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GEORGE'S STORY

The time seems appropriate to tell you how I came by my primary life’s purpose, which is, ‘to carry the message of the Twelve Steps to all who want it.’ I have been in recovery for many years. Somewhere, during this time I experienced an almost metamorphic spiritual transformation. It was as though I experienced a second birth. I also observed hundreds of others, following the same Twelve Step course of action, and having a similar experience. Those who took this same spiritual journey were widely diversified in their personalities. These folks became gentler, kinder, more loving, less self-centered, more other-centered, less selfish, and less greedy. It did not matter what one was before the process. Eventually, we all began to take on many of the same qualities.

While I was undergoing this, I came to realize that the world we live in would be a far better place if more people had a comparable experience. I began hearing others echoing this same belief—“god wouldn’t it be great if the world lived by the principles of the Twelve Steps?” How wonderful it would be if our planet experienced this same shift and began operating on the same frequency. What I did not see was anyone acting to bring this into reality. We all wanted it. However, doubt jaded us all.

I awoke on September 11, 2001 and being such a habit bound man, I made coffee, and stumbled over my two dogs and three cats as I made my way into my studio and started working. Around 9 a.m., I got a call from my friend Charlie Moffitt. He was in shock. “George, are you watching television? A plane just flew into the World Trade Center in New York.” If you too were watching, my reaction was probably much like yours. As the images jumped off the screen, I could only think, “Oh my God!” Hanging up, I intuitively knew that as we watched, this day was changing the world. It and I would never be the same. I wanted to capture as much of this moment as I could so, I set up three different televisions, with recorders, and all day, recorded three different news channels, as they shocked and saddened a horrified world. That electrifying morning altered my consciousness. I would never be the same. It changed me deeply, even down to a cellular level.

For a few years, I had been considering writing a book about spirituality, but I had not gotten the necessary ‘just do it’ going. However, in January, following the attack on New York and Washington DC, I awoke and, while in bed, began writing what would turn out to be Mastering the Light: a Modern Miracle for Difficult Times. The initial writing took me only six weeks. I asked a woman who had been a copywriter in New York City to edit it for me. She flung it back into my face. “This is terrible. I won’t work on something like this.” Her reaction crushed me and it was months before I could pick it back up. Of course, if you know what your purpose for being is, you also know that I could not simply lay it aside for long. I sold everything I had in order to live as I tried to rewrite it over the course of the months, actually years, that followed. I became obsessed with my new primary purpose. It dogged my every waking hour.

I now understand that these powerful and deeply spiritual Twelve Steps are the property of all humanity and that everyone should have the opportunity to say yes or to say no to the lifestyle they offer. The Twelve Steps are bigger and more important to the world than their founding society or, any of the over 155 fellowships it has spawned. I believe they put forward a path to the evolutionary survival of our species. After all, the Twelve Step pathway, like evolution, is all about change. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change” — Charles Darwin

I needed to continue to exist so, with sales and marketing being all that I understood, I went to work selling cars. The morning of July 2, 2004 found me working as the Internet sales manager for a local Cadillac dealership. That morning, a doctor, who would later become my friend, diagnosed me with rectal cancer. The prognosis seemed to say that it was over for me.
I decided to use this sick time to figure out how to write better, so that I could improve my book. I enrolled at Eckerd College in Sarasota and took every writing class they offered. There, I met a man, a particularly good writer, and writing coach, who became my writing mentor. Ever since, he has spent hours and hours coaching me. I believe my book is now readable and has genuine value. The course of action it describes changed my life and I am certain it can change the lives of others.

I know that all radical shifts humanity has experienced started at the grass roots level. People just like you and I, brought them about. I also know that the shift that happened in me, can happen in others, and that once enough of us have changed, the world too, must change. This is why I am doing what I do. We are not skeptics. We may be idealists. However, we work at our primary purpose and our ideals on a very practical basis. Whether the world changes or not, I will leave it knowing that I followed my purpose, and that this most difficult and intention has turned out to be my bliss.

Respectfully,
George Lewis

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