Is there Contemplative Spirituality in the 12 Step Thing?

Is there contemplative spirituality in the Twelve Steps program?

Thomas Keating, contemplative meditation master, says there is. See here:

Contemplative Spirituality in Twelve Steps
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It seems to be a commonly recognized thing, if you take a browse on google. Here are just a few things I noticed...

One site called CHRISTIAN MEDITATION AS AN ELEVENTH STEP PRACTICE
(www.christianmeditation11step.org) says this:

The Eleventh Step of Alcoholics Anonymous states:
"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."
-11th STEP MEDITATION
http://www.11thstepmeditation.org/welcome.php

There are even 11th Step prayer beads to be had, and a meditation tutorial that you can listen to on line so you can "Start meditating now! What are you waiting for?"

So I listened. And it began with the usual...

"...SIT COMFORTABLY, IN A RELAXED POSITION, WITH YOUR EYES STRAIGHT …BEGIN BY LISTENING TO YOU BREATH..."

Another (interfaith) meditation site even quotes the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous...

Step 11: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”
-http://www.11thstepmeditation.org/in_the_rooms/big_book.php

Is this what the National Christian Recovery Coalition calls the 11 step “Quiet Time”? (See:
Eleventh Step Quiet Time Practices and Guide @ christianrecoverycoalition.com)

So will this 11th step quiet time thing help everyone? Thomas Keating seems to think it's great. But then, he also says, with his carefully chosen words, that the Holy Spirit is at work in other rituals, and that there is salvation in other religions. In other words, the important thing is to connect with God as you understand him.

But the Bible says otherwise.

By the way, a good video to watch about whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is this one:

Contemplative Prayer, is it biblical?
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Meanwhile, Christians are bringing the 12 step program into their churches. Of course, they don't call it that, but it's pretty much the same thing, and that's not a good thing. See these:

Is Celebrate Recovery the same thing as AA?
morebooksandthings.blogspot.com

AA for the Un-Addicted
morebooksandthings.blogspot.com