Sunday, August 9, 2015

x2 Step 221 - I am free to be confused today. – Journal – Step 220



Today:  Step 221 - I am free to be confused today. (MP3) 

I am free to be confused today. Step 221
 
DO NOT VIEW YOUR CONFUSION AS A FAILURE. Do not view your confusion as something that endangers you or belittles you. Confusion here is merely a sign that you are realizing the limitations of your own ideas and assumptions. You must give these up to allow Knowledge to become apparent to you, for in the face of all important decisions that require your attention this day, Knowledge has already provided an answer. It is not an answer that you can find amongst the many answers that you provide for yourself or that you assume others provide for you.

THEREFORE, LET ALL SUBSTITUTES FOR KNOWLEDGE fade from you. Allow yourself to be confused, for in your genuine confusion Knowledge may arise naturally. This, then, represents your freedom, for in freedom you are free to be confused.

REMIND YOURSELF OF THIS IDEA upon the hour, and do not be complacent with simple explanations or assumptions about its great meaning for you. You must consider it deeply and realize that the true understanding that it holds for you will be revealed in time. Today allow yourself to be confused, for you are confused, and you must always begin from where you are. Knowledge is with you. You are free to be confused. In your longer practice periods today, enter into stillness whether you are confused or not, for stillness, grace and peace are always available to you.

PRACTICE 221: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

I have been confused many days. It is good to have this freedom.


8:10 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, 2001

This is my fine point ink pen. Free with God or without? The latter can't be.

If you build a world, you must maintain that world. If you create a world, it will need to be sustained. There is no particular reason to maintain and sustain a world other than to manifest that which might be manifested. All the universe has the same source, but it is not the same manifestation.

10:05 a.m. At work – DSB regional analysis. This must be done – to see the forces of dissonance – barriers to cooperation.

11:05 p.m. Where am I? Stock market depressed. It's moving up, may have bottomed – why did I even change my strategy? Where am I going? I have no idea – I’m not getting ahead; getting more behind. Now what? Do nothing. K doesn't seem to help. I'm working alone – the results?…

River Rec tonight… 6:30 – 9:20 –

The Steps page had this:


I am getting the thoughts, but can I put them into practice? A premature answer; must use restraint. When this happens, write it down - record it. 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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