x2 Step 59 – Journal - Step 58 - Knowledge is with me.

Today: Step 59 - Today I will learn patience. (MP3) Journal - Step 58 

Today I will learn patience. Step 59

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR A MIND THAT IS TORMENTED to be patient. It is very difficult for a mind that is restless to be patient. It is very difficult for a mind that has sought all of its worth from temporary things to be patient. Only in the pursuit of something greater is patience necessary because it requires a greater application. Think of your life in terms of long-term development, not in terms of immediate sensation and gain. Knowledge is not merely stimulation. It is the depth of power that is universal and eternal, and its greatness is given to you to receive and to give.

PRACTICE EACH HOUR TODAY affirming that you will learn to be patient and that you will become observant of your life rather than critical of your life. Affirm that you will become objective about your abilities and your circumstances so that you may apply a greater certainty to them.

LEARN PATIENCE TODAY AND PATIENTLY LEARN. In this way, you will move more quickly, more certainly and more lovingly.

PRACTICE 59: Hourly practice.

Picture:  Waiting for your ride at the airport is a great way to build the skill of patience. Here, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington County, Virginia.

From the journal Step 58 - Knowledge is with me.

12:23 a.m. Tuesday, October 17, 2000 – for October 16, 2000

A good birthday [54^th]– with the exception of a driving error – I must improve attention. At the Quality of Life seminar @ Mary Washington College – Fredericksburg I saw Ed M… – gave him the Regional Intelligence card; Bruce K…, Mark F…, Dan K…, Delegate Steve L… – had good reactions from many. Good dinner at Hotel Strasburg – Willard Scott was in the room with us having dinner and with his wife. We didn't say anything. She/Cindy took that as an omen – a good one – I say okay. The lesson/step of the day was "Knowledge is with me." I followed hints and had some good successes.

The program, with Step 59 today, we learn is about the development of patience. That has been a life-time project for me. My mother, age 90, says she is still working on it.

Following is a picture of “Patience.”

Patience the rock - Shenandoah National Park

For more than thirty years I've been on a Journey to Patience. The path is here in pictures on Pinterest. I later understood the process of going in and coming out as a labyrinth walk. 

From the Wikipedia labyrinth page: “One can think of labyrinths as symbolic of pilgrimage; people can walk the path, ascending toward salvation or enlightenment.”

Somewhere in your environment, you may be able to find or create a labyrinth walk for yourself. 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.

x2 Step 58 – Journal Step 57 - Freedom is with me.

Today: Step 58 - Knowledge is with me. (MP3) –  Journal  Step 57 

Knowledge is with me. Step 58

TODAY WE AFFIRM THE PRESENCE OF KNOWLEDGE in your life. Upon each hour claim this affirmation and then take a moment to attempt to feel this presence. You must feel it. You cannot conceive of it alone, for Knowledge must be experienced. In whatever circumstance you find yourself in today, repeat this affirmation once upon the hour and attempt to feel its meaning. You will find that there are many situations that you thought were inappropriate for practice where you can practice. In this way, you will find that you have the power to govern your experience to meet your true inclinations, and you will find that any circumstance is an adequate environment for true preparation and self-application.

TRY TO PRACTICE EACH HOUR. Remain conscious of your time. If an hour is missed, do not worry, but rededicate yourself to practice in the remaining hours as you proceed. Knowledge is with you today. Today be with Knowledge.

PRACTICE 58: Hourly practice.

To help with the hourly practice, a chime on your watch, smart phone or computer helps.

Picture:  This bus stop scene from Boulder, Colorado, evokes the Joan Osborne song: - One Of Us? In which one stanza goes:

What if God was one of us?

Just a slob like one of us?

Just a stranger on the bus

Trying to make His way home?

For me, Knowledge is often with me in lyrics like this.

From the journal:  Step 57 - Freedom is with me.

Sunday, October 15, 2000.

One day away from 54, one year away from age 55 – October 16, leaving the PDC. I've moved my office one step closer to the door. I worked hard yesterday to remove the UNIX system and RS 232 cables, which required I go in the overhead one last time and deal with the insulation. I send the system with the prayer that it be used to educate. [It went to the Philippines via Rotary.]

Where am I? Step 57 – freedom is with me. It says freedom begins with stillness. (Be still and know.) Stillness is more than meditation. It is the way to be in the world, but not of the world. Going through this second time is good…and perhaps there will be third.

I ordered on-line my new VA license plate: REGIONS. Politicians may not support me, but business and citizens will come to do so. Regional Intelligence – Regional Community. I want to go to Howard Grossman's retirement dinner – he's been the rare mentor to me. The evolution of the concept has been interesting. I'm staying here in the “light house."

11:02 AM. Preparing to get caught up on my long practices. I have the round table at my disposal for reading and thinking. The office is upstairs, so workspace is separated from living space, like the books say. ...

The future: The planet will be here; people will be here, community will become greater. I am pursuing my small part. I've made errors, but have been able to keep to the emerging path. For this I am thankful to my soul, my family, my spirit family, my guides, the unseen ones, all my earthly relationships and the Creator whom it is my will to serve.

→These are some of my keywords, key concepts to develop.

– Regional Intelligence

– Regional            | Local Planet

– Regions              | Regions              

– Regions Work

– Regional Community

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I am finding freedom and using it. Trouble is, it takes a very long time for tings to change – and effort is required all along the way. No Instant Karma.

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.