x2 Step 167 - With Knowledge I am free in the world. – Journal – Step 166

Today: Step 167 - With Knowledge I am free in the world. (MP3)

“With Knowledge I am free in the world.” Step 167

WITH KNOWLEDGE YOU ARE FREE IN THE WORLD. You are free to join. You are free to leave. You are free to make agreements. You are free to complete and change agreements. You are free to surrender yourself. You are free to extricate yourself. In Knowledge you are free.

IN ORDER FOR YOU TO COMPREHEND THE TRUE MEANING of this and to realize its immediate value to you in your current circumstances, you must understand that you cannot use Knowledge to fulfill yourself. That must be a tacit understanding. Never lose sight of this, for if you think you are using Knowledge to fulfill yourself, you will misinterpret Knowledge and will not experience it. You will merely attempt to fortify your illusions and your attempts at escape. This can only darken the clouds that are now cast over you. This can only disappoint you as a form of temporary stimulation and compound your sense of isolation and misery.

IN KNOWLEDGE YOU ARE FREE. There is no restraint now, for Knowledge will merely give you where you are intended to be given and express itself through you where it is intended to be expressed. This will free you from all inappropriate involvements and engagements and will lead you to those individuals who are waiting for you. This will lead you to those circumstances that are for your greatest benefit and for the benefit of others who are involved. Here Knowledge is the guide. Here you are the recipient. Here you are the contributor. There is no greater freedom than this, for in this you are free.

REMIND YOURSELF OF THIS IDEA UPON THE HOUR, and in your two deeper meditation practices, once again enter into stillness and silence. Once again allow your mind to be quiet, for in this you are free. Prepare yourself for your practices by repeating the idea and dedicating yourself to your practice. Without your domination, your mind will be free and will experience its own depth in Knowledge.

PRACTICE 167: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

The word “tacit” is used in this Step: “…you cannot use Knowledge to fulfill yourself. That must be a tacit understanding.” What does tacit mean? In Wikipedia we find “tacit knowledge.”

From the journal Step 166 - My mission is great. Therefore I am free to do small things.

7:45 a.m. Thursday, February 1, 2001

Where am I? Somewhere in the middle. It's not the beginning, though I'm a beginning student of K. I feel awake/awakening. The Steps are working for me to become @ home in the world.

Again at my lessons, the impact of the words, thoughts, phrases – relating that to my bringing through of RI information – and feeling the effort Marshall expended to bring through S2K, GCW – being inspired by that for my own continued work – and needing to thank him in writing.

166 – "My mission is great. Therefore I am free to do small things." Practice #1. Reflecting on this; reading my response the first time – December 30, 1999 – My life has been simplified, unburdened in the past year. It has freed me to bring in RI and develop – unfold my relationship with K. I've taken time to do small things – care for the yard and house, myself. I'm no longer responsible for the world somehow. The milieu of Knowledge is infinitely greater than the world – so I can Know it works to maintain the world and I need only do my part.

Here at 166 Steps into year two, I’m using my journal to see where I was a year ago, and seeing, knowing change. There is quite a distance to go. Life doesn’t let up, but my perception is expanding. 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.