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Today: Step 43 - My will is to know God. (MP3) - Journal  Step 42
 

My will is to know God. Step 43

YOUR WILL IS TO KNOW GOD. That is your true will. Any other desire or motivation is to escape this, which represents your will. It is your will that has become fearful to you. You are afraid of what you know and most deeply feel. This leads you to find refuge in other things that do not represent you, and in this you lose your identity and attempt to construct an identity that is related to those things which you have sought for escape. In isolation you are miserable, but in relationship happiness is regained.

YOUR WILL IS TO KNOW GOD. Do not be afraid of your will. You are created by God. God’s will is to know you. Your will is to know God. There is no other will. All motivations other than this are born merely of confusion and fear. To know God gives God power and gives you power as well.

IN YOUR TWO PRACTICE PERIODS TODAY, in silent meditation, practice feeling the strength of your own will. Do not let fear and doubt cloud your mind. You need not try to feel the will of God. It is simply there. It only requires your attention for you to recognize it. Therefore, practice deeply by simply being present to this experience.

PRACTICE 43: Two 30-minute practice periods.

Picture:  Section names - McKay's Used Books, Manassas, Virginia

From the journal Step 42 - Review

12:12 a.m. September 30, 2000 – Saturday – Is it clear what I should be doing?

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Tom Christoffel – That region guy.

RIMBY – My Regional Community –

VA or KY – If I'd gone to KY I might have ended up with the same perspective? – More risky KY? – or either path Ans: Either path or even WI.

Mistake – to believe that community is built for government or business – Jeremy Rifkin –

[RI is my response to GC & the message of the Allies of Humanity]

Some people are to spread the message – others are to hear and act upon it.

10:38 a.m. Allies of Humanity – What is my allegiance to humanity? My roots do not feel that deep. I wear an earth body and have a family lineage, but – reproduction – extension of the bloodline has not been a goal. I love the forest – the woods – as well as the water/ocean what does that say about my soul?

The entries deal with the application of my life to the needs of humanity as set out in the publications of that time for what is to become the New Message. Your doubts may be quite different and your career/work in the world may draw you in that direction.

The Steps to review:

Step 36:  My life is a mystery to explore.

Step 37:  There is a Way to Knowledge.

Step 38:  God knows the Way to Knowledge.

Step 39:  The power of God is with me.

Step 40:  Today I will feel the power of God.

Step 41:  I am not afraid of the power of God.

Step 42:  REVIEW

The review highlights from the index cards:

36 – If you are seeking for greater meaning, which is true meaning, you must penetrate the surface of your mind.

38 – … 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.

39 – The power of God is… within your[my] Knowledge - it must be reclaimed in order to approach God

40 – It is this great stillness that calls you to return to the peace and full enjoyment of God, but you must prepare.

41 – … you must learn again to trust the power of love and the power of God.

In stillness … Do not seek for answers from God. … only be present … be in relationship with that which is the source of all your relationships … first … feel the power of God

42 – Review

There are many, many points to consider and remember and use all at once, to understand, but the experiences of the Practices are really where we are taken. Then understanding follows. 

Looking ahead – this is our week:

Step 43:  My will is to know God.

Step 44:  I wish to know my own strength.

Step 45:  Alone I can do nothing.

Step 46:  I must be small to be great.

Step 47:  Why do I need Teachers?

Step 48:  True instruction is available to me.

Step 49:  REVIEW

 
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.