behind, or underneath it all, was shame...
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#91 Lay Down Your Burden
Send us Fan Mail We are at a place where the world, and our circumstances are crushing us. Arrived at this point there is nothing (in mans world) that is giving any relief or pleasure. When you give up or let go you need something to grab onto. Starts with admitting my way and my will are...
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#90 Fear Set in Motion
Send us Fan Mail What is the block to all progress? FEAR! The beast will use fear and shame to keep you in the past and Future, never here;now! I have a thought, the thought informs the action and the action generates the consequence. Its not a mystery Like Begets Like - You reap what you Sow…
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#89 A Design for Living Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Support the show 1st & 3rd Wed, 7pm CST ID 728-200-4166 PW 513915 More cd's, flashdrives and downloads are available at WWW.GSTL.ECWID.COM 501c3 non profit. We are a community in our 21st year. If you are inclined to help please click the link to help support our outreach. We are...
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#88 A Design for Living Part 2
Send us Fan Mail This part 2 of a series of 3 We are now in the phase of uncovering the Truth. What's in the way of me not being able to be the man or woman I want to be? This is a revelation and revolution, it is the examination of our interior, what ideas,concepts,beliefs and messages have we...
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#87 A Design for Living - Part 1
Send us Fan Mail This part 1 of a series of 3 Everyone has a design for living or plan if you will. So there is a fundamental question as I struggle with life and my circumstances, what is my response? Try harder, double down. Or consider my plan has failed me. How do I assess that and where do I...
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#86 I am the student, Life is the Teacher
Send us Fan Mail How do we learn? There are basically two disciplinarians Pain & Love. I need to learn to read the spiritual context of my life, to learn the lessons that are being presented. Includes group discussion!~ Support the show 1st & 3rd Wed, 7pm CST ID 728-200-4166 PW 513915 More cd's,...
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#85 The Power of Story
Send us Fan Mail We all have a story, story is how we identify - through the challenges, the successes. Our failures are our biggest, richest teachers. How did you do it? How did you get through it? How did you survive that? Where did it take you? There is a great group discussion with this as...
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#84 Let It Go!
Send us Fan Mail Every discipline says this in one way or another. Let Go Let God, Uncover, Discover, Discard, Turn it Over, Trust God, Clean House, Help Others. Wonderful, but how? This a discussion of the how, my experience and then the attendees sharing theirs, We hope you can find an answer -...
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#83 Why God and How?
Send us Fan Mail Weather in a Religion, 12 step recovery or A contemplative discipline. We all have the same challenge, establish a connection with what we profess to believe in! Set aside what we have been programmed to believe and launch out on a discovery process that will last a lifetime....
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#82 It's Me!
Send us Fan Mail So what is this inner critic? That voice that's not me but it's always running in the background. Judging , condemning, people, things, circumstances. Why do I get so irritated? Because that inner critic is always trying to decide who's better, what's right, who's right. It can't...
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#81 Judgment....yours and mine
Send us Fan Mail To judge or discern, whats the difference? Most of this is coming out of my conditioning, past experiences - my brain sorts the input information and I react instead of respond. Why do I do that? Where does that come from? This is why I blame and become a victim, the beasts does...
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#80 Fear,Fear,Fear
Send us Fan Mail The challenge is fear, how to recognize , how to turn away and how to transform it. We have an imaging faculty,we call it imagination. The dark side of that imagination is fear. When you realize fear is future tense, so by definition it hasn't happened.As long as fear keeps in…
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#79 This Question of Power
Send us Fan Mail Why can't I create the life I want, why so many failed relationships? Perhaps what I chose as the "engine of transformation" Higher Power was misguided or insufficient. There has always been that ache inside for completion, that sense something was missing, I looked in the wrong...
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#78 Out of the Darkness into the Light - People
Send us Fan Mail This is the 4th in a 4 part series. Out of the darkness into the light. To grow in spirit we MUST open our hearts for the light to come in. That light is the light that transforms and transcends mans world, the appearance of things. New eyes to see, new ears to hear. People - how...
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#77 Out of the Darkness into the Light -Time
Send us Fan Mail This is the third in a 4 part series. Out of the darkness into the light. To grow in spirit we MUST open our hearts for the light to come in. That light is the light that transforms and transcends mans world, the appearance of things. New eyes to see, new ears to hear. Time, what...
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#76 Out of the Darkness Into The Light - Nature
Send us Fan Mail This is the second in a 4 part series. Out of the darkness into the light. To grow in spirit we MUST open our hearts for the light to come in. That light is the light that transforms and transcends mans world, the appearance of things. New eyes to see, new ears to hear. Nature is...
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#75 Out of the Darkness into the Light
Send us Fan Mail This is the first in a 4 part series. Out of the darkness into the light. To grow in spirit we MUST open our hearts for the light to come in. That light is the light that transforms and transcends mans world, the appearance of things. New eyes to see, new ears to hear. This...
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#74 Relationship Failure!
Send us Fan Mail The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being. This what informs our twisted relations with family, friends, money sex, possessions and society in general. Listen to the Gathering community discuss what they...
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#73...Ah Yes, The Critics
Send us Fan Mail When I am criticized I often see it as an assault. My critic is sharing a point of view, not necessarily the Truth. What tools do I have at my disposal? P.A.U.S.E (practice awareness until Spirit emerges) or fro Cathy W.A.I.T ( why am I talking?) There is a great discussion here…
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#72 Twisted Relationships
Send us Fan Mail The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being. Whats your program for happiness, how's it working? This is a discussion on what, why and how do we learn and do better. Includes group discussion. Sponsored by...
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#71 Acceptance
Send us Fan Mail Acceptance - to believe as if a fact. My thinking, established way of "seeing" the world, people and events is what blocks my ability to accept. Types of thinking, Cognitive distortions - All or Nothing , Catastrophizing, Minimization, Generalization to name a few...the result we...
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The Gathering’s talks are generally tied to one or more of the 12 Steps, but are always guided by spiritual concepts, principles and ideas common to most faiths. Topics are drawn from a variety of sources: the 12 steps, many of the well-known wisdom texts, science and other teachers that speak to a spiritual solution to life's challenges. About Roger B. Roger has been in recovery for over 47 years and has spent thousands of hours in service, sharing his experience, strength and hope. He has created curriculum for treatment centers, and lead workshops and retreats throughout the United States and Canada. Roger is a Certified Spiritual Director, and offers insight into spiritually-based living skills that are relevant to all people – whether in recovery or not. Roger is the first to admit that his long-term sobriety was brought about by the “trial-and-error method.” His experience reveals what has worked, and - perhaps more importantly - what has not worked, but taught him valu
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