x2 Step 21 – Journal Step 20 - I will not let doubt and confusion slow my progress.

Today: Step 21 - Review  (MP3)

IN YOUR THIRD REVIEW, review all the lessons of the past week and the results of those lessons. Practice today not making any conclusions, but simply recognize the line of development and take note of the progress that you have made thus far. It is too early to make genuine conclusions, though it may be very tempting to do so. Beginning students are not in a position to judge their curriculum. This right must be earned and comes later if you wish for your judgments to have true effect and to be wise.

THEREFORE, IN YOUR ONE PRACTICE PERIOD, review the last section of practice and all that has been experienced thus far.

PRACTICE 21: One 45-minute practice period. 

From the journal  Step 20 - I will not let doubt and confusion slow my progress.

Friday, September 8, 2000

4:45 p.m. Just spent an hour reviewing my journal entries July 1, 1999 to July 27, 1999. It is interesting to see the PDC struggle and beginning reactions to GCW & S2K. I continue the process to connect to Knowledge at a greater level.

10:55 p.m. Back from the GC meeting. In the meeting exercise I learned that my obstacles to Knowledge were – fear, anger, beer and jealousy – What I projected on others – my strengths were persistence, openness – risk-taking, obstacles as presented by others – deference to others, being too accepting of others –

The service was sane – meditation, sharing, reading from LTWOK. People have come from other paths.

The end here sounds like the end of the journal yesterday. As I looked for this day in the journal, September 8, all I found was the 9^th. I’d forgotten to write in the new day. So I’ve broken the entries and am calling this part the 8^th.

Space-time is not easy to keep track of. We are only just the second time through, so we’ll need to pace ourselves. Let us continue.

NNC

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