REVIEW
THE PRACTICES AND THE INSTRUCTIONS for the preceding week. Review your progress
objectively. Realize how great your learning must be. Your steps now are small,
but substantive. Small steps lead you all the way. You are not expected to take
great leaps, yet each small step will seem like a great leap, for it will give
you so much more than you have ever had before. Allow your external life to
become rearranged as your inner life begins to emerge and to shine its light
upon you. Maintain your focus and accept change in your outer life, for it is
for your benefit. Only if Knowledge is violated will the indication of error be
evident to you. This will lead you to effective action. If Knowledge is not
offended by the change around you, then you need not be. In time, you will
achieve the peace of Knowledge. You will share in its peace, its certainty and
its true gifts.
THEREFORE,
CONDUCT YOUR REVIEW in one long practice period today. Review with great
emphasis and discrimination. Do not allow yourself to miss the recognition of
your learning process.
PRACTICE
84: One long practice period.
From the journal Step
83 - I value Knowledge beyond all things.
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| "I value Knowledge beyond all things." Step 83 |
6:15
a.m. Friday, November 10, 2000 –
I
came here to Wilkes-Barre to honor Howard G..., my mentor. He was truly
surprised to see me. He has accomplished many things building his regional
community and was well honored. I'll not get such a party…but there's 10 more
years. I continue to work my vision for the NSV.
The
trip here has led to much greater experience as I learned the night before. I
can feel knowledge working in my life and changing my behavior.
My
experience of Stillness last night was unbelievable. I saw/felt the universe in
a depth I couldn't have imagined a day ago.
Here
at Red Roof Inn, in a hotel room that reminds me of Keir Duella's room in
"2001:
A Space Odyssey,"
I continue my exploration in gratitude to my
Spiritual Family, my guides, the Unseen Ones, my earth family and friends, and
the Creator. I am becoming "at home" in the world and for this I am
grateful. I envision then my own trail to teach as I continue to learn and
contribute to overcoming the greatest abuse, to not educate.
Amen & Amen
Tom Su-ne
Thomas Joseph Christoffel
6:40
a.m. For Regional Intelligence – I'd rather not create something new, but use
that which is in place. The foundations for regional community structure need
to be put in place.
We
may associate value with money. The ATM picture demonstrates the common need in
the modern world to have to go to a cash machine to get some of that money,
that value holders, so things can be paid for. Is there an ATM for Knowledge? Doing
Steps will give that answer. We still have to use the money machines in the
world. We might even pray a bit that there be money in our account and that the
machine works so we can get some out.
In the 2001:
A Space Odyssey picture, the monolith has writing on it. It was blank in the movies. On a copy I added Greater Community Spirituality in many languages. Spiritual graffiti perhaps? 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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