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| God knows the Way to Knowledge. Step 38 |
HOW
CAN YOU FIND YOUR WAY WHEN YOU ARE LOST? How can you know certainty when you
value the temporary so greatly? How can you know the power of your own life
when you are so intimidated by threats of loss and destruction? Life is kind to
you, for it offers not only the reward but the way to the reward. If it were
left up to you, it would be cruel indeed, for you would have to attempt every
single possibility that you could conceive of, and then you would have the
possibilities that others have conceived of and even the opportunities to reach
Knowledge that others have used successfully but which may not in fact work
well for you. In your brief span of time in the world, how can you accomplish
all of these and still maintain your vitality? How can you maintain your
encouragement for Knowledge when so many ways will disappoint you?
TAKE
FAITH TODAY IN KNOWING THAT GOD knows the way to Knowledge, and you need only
follow the way that is being given. In this way, Knowledge simply emerges in
you because it is acknowledged, for only God knows Knowledge in you, and only
Knowledge in you knows God. As the two resonate together, they both become more
apparent. In this, you find peace.
IN
YOUR TWO PRACTICE PERIODS TODAY, each of a 30-minute duration, practice feeling
the presence of God, silently, in stillness. Not thinking about God, not
speculating, not wondering, not doubting, but simply feeling. It is no fantasy
that you are concentrating upon now, though you are used to concentrating upon
fantasy. In stillness and quiet, everything becomes apparent. God is very
still, for God is not going anywhere. As you become still, you will feel the
power of God.
PRACTICE
38: Two 30-minute practice periods.
Picture: U.S.
Route 340 bridge crossing the Potomac River going from Virginia to Maryland.
From the journal Step
37 - There is a Way to Knowledge.
September
25, 2000 Monday
7:43
AM. Step 37#1 – there is a way to Knowledge –
Things
are either whole or becoming whole at some level of complexity – a whole cell,
organ, body –
Things
whole have a consciousness, larger, more complex holes, develop a material
consciousness
–
There are many levels of individual whole, each with a level of consciousness –
personal mind, which can be a vehicle of/for Knowledge
11:49
PM. #2 – the list
1. Do
practices
2. Schedule
time for practices
3. Remain a
beginner
4. Feel for
awareness
5. Continue
to listen
6.
Acknowledge success
7.
Understand
8. Remain
open
9. Write
down what I see, here and feel
10. Review errors to learn, relearn
11. Work on pillars
12. Be patient
13. Be thankful
14. Go to the woods where communication use easier
15. Bring the woods here
16. Be not – discouraged.
The first time through, I did not record a list in
my Journal. It does take time to incorporate these ideas and experiences in our
lives. 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.
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