Today: Step 138 - I need only follow the steps as they are
given. (MP3)
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| “I need only follow the steps as they are given.” Step 138 |
THE TRUTH OF THIS IS SO VERY OBVIOUS, if you will
think of the many things that you have learned by simply following the steps in
preparation. To not participate and to attempt to understand is utterly
fruitless, utterly frustrating and without a happy or satisfying result of any
kind. We are preparing you to participate in life, not to judge it, for life
will hold a greater promise than your judgments could ever reveal. Your understanding
is born of participation and is the result of participation. Thus, learn to
participate and then to understand, for this is the true sequence of things.
THIS DAY REMEMBER YOUR HOURLY PRACTICES and allow
your two meditations in stillness to become deeper. Allow no thoughts of fear,
anxiety or self-doubt to dissuade you from your greater activity. Your ability
to practice regardless of your emotional state demonstrates that the presence
of Knowledge is within you, for Knowledge is beyond all emotional states and is
unfettered by them. If you wish to see the stars, you must look beyond the
clouds. What are your fears but clouds that pass through your mind? They only
change the character of the surface of your mind, but the depth of your mind
remains unchanged forever.
PRACTICE 138: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice.
Picture: The powered parachute/paraplane above the
Front Royal power plant and related electric distribution wires and towers -
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Like the aircraft, we
follow the steps as given, to learn, ultimately, how to operate around power.
From the journal Step
137 - I will accept the mystery of my life.
Wednesday,
January 3, 2001
11:20
p.m. I will accept the mystery of my life. This has been an interesting day.
When
I began the "Rahn" in the first exercise I felt my Teachers come
closer – In the second practice I had a sense that in repeating Rahn – I became
a node attracting others – telling others I was there – a spiritual coyote.
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Short, focused journal entry this day.
This blog differs from the Steps2Know blog in that it is about
the second or more time through Steps. In such passes through the material, one
has more awareness that the first passage. The emphasis is still on doing the
exercise, not the journal entries. They offer a companion perspective, for
anyone who is interested in seeing how they have worked in another life. To
differentiate the two blogs, I did not at the beginning, include the Step text.
When I began to add pictures, I started with the journal Step, rather than the
Step of the day. Thinking about this, that seemed to be more important, so I’m
changing the labeling today. This is not to attract new Students, that is the
job of the other Blog. This is to support continuing Students. The plan is to
begin Continuation Steps in 2016.
I will follow the journal. I don’t know exactly
when that was started. 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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