Today: Step 237 - I am only beginning to comprehend the meaning
of my life. (MP3)
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| I am only beginning to comprehend the meaning of my life. Step 237 |
YOU ARE ONLY BEGINNING TO COMPREHEND the meaning of your
life. This will naturally arise in your understanding without your efforts in
attempting to conceptualize it. The meaning and purpose of your life will
simply arise and be expressed today and tomorrow and in the days to come, for
Knowledge is that simple and fundamental. Thus, your intellect can be used to
deal with the physical necessities of your life, the particulars of your life
and the mechanism of your life, for this is the application of the intellect. Yet,
the greatness of Knowledge provides purpose, meaning and direction, which the
intellect can never provide. Therefore, the intellect is a faculty that has a
true function here, for it serves the greatness of Knowledge.
YOU ARE ONLY BEGINNING TO COMPREHEND THE MEANING of
Knowledge and the nature of Knowledge. Think not that your conclusions thus far
are adequate to your needs, for you are a beginning student of Knowledge and as
a beginning student, you will not make the mistake of relying upon your
assumptions alone. For beginning students make few assumptions and are eager to
learn all that is necessary for them. Be a beginning student today. Recognize how
little you know and how much you must learn. You have a lifetime to learn this,
and yet your lifetime must be activated and strengthened beyond what you have
realized thus far. In time, the greatness that you carry will express itself
through you in actions both great and small.
TODAY, IN YOUR DEEPER PRACTICE PERIODS where you
enter stillness, allow your awareness of Knowledge to be cultivated further. Attend
to your practice like a patient gardener who does not demand that all plants
bear fruit today, but who understands the seasons of growth and change. Allow
yourself to have this comprehension, for in time you will understand
objectively how human beings develop and grow and what they carry within them. When
you leave this world, if you are successful in cultivating Knowledge and in
allowing it to give all of its gifts into the world, you will then be able to
become one of the Teachers of those who remain behind. In this way, you will
fulfill your learning in the world by contributing all that you have acquired in
the world to others. In this, your gift is fulfilled and theirs is furthered.
YOU ARE ONLY BEGINNING TO COMPREHEND THESE WORDS. Today
strengthen your experience of Knowledge so that the comprehension of these
words may deepen within you. Upon the hour repeat today’s idea so that all of
your activities and all of your engagements, in whatever environment you find
yourself, are conducive to your practice. For there is no event or interaction
which Knowledge cannot bless and harmonize.
PRACTICE 237: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice.
From the journal: Step
236 - With Knowledge I will know what to do.
April
12, 2001
8 a.m.
No time to practice this a.m.? I'm judging myself harshly I suppose. K won't
emerge… my relationship w/Holy Spirit. Life is too big, I'm too small to be
God. Others must be telling themselves better lies. (I need Better Lies)
I'm still confused – unable to focus. I fear that – the monomania of Captain
Ahab.
8:08
a.m. I've still not got the right relationship to life. I can either be alone,
part of a collective or with Knowledge. That seems like the three choices.
It
seems I'm not interpreting life as wisely as I might. p. 388 GCW II
I
want to get through this confusion and work the contribution that is emerging
within me.
…
→ GCW II – says gives practice 3 years. I'm still
beginner. I will not abandon practice. Thomas J Christoffel [signature]
12:20
p.m. At work. Only one here. Will do Practice #1 on my lunch break.
9:40
p.m. Practice #2 – I know that I'm going to promote regional community to
citizens and businesses. I do not know how – just now – my path, my strategy,
my options. It must be done. This is why I'm here. It has emerged – that thing
for which the book has yet to be written. Now I'm inside the system… I must use
that to learn. I might find an ally or two. This is my work. Thomas J
Christoffel [signature]
Regional
Intelligence – Regional Communities Bulletin – e-letter "Think local
planet, act regionally".
12:40
a.m. April 13, Friday – to VAPDC for GIS/Tech – the status of tech at LFPDC –
the goofies have taken over.
Up
late, after doing income taxes. Need to pay $231 as of the current math –
I'm
beginning again “Living the Way of Knowledge”.
My life becomes simpler – working on the lawn –??? – weeding out honeysuckle.
TV still draws attention – music – distraction helps, but… S2K – regions more
becomes the strong need.
I've
little to say, little to talk about. I'd like to get my portfolio straight –
then let it ride –
I
need to do regions in a way that will get money to support that mission. It
might be a 50 year program – I don't know. I get to watch the world move.
At two points in these entries I signed my name in
the journal. That is done as a pledge, an affirmation of commitment. If you’ve
not already done that, you might try it if it makes sense in your world
view. 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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