“But there is One who has all power—that One is God. May you find Him now!” (Page 59, Big Book)
“We found the Great Reality deep down within us.” (Page 55, Big Book)
“In AA we saw the fruits of this belief: men and women spared from alcohol’s final catastrophe. We saw them meet and transcend their other pains and trials.” (Step Two, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions)
One Japanese word for ‘reality’ is ‘現実’, which is made up of two kanji, which, in order, mean ‘present’ (as in the ‘now’) and (amongst other things) ‘fruit’.
Reality is thus the fruit of the present.