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| The presence of love is with me now. Step 339 |
THE PRESENCE OF LOVE IS WITH YOU, within the fire of
Knowledge within you. As exemplified by the presence of your Teachers, this
presence permeates all things in the world. It is the context in which the
world exists. It is still; therefore, it abides with everything. Can you who
perceive the world perceive this abiding presence? Can you who act in the world
see the effect of this presence within the world? If this presence were not in
the world, the world would have destroyed itself long ago and there would be no
hope for your salvation. There would be no hope for true community and for all
the things that human beings are capable of in their temporary life here. All
things of true value would not emanate, for the darkness of imagination and the
darkness of fear would cover the world permanently and all would live in
complete darkness. Without the presence of love in the world, this would be the
case. Your life here would be sealed in darkness, and you would never be able
to escape.
THAT IS WHY YOUR LIFE IN THE WORLD IS TEMPORARY. It
could not be permanent, for you are born of the light, to which you will
return. How could you live in darkness permanently when you are born of the
light, to which you will return? You have been sent into the world to bring the
light into the world, not to confirm the world’s darkness. God’s Will is that
you bring the light into the world, not that you be banished to the world in
darkness. You are here to bring the light into the world.
YOU WHO ARE A STUDENT OF KNOWLEDGE ARE NOW LEARNING
step by step to receive the light of Knowledge and the fire of Knowledge. As
you experience this within yourself, you will see the fire of Knowledge burning
in the world, for this is the presence of love. This is God within the world. What
God does in the world God will do through you, but God’s presence in the world
activates Knowledge in all minds and calls to all minds to awaken. This substantiates,
confirms and strengthens the emergence of Knowledge wherever it is occurring.
GOD’S PRESENCE IS PERMANENT. The world itself is
temporary. The physical universe is temporary. God’s presence is permanent. Can
you then see what is great and what is small? Can you then see that which gives
and that which must learn to receive? Can you then realize the importance of
your preparation? Can you then realize the importance of your service in the
world?
UPON THE HOUR BE ATTENTIVE and experience the
presence of love in the world. If you are attentive, you will experience this.
In your deeper meditation practices experience the presence of love within yourself,
which is the fire of Knowledge. Remember as you look upon this, within your
world and within yourself, that from the stillness of this presence emanate all
good works, all important ideas and the motivation for all important
activities. This is what drives humanity and even the Greater Community of
Worlds towards Knowledge and, with Knowledge, towards becoming one community.
PRACTICE 339: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice
From the journal: Step
338 - Today I will be attentive.
Monday,
July 23, 2001 Two Rivers (Wisconsin)
8:03
a.m. Is the body inherently unmanageable? Can every mind be trained to
self-manage in a complex environment of choice and deprivation?
Alone
with teachers or isolated in imaginings?
[How
can it be revealed as simple? 8/4/01]
8:39
a.m. Completed practice #1 "Today I will be attentive”. The world is
learning to make better decisions and to rethink the old decisions made with
limited or gapped Knowledge. [Simple made complex by imagination – fear?]
8/4/01
These
Steps are getting deeper and deeper. What we think in a day can’t adequately be
recorded in the journal, but a few crumbs help remind us of progress in the
journey. 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
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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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