x2 Step 185 - I have come into the world for a purpose. – Journal – Step 184

Today: Step 185 - I have come into the world for a purpose. (MP3)

“I have come into the world for a purpose.” Step 185

 

AGAIN WE AFFIRM THIS GREAT TRUTH, which in your Knowledge you will know to be true. Regardless of your current stage of personal development, the reality of your purpose in life remains true. Therefore, from time to time we repeat certain lessons that are essential for your well-being and development. We give them different wording from time to time so that you may have a greater and greater experience of them. In this way, they may find their way into your heart so that your heart may find its way into your consciousness.

YOU ARE HERE TO SERVE. You are here to give. You are here because you are rich with Knowledge. Regardless of your circumstance in life, your own sense of poverty will be banished forever as Knowledge arises within you, for there can be no sense of deprivation when Knowledge is being experienced and expressed. This is the promise of this program of preparation. This is the promise of your life. This is your destiny and your mission here. From this, your specific calling in the world will be given to you. It will be quite specific to your activities and behavior. Before this can happen, your mind must be cultivated, and your life must be rearranged and brought into genuine balance so that it may reflect your Knowledge and not your fears and wishes only. A greater life must come from a Greater Source within you. A greater life is made possible for you now.

YOU ARE HERE TO SERVE, but to serve you must receive. In your longer practice periods today, practice receptivity. Go deeper in your practice of stillness. Cultivate this practice. You are now learning the specific skills that will help you to do this. When your will is being experienced, the methods will follow naturally. We give only so much methodology as is necessary to aim your mind in the proper direction. From here you can refine your practice to meet your needs without betraying the instructions that are given in this course.

THEREFORE, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS that are given and make minor adjustments as necessary. When you learn to work with your nature, you will learn to utilize it on your own behalf. Practice upon the hour so that your practice may go with you everywhere and so that everything that happens to you today may be a part of your practice.

PRACTICE 185: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

Note: “You are here to serve. You are here to give. You are here because you are rich with Knowledge.”

The picture offered for this step is what? A parent and child seems the simplest description. A parent is mother or father; a child – boy or girl. “I have come into the world for a purpose.” Depending upon the life stage, the “I” is a child, a parent, or both. In this picture, the relationship between the two feels strong.

From the journal:  Step 184 - My questions are greater than I had realized before.

February 19, 2001

12:40 a.m. – Completed some info for Alan M Vorhees 10 minutes ago. Last minute Tom as always… – Knowing too there are errors – but – it always goes that way for me – what time zone am I in?

8:20 a.m. Edited last night's work – necessary as anticipated. I see this focus emerging in my life. Needing support from the universe – have it from RHG [Regional Harmonics Group]– can we take the perspective further?

1:14 p.m. The meeting with Alan M Vorhees ran from 10:10 until 12:30 p.m. A long, broad discussion where I ended up volunteering to help him get the next Governor – Mark Warner – on board with GIS investment.

1:42 p.m. Practice #1 – overlooking the Occoquan Reservoir. Route 123 above – background noise – I'll be still and silent.

1:51 p.m. Moved south – upstream for more quiet – less scenic.

2:22 p.m. 2 minutes to go – not easy being still and silent when so much is pouring forth in my mind – the strategy is to get to the governor – the next one.

What do I already know that I've neglected thus far – and once operational – how do I hold my brain together. Integration is the goal Alan and I agreed.

1 a.m. Tuesday, February 20, 2001 – Need to be up this late to experience silence. Media bombardment is getting to me.

I talked to Diane. Things are not well with Mom & Dad. Action is required…

Sarah called. She is thinking more maturely. Having to parent David and Sarah – having to serve them changed my life.

A practice is included here in the business of the day, when I use a holiday to visit an individual who might have an interest in my work. I agreed to help him. It was a learning process. In reality it will take more than a decade from my ideas to mature. Family relationships weigh on my life. This is only true for about 98 percent of the population I’d guess. Look again at the picture for today’s Step. It looks like a precious day. We all need such days in our lives. 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.