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| I will stop complaining about the world. Step 66 |
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WORLD MEANS that it is not
meeting your idealism. Complaining about the world means that you do not
recognize that you have come here to work. Complaining about the world does not
help you understand its predicaments. Complaining about the world means you do
not understand the world as it is. Your complaints indicate that some
expectation has been disappointed. These disappointments are necessary for you
to begin to understand the world as it is and to understand yourself as you
truly are.
UPON THE HOUR TODAY GIVE THIS AFFIRMATION to
yourself and then practice it. Each hour spend a minute not complaining about
the world. Do not let the hours go by unattended, but be present for practice.
Recognize the extent to which others are complaining about the world and how
little it gives them and how little it gives the world. The world has already
been condemned by those who dwell within it. If it is to be loved and
cultivated, its predicaments must be recognized and its opportunities must be
accepted. Who can complain when an environment is given where Knowledge can be
reclaimed and contributed? The world only needs Knowledge and the expressions
of Knowledge. How can it be worthy of condemnation?
PRACTICE 66: Hourly practice.
From the journal Step
65 - I have come to work in the world.
7:10
a.m. Monday, October 23, 2000 – Dreams of older people. …
→Waking – why did
I never concentrate on building wealth? I thought I was? – Now I'm feeling
tired – more a lack of energy.
7:30
a.m. I have come to the world to work. My work is writing, thinking, linking….
I'm tired of the thinking part.
9:02
a.m. I am here to work and this work is independent of my mood or emotions.
10:21
p.m. I feel that I have more to contribute, but I'm disappointed about the
errors I've made and still continue to make.
10:28
p.m. I'm very angry at myself for my failure to attend to my needs. I explored
the spiritual – because of my job, I had more than other explorers. I was
wealthy – but compared to my peers – I've done nothing. How could I be so
stupid?
So –
I'm angry – yet this path has developed my ideas. I need to let my moods pass –
be upset when that's how I feel – and let it wash over. It is the change in
vision that is most upsetting.
>Allies
of Humanity – I love my family, my kids – but I don't have a great commitment
to humanity – white humanity/any humanity.
The
focus this year, the second time of Steps, is on learning and contributing: “You have come to the world to learn and to contribute.”
There
is anger and confusion expressed in the journal entries, but I’m dealing with
it via these entries. The journal is an aid to learning. Let us continue.
NNC
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and can begin it on the day that makes sense; then progress as needed. You can
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Often it takes 18 months to get through the Steps
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