Saturday, February 7, 2015

x2 Step 38 – Journal Step 37 - There is a Way to Knowledge.


Today: Step 38 - God knows the Way to Knowledge. (MP3)

God knows the Way to Knowledge. Step 38

HOW CAN YOU FIND YOUR WAY WHEN YOU ARE LOST? How can you know certainty when you value the temporary so greatly? How can you know the power of your own life when you are so intimidated by threats of loss and destruction? Life is kind to you, for it offers not only the reward but the way to the reward. If it were left up to you, it would be cruel indeed, for you would have to attempt every single possibility that you could conceive of, and then you would have the possibilities that others have conceived of and even the opportunities to reach Knowledge that others have used successfully but which may not in fact work well for you. In your brief span of time in the world, how can you accomplish all of these and still maintain your vitality? How can you maintain your encouragement for Knowledge when so many ways will disappoint you?

TAKE FAITH TODAY IN KNOWING THAT GOD knows the way to Knowledge, and you need only follow the way that is being given. In this way, Knowledge simply emerges in you because it is acknowledged, for only God knows Knowledge in you, and only Knowledge in you knows God. As the two resonate together, they both become more apparent. In this, you find peace.

IN YOUR TWO PRACTICE PERIODS TODAY, each of a 30-minute duration, practice feeling the presence of God, silently, in stillness. Not thinking about God, not speculating, not wondering, not doubting, but simply feeling. It is no fantasy that you are concentrating upon now, though you are used to concentrating upon fantasy. In stillness and quiet, everything becomes apparent. God is very still, for God is not going anywhere. As you become still, you will feel the power of God.

PRACTICE 38: Two 30-minute practice periods.

Picture:  U.S. Route 340 bridge crossing the Potomac River going from Virginia to Maryland.



September 25, 2000 Monday

7:43 AM. Step 37#1 – there is a way to Knowledge –

Things are either whole or becoming whole at some level of complexity – a whole cell, organ, body –

Things whole have a consciousness, larger, more complex holes, develop a material consciousness

– There are many levels of individual whole, each with a level of consciousness – personal mind, which can be a vehicle of/for Knowledge

11:49 PM. #2 – the list

 1. Do practices
 2. Schedule time for practices
 3. Remain a beginner
 4. Feel for awareness
 5. Continue to listen
 6. Acknowledge success
 7. Understand
 8. Remain open
 9. Write down what I see, here and feel
10. Review errors to learn, relearn
11. Work on pillars
12. Be patient
13. Be thankful
14. Go to the woods where communication use easier
15. Bring the woods here
16. Be not – discouraged.

The first time through, I did not record a list in my Journal. It does take time to incorporate these ideas and experiences in our lives. Let us continue.

NNC
 
Note: If you’ve some interest due to this or other Steps, you should go to the beginning blog post. From here you will learn about Steps to Knowledge and can begin it on the day that makes sense; then progress as needed. You can use the posts on this blog as a companion if it helps. They will remain in order in the archives - one post per Step.

Often it takes 18 months to get through the Steps once. For this blog, the pace is one-a-day, but it really makes no difference how fast you do it, only that you begin, persist and repeat. Posts here provide a trail that may let you have a virtual companion when and if you want one. One may have to study alone, as I did in the beginning. There are other Steps students blogging their experience and you might find a person more like you as a companion, or use a number of such Steps journeys. There are options as well through the Free School of the New Message.

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