Today: Step 222 - The world is
confused. I will judge it not. (MP3)
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| The world is confused. I will judge it not. - Step 222 |
THE ONLY JUDGMENT THAT YOU CAN MAKE UPON THE WORLD
is that it is confused. This judgment does not require anger, sadness, loss,
resentment, hostility or revenge. It does not call for attack in any form. The
world is confused. Judge it not. How can the world be certain when the world is
without Knowledge? You may look upon your life thus far and realize the extent
of your own confusion. How could it be otherwise when you were without
Knowledge? Knowledge is with you now, as it was then. You are beginning to reclaim
Knowledge so its certainty can express itself through you increasingly. This is
the great gift that you are now learning to receive. It is a gift the world
will learn to receive through you.
EACH HOUR AS YOU LOOK UPON THE WORLD and all of its
activities, judge it not, for it is merely confused. If you are in distress today,
judge yourself not, for you are merely confused. In your deeper practice
periods today, allow yourself to enter stillness. You enter stillness simply by
wanting to enter stillness. It is a gift that you allow for yourself. To do
this, you give yourself to receiving the gift. Here there is no giver and
sender of the gift, for the gift reverberates between you and your Source.
Knowledge and its vehicle merely affirm one another.
THE WORLD IS CONFUSED. It is without Knowledge. But
you are a gift to the world, for you are learning to receive Knowledge this
day.
PRACTICE 222: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice.
Many pictures were considered for today. This
is a time exposure that was, as I recall, interrupted by a truck on the bridge.
It is blurred as a result, communicating confusion, or so I felt.
From the journal: Step
221 - I am free to be confused today.
8:10
a.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2001 –
"I
am free to be confused today". In Practice #1 I started off being not
confused today – because the River Recreation Group will complete its plan
tonight.
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The message is that "stillness" is always an option, confused or not.
As a result of S2K I reframed the world/space/time. In my work I've moved/been
moved to a different visibility/role.
As
usual, I've gotten angry at myself for actions and in-actions. Spiritual
searching has been part of my life continuously – and – what –? It is the
reason I don't have independent wealth? I didn't seek that, develop those
skills – Mark Wrolstad tried, but didn't make it.
What
am I doing here? Building relationships? Building community?
My
mission is now a self-funded mandate. Life is an unfunded mandate. You come
into the world, see consciousness, survive or thrive in your childhood, seek
partnership and community in adulthood – swimming back to God.
…
12:25
a.m. March 29, 2001 – The River Rec committee adopted their report – it has all
come together well. ...
The
Step today was about being confused, but that was not the problem today – I did
have focus all day.
A good day, that day. There was permission to
be confused, but that will be done on other days.
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
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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
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