x2 Step 245 - When others fail, I am reminded of the need for Knowledge. – Journal – Step 244

Today:  Step 245 - When others fail, I am reminded of the need for Knowledge.

When others fail, I am reminded of the need for Knowledge. Step 245

WHEN OTHERS FAIL, LET THIS REMIND YOU of your need for Knowledge. Let your need for Knowledge not be underestimated. Thus, you need not respond with condemnation or judgment upon those who fail, but realize their great need and your great need. This will only confirm, then, the depth with which you must now prepare yourself. For you prepare yourself not only for your own advancement and fulfillment, but for the advancement and fulfillment of humanity. This is no idle claim or statement. It is absolutely the truth. For every step you take towards Knowledge, you give your accomplishment to the world, and you lessen the burden of all who struggle with their own fantasies and sense of failure.

YOUR LIFE, THEN, BECOMES YOUR TEACHING, for it is a life of Knowledge. It demonstrates the presence of Knowledge in the world, which is the presence of God. This happens as a result of your serving as an advanced vehicle for Knowledge. In your advancement all human capabilities are furthered, all human liabilities are dissipated and that which is most true and genuine in individual human life in the world is exalted. And that which is beyond all human life, but which contains human life, is affirmed as well. Therefore, another’s failure is a call for your involvement with Knowledge. It is a call for your advancement and strengthening because you have come into the world to give.

REMIND YOURSELF OF THIS UPON THE HOUR and in your two longer practice periods, actively engage your mind in comprehending this idea. Think of every individual that you think has failed and realize the meaning of today’s lesson in light of those individuals serving you. Realize the need for Knowledge within their lives and within your life. They are committing errors to spark your commitment to Knowledge. They are serving you in this regard, and this calls for your gratitude not your condemnation. They are teaching you to value the valuable and to release the meaningless. Think not they are not saving you time. They are saving you time. They are demonstrating that which you need to learn and to accept. Therefore, commit yourself to their well-being for teaching you to value Knowledge. As you value Knowledge, the result of your value will be given back to them in return, and they will be strengthened and honored by your accomplishment.

PRACTICE 245: Two 30-minute practice periods.

Hourly practice.

The picture is from a particular funeral. Death itself is not failure, but some choose death as a solution to their problems. Such an act creates a great need for Knowledge in the lives of children, spouses, parents and friends, as they deal with such an event. 

From the journal:  Step 244 - I am honored when others are strong.

7:10 a.m. April 20, 2001

– Cities are made to be shared, suburbs are not.

– My stress – the unacceptance of my ideas by the powers – my peers. I make people angry with my ideas. Some people seem to hear… but it is my current status as dirt that stresses me –

5:15 p.m. Home – in regions – from city out – the migration of sophistication. In shock somewhat about the enormous need for this regional compilation and the work involved.

9:21 p.m. Why do I have this body? Mowed the lawn – ate – went to Kmart – back home. It is Friday. What must I do before I die? Figure out and put to maps, visuals & text – R.I. I still do not know fully what that is. It is emerging. That is confusing. I keep at it – more trickles through.

→ How to be a region?

→ Regional cooperation. Citizens and businesses want more, elected officials wonder why the big emphasis.

→ can you take a market and make it a community?

11:11 p.m. RI – in 100 years it might help. Pressure in life is created by more humans. Few depend upon me now. I could leave now – except my work is not done.

At 9:21 p.m. I write: “It is Friday. What must I do before I die?” Is this a morbid thought? No, it comes from “Living the Way of Knowledge”. Chapter 3, The Pillar of Relationships, contains this: “Get a sense for what is essential for your life, not simply what is your wish list or your fear list, but what is essential? Is there something in your life that you must do before you die? Essential whether you want it or not! Essential to something greater within you. Here you must send your question deep within you and do not expect an immediate answer. You must live with this question because its answer is an experience and a set of experiences. …”

Sorting that out remains a challenge for me. The journal is a testing place to record and explore ideas, to record what I hear in stillness and in the world. Testing, testing, testing. It has taken me a long time, but it’s not that in the period of working things out I’ve been unable to do any good. Let us continue.

NNC

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