“We had to unify our Fellowship or pass off the scene.” (Foreword to the Second Edition, Big Book)
“Now and then we may be granted a glimpse of that ultimate reality which is God’s kingdom.” (Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions)
“And does not science demonstrate that visual proof is the weakest proof? It is being constantly revealed, as mankind studies the material world, that outward appearances are not inward reality at all.” (Chapter Four, Big Book)
“We found the Great Reality deep down within us.” (Chapter Four, Big Book)
The world is presented as a stage on which people act. The
actors are real; the parts they are playing are not.
The ultimate reality is the inward reality, the Great
Reality. All else is garment.