x2 Step 146 - I will honor my teachers today. Journal – Step - 145

Today: Step - 146 I will honor my teachers today. (MP3)  

 

“I will honor my teachers today.” Step – 146

YOUR TEACHERS, WHO ARE MYSTERIOUS and who live beyond the visible, abide with you while you are in the world. Now that you have begun the steps towards the reclamation of Knowledge, their activity in your life will become stronger and more evident. You will begin to give your attention to this, and their need for you to develop will be greater, as your need for them will be greater.

UPON THE HOUR AND IN YOUR TWO LONGER PRACTICES, remember your Teachers and actively think about them. Honor your Teachers, then, for this proclaims that your ancient relationships are indeed alive and are present now to give you hope, certainty and empowerment. Honor your Teachers so that you may experience the depth of your own relationship with them. In your relationship with your Teachers is the spark of memory that reminds you of your Ancient Home and of your true destiny. Honor your Teachers so that you may be honored, for it is your honor that you must reclaim. In spite of whatever errors you have committed, it is your honor that you must reclaim. If this is done truly, it will be done in humility and simplicity, for as you honor yourself, you honor the greatness of life, of which you are a small but integral part.

PRACTICE 146: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

Note: “Honor your Teachers so that you may be honored, for it is your honor that you must reclaim. In spite of whatever errors you have committed, it is your honor that you must reclaim.”

The worn edges of my Steps book, first opened in June, 1999, reflects its use on my journey. The wear and tear honors my Teachers, as it demonstrates use and effort. They got me to the Steps and have kept me involved.

I would never consider getting a shiny new copy. Using the Steps text from these posts on my phone and PC has saved some wear, but the book has been flattened and stretched for photographs. To flatbed scan the pages, I would have had to cut the binding! Thus the page picture quality varies based on time of day or night when I shot the picture, the camera used and the position of the page in the book.

Maintaining Steps practice honors our Teachers, including the one who has brought us this gift: Marshall Vian Summers, The Messenger. There are, of course, other ways to honor our Teachers, so let us be alert to that.

From the journal Step 145 - I will honor the world today. [general link at time of publishing]

8:03 a.m. Thursday, January 11, 2001 –

10:40 p.m. This is a day. Getting ready for Practice #2 –

I've written the cover letter to Bill S--- for my proposal – Tomorrow I begin it in earnest. I told David on the phone that he & Jamie had to get their act together.

I must go forward with RI – this I must do. It will be my work, my life – though it has only begun – The 27 PDC years are only prologue to the real work.

11:24 p.m. Something changed today. It has to do with reading and understanding "disappointment" yesterday.

11:31 p.m. My disappointments – I am disappointed that David has not matured and that it puts Lane and Emily at risk. I'm disappointed that I will not leave the Commission as Director, I'm disappointed that Sarah has not yet found her way, I am disappointed that I did not take simple steps that would have improved my investments; I am disappointed that the relationship with M--- did not connect, I am disappointed in myself for not being strong enough to ask hard questions and get the answer – which made me too accepting, I am disappointed that I hurt people, I'm disappointed by my own high expectations,

A painful understanding this day? Perhaps, but that is how idealism crumbles, and ultimately, that is beneficial for our growth. Let us continue.

NNC

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