x2 Step 360 - I must learn how to reveal greatness in the world. – Journal – Step 359

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I must learn how to reveal greatness in the world. Step 360

 

WITH SIMPLICITY, HUMILITY and without false assumptions, remembering that you are a beginning student of Knowledge, you will be able to learn how to reveal greatness in the world. This is quite essential because the world is ambivalent towards greatness, towards Knowledge and towards love. If you present the world’s desire to it when the world is in an ambivalent state, it will not know how to react. Therefore, its reaction will either demonstrate that it is for or against your contribution. Any individual, any community or any world that is beset with ambivalence will react in more than one way because it is ambivalent. For this reason you must learn to approach ambivalence with Wisdom, for those who are ambivalent must learn how to receive their certainty, as you are now learning to do.

RECOGNIZE THUS FAR HOW AMBIVALENT YOU HAVE BEEN regarding your life and regarding this preparation. Realize that for this reason, this preparation has been given to you in very incremental steps, one step at a time, day after day. One step at a time, you learn to develop and to accept your desire and capacity for Knowledge and you learn to express Knowledge as well. Being a student means you are here to learn, and as you learn you will demonstrate, teach and produce the great results that Knowledge wishes to produce. Yet, Knowledge cannot exceed your limitations because Knowledge cares for you and protects you as its vehicle. Because you are a part of Knowledge, you will wish to care for your vehicle as well. That is why you must take the utmost care of your mind and body as you proceed.

TODAY IN YOUR DEEPER PRACTICE PERIODS, allow yourself to be instructed in how to reveal greatness in the world. Realize that the world is ambivalent and accept this, for this is the current state of the world. Realize that you must give with Wisdom and discernment. And realize that you must let Knowledge give of itself and not try to give from your own ambition or need to avoid a sense of inadequacy. Allow your giving to be true and your giving will be true. Your giving, then, will give of itself in a way that is appropriate, that will preserve you and that will honor those who receive your gift. This will bring them out of their ambivalence, as you are now being led into the light yourself.

PRACTICE 360: Two 30-minute practice periods.

Picture: DFW – Dallas-Fort Worth airport terminal.

This Step begins: “BE PRESENT TO SERVE THE WORLD, and the presence that serves the world will speak through you,” and goes on to explain what that means, ending with: “This is your duty here and your great love.”

The hourly practice, if displayed as a list, can help understand what we must do to prepare:

UPON THE HOUR REMIND YOURSELF that:

(1) you wish to be present to serve the world…

(2) you wish to be present to have the world serve you…

(3) you must learn how to receive and how to give, and

(4) that is why you are a beginning student of Knowledge.

In the margin I attempted to summarize this part: 

  

“The world must serve me in order that I’m able to serve the world.”

The journal was lightly used this day, just as the first year:

August 13, 2001

8:05 a.m. To get cooperation build community.

10:35 p.m. Back from Richmond going to the Disability Services Commission meeting with Mike H…, Janet and Fred B… – was interesting. Left early, lunch and dinner, got back late. It isn't as I would have traveled. I've gone faster – been cheaper. Good discussion – promoting regional community. People liked what I told the Commission – that public speaking training has paid off – when I get up – spirit may use me.

So, in my work this day, I was serving the world and the world was serving me. Figuring out how and why the world works as it does, remains a challenge. Step 360 is teaching about that. Many hints which we have to process.

Let us continue.

NNC

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