Word Analysis
"spirit" in the Big Book
19
occurrences in 19 passages
By Chapter
Ch. 1: Bill's Story3
Ch. 4: We Agnostics5
Ch. 5: How It Works1
Ch. 6: Into Action4
Ch. 7: Working with Others3
Ch. 8: To Wives1
Ch. 9: The Family Afterward1
Ch. 11: A Vision for You1
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Chapter 1: Bill's Story(3 passages)
Unmindful of his welfare, I thought only of recapturing the spirit of other days.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 9Read in PDF →
I simply had to believe in a Spirit of the Universe, who knew neither time nor limitation.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 10Read in PDF →
I could go for such conceptions as Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind or Spirit of Nature but I resisted the thought of a Czar of the Heavens, however loving His sway might be.
Chapter 1: Bill's Story · Page 12Read in PDF →
Chapter 4: We Agnostics(5 passages)
As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 46Read in PDF →
To us, the Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 46Read in PDF →
The spirit of modern scientific inquiry, research and invention was almost unknown.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 51Read in PDF →
We asked ourselves this: Are not some of us just as biased and unreasonable about the realm of the spirit as were the ancients about the realm of the material?
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 51Read in PDF →
When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God.
Chapter 4: We Agnostics · Page 52Read in PDF →
Chapter 5: How It Works(1 passage)
For when harboring such feelings we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit.
Chapter 5: How It Works · Page 66Read in PDF →
Chapter 6: Into Action(4 passages)
We feel we are on the Broad Highway, walking hand in hand with the Spirit of the Universe.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 75Read in PDF →
We go to him in a helpful and forgiving spirit, confessing our former ill feeling and expressing our regret.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 77Read in PDF →
We have entered the world of the Spirit.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 84Read in PDF →
If we have carefully followed directions, we have begun to sense the flow of His Spirit into us.
Chapter 6: Into Action · Page 85Read in PDF →
Chapter 7: Working with Others(3 passages)
This means a new attitude and spirit all around.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 99Read in PDF →
Every new alcoholic looks for this spirit among us and is immensely relieved when he finds we are not witchburners.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 103Read in PDF →
A spirit of intolerance might repel alcoholics whose lives could have been saved, had it not been for such stupidity.
Chapter 7: Working with Others · Page 103Read in PDF →
Chapter 8: To Wives(1 passage)
Just be careful not to disagree in a resentful or critical spirit.
Chapter 8: To Wives · Page 117Read in PDF →
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward(1 passage)
We do talk about each other a great deal, but we almost invariably temper such talk by a spirit of love and tolerance.
Chapter 9: The Family Afterward · Page 125Read in PDF →
Chapter 11: A Vision for You(1 passage)
We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.
Chapter 11: A Vision for You · Page 164Read in PDF →