Today: Step 143 - Today I will be still. (MP3)
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| “Today I will be still.” Step 143 |
BE STILL TODAY IN YOUR TWO MEDITATION PRACTICES so
that you may receive the presence of Knowledge within you. Take a moment of
stillness in your hourly practice so that you may recognize where you are and
what you are doing. In this way, you may access the greater aspect of mind so
that it may serve you upon each hour so that you may carry it forth into the
world. Be still today so that you may observe the world. Be still today so that
you may see the world. Be still today so that you may hear the world. Carry
forth your daily duties, but within yourself be still. In this way, Knowledge
will present itself and then will begin to guide you as it is intended to do.
PRACTICE 143: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice.
Why the focus on stillness? This clip from page
127, Relationships
and Higher Purpose offers perspective:
“God is still. As you become still you will
experience God. As you become still you will experience your own Knowledge,
which is God's Gift to you. Therefore, we teach stillness that you may know.”
From the journal: Step
142 - I will be consistent today.
January
8, 2001
9 p.m.
What can I do? Wasted the past hour on the Internet. Starved when I came home –
I over-ate – and now am lethargic – too tired to prepare for my talk Thursday.
The Step today – "I will be consistent.”
I am
consistently being unwise – and remain unsure of my place in the world. I keep
waiting for the ultimate good news, something that will last – but it doesn't. Here
in my fine prison – I seek to know. The only tool – my wobbly mind. I'm looking
for the Puritan endorsement, a good life indicates a saved soul. It never stays
good for long.
>
Somebody in my group could be losing their resolve (?) Things aren't that bad
here. What is it?
142
– "I will be consistent today."
My
soul goal is to return to God – get home. S2K offers a more clear path and thus
I follow. I cannot see or Know where I fit in the world.
A
short, pertinent entry this day. It begins with the end of day stresses, then
into the work of mind adjustment to the insights of Knowledge. 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.
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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