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| Today I will be with Knowledge. Step 50 |
BE WITH KNOWLEDGE TODAY so that you may have the
certainty and the power of Knowledge available to you. Allow Knowledge to give
you stillness. Allow Knowledge to give you strength and competency. Allow
Knowledge to teach you. Allow Knowledge to reveal the universe as it truly
exists, not as you judge it to be.
IN YOUR TWO PRACTICE PERIODS, practice in stillness
feeling the power of Knowledge. Do not ask questions. That is not necessary
now. Do not argue with yourself about the reality of your pursuit, for that is
wasteful and meaningless. You cannot know until you receive, and to receive you
must trust your inclination to know.
TODAY BE WITH KNOWLEDGE. In your practice periods,
let nothing dissuade you. You need only relax and be present. From these
practices a greater presence will be recognized, and this will begin to allay
your fears.
PRACTICE 50: Two 30-minute practice periods.
Picture: Arches
National Park, Moab, Utah
From the journal Step
49 - Review
1:25
a.m. Saturday, October 7, 2000
The
market is sliding… time to get more conservative? There will be many bargains. My
work is my work – regardless of the economy…the purpose of any enterprise is to
create value. If the value is not sustainable… It is not really value in the first
place.
I
need to be wiser quicker – challenge for a slow learner can't quite use is
resources as offered.
Life/creation
must be incredibly complex. If each human had only three guides there'd be 18
billion on earth, plus the 6 billion people – then the myriad of other souls –
incredibly complex. All in family groups – 24 billion (souls + guides) divided
by 24 per family – 1 billion families – if 50/groups – .5 billion or 100 group
– 10 million – manageable – okay
T-om's
soul math.
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11:23
p.m. The long practice today is to review everything thus far… I've spent the
day cleaning windows with Cindy. Some…comments…but a good day. I need a
teaching and teacher that will take me forward. I think we are all prodigal
souls (sons as in Jesus story) who have left our home and need to return.
This
was a big review – do all Steps 1 – 48 of the prior seven weeks. Little in the
journal, except the soul math computation. I still don’t know how that works
out.
The
index cards only covered three of the new Steps.
43 –
I
am (You are)
created by God. God’s will is to know me (you). My (Your) will
is to know God.
45 –
Everything
is a joint effort. Everything is the product of relationship. … I
am
“limited”… that gives me (you)
humility –
46 –Recognizing
your limitations allows me (you)
to work in a limited context very successfully. … Allow yourself to be small,
and you will experience that greatness is with you and that greatness is part
of you.
There
is an enormous amount of teaching in these early Steps, but I can see that more
clearly now, having studies so long. I listened to most of the MP3 recordings
today. Still working on improving the quality.
What
I did recognize yesterday on the trail was that this that we study is: “The
Word of God.” It is received as inspired language, communicating truth to we in
the separation. The story of the Prodigal
Son is noted. Many have trouble with it, focusing more on the unfairness to
the good son than the one who went off with his fortune. It has been a story about
“the Separation” for me for a long time. I’d have to go into the earlier
journals to see if I could find a first mention. Let us continue. This will be
mental work.
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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