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In fact, the pyramid found in our symbol consists of relationships: with ourselves, society, service and God. Rooted in a foundation of goodwill, these are the relationships that bring us to a point of freedom.<\/b><\/p>\n
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Living Purely, Chapter 5, \u201cConscious Contact\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
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\u201cA pyramid? I thought the NA symbol was just a square in a circle."<\/p>\n
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There are certainly many of us who know our symbol well, who understand its meaning and potential application to our recovery. We're making sure that backers and other newer members are as familiar with it as we are. There are probably many more of us in the Brotherhood who are far less familiar. When we first open the Basic Text, we see the depiction of the symbol and read the accompanying explanation. It looks like something out of geometry class, so we'll skip it. But it's important, right? Our predecessors placed it right after the Table of Contents, and it appears on T-shirts and other NA memorabilia around the world. However, for many of us, the symbol remains two-dimensional, just as it appears in print, but also with the feeling that we have not paid much attention to it. Looking more closely, we can see that the diagram depicts something three-dimensional: a pyramid.<\/p>\n
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As the sides of a pyramid are vital to its strength and endurance, its weight and stability emanate from the base. In our example, the NA, this stability comes from goodwill. As the NA symbol depicts, goodwill is the foundation of all relationships in our lives. Ideally, the Steps help us build a relationship with ourselves. Traditions strengthen our relationship with society \u2013 other NA members, our loved ones, our work life and so on. Spiritual principles bring us closer to a Higher Power, and the Twelve Perceptions of NA spark and support our relationship with service. The circle surrounding the base, the \u201cGlobal Program\u201d, shows that there is room for all recovering drug addicts. Good will strengthens all this interconnectedness, and freedom is the resulting gift. Freedom is where the reinforcements have paid off and the burden has been lifted.<\/p>\n
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Without the existence of goodwill we cannot have healthy relationships. And we cannot have freedom without the strength of our relationships.<\/p>\n
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How free am I today? If freedom seems too ambitious right now, are there cracks in the foundations of the goodwill pyramid that I can repair?<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-12109","spad","type-spad","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spad\/12109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spad"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/spad"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}