x2 Step 304 - I will not be a student of fear today. – Journal – Step 303

Today: Step 304 - I will not be a student of fear today. (MP3)

I will not be a student of fear today. Step 304

REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS A STUDENT—every day, every hour and every moment. Therefore, as you become more conscientious, you must select what you will learn. Here you are given a real choice, for you are either a student of Knowledge or you are a student of confusion. Do not be a student of confusion today. Do not be a student of fear today, for without Knowledge there is uncertainty and there is fear. Without Knowledge there are fearful pursuits which perpetrate greater fear and a greater sense of loss.

REALIZE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A STUDENT. Realize this and accept this with relief, for you have a meaningful choice here—to be a student of Knowledge or a student of confusion. Knowledge will cast its influence upon you to enable you to make the right choice, to choose that which renders you certainty, purpose, meaning and value in the world. Then, you may become a force for Knowledge in the world to dispel confusion, darkness and fear from all minds that labor under their oppressive weight.

DO NOT BE A STUDENT OF FEAR. Make this resolution within yourself upon the hour as you recognize the fearful persuasions of the world, the confusion of the world and its dark influence upon all who feel its oppression. Allow yourself to be a liberated soul within the world. Hold the jewel of love within your heart. Hold the light of Knowledge within your heart. When you return to your two deeper meditation practices today, repeat the idea for today so that you may enter into stillness and silence within your sanctuary. Rejuvenate yourself in Knowledge and refresh yourself, for Knowledge is the great light that you carry. The more that you come within its presence, the more it will radiate itself upon you and the more it will shine upon you and, through you, upon the world.

PRACTICE 304: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

Picture:  This New York City bus has an ad for a TV courtroom show. For those who may fear for their lives if they give testimony in court – “tell the truth”, “witness relocation” programs were created. Individuals get a new identity after serving as witnesses and are relocated in the country.

From the journal:  Step 303 - I will step back from the world's persuasions today.

1:04 a.m. Monday, June 18, 2001 –… Error and Joy side-by-side.

Step 303 – I will step back from the world's persuasions –

→

Resolution by humanity –

No alien trespass –

No experiments

Humanity acts – no government to do this

Until such a body is in place – the will of humanity – is – no intervention –

All communication shall be public

– No claims will be recognized

– All equipment and beings must be removed

– No agreements with governments, formal or informal are binding since none were negotiated with the consent of the governed

– No secret government can impose binding contracts

– Any contact/contract would need approval of a majority of voting adults.

– Arrangements for and conduct of such a vote –

6:02 p.m. Practice #2 "I will step back from the world's persuasions today".

– I did get a chocolate bar and smoke the cappuccino Slurpee to caffeine myself through household projections.

6:47 p.m. Practice complete – very tired.

…

Listening to the message on alien intervention has begun to make me think about what might be done. In my work with and for local government, things begin with a resolution to do something or support something. I’ve begun to think of what a resolution about the intervention would include. Let us continue now.

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.

x2 Step 303 - I will step back from the world's persuasions today. – Journal – Step 302

Today:  Step 303 - I will step back from the world's persuasions today. (MP3)

I will step back from the world's persuasions today. Step 303

STEP BACK FROM THE WORLD’S PERSUASIONS. Recognize what is certain and what is confused. Recognize what is devoted and what is ambivalent. Let not the power of the world’s frustration and confusion overtake you today, but hold the light of God within your heart. Keep it burning within yourself as you venture into the world. Thus, you pass through the world unscathed and uninfluenced because you are abiding with Knowledge. Without Knowledge, the world merely sweeps you away in its own frenzy. It sweeps you away in its inducements and its mad pursuits.

TODAY YOU ABIDE WITH KNOWLEDGE, and so you are free of the world’s persuasions. Repeat today’s idea upon the hour and recognize how important it is in maintaining your inner balance and your sense of self and certainty. Realize how important today’s idea is in allowing you to keep stillness alive within you so that your deeper meditations, in which you will practice stillness again today, can exert their influence and their results upon all of your activities, for this is their purpose.

RECOGNIZE THE WORLD’S PERSUASIONS AND STEP BACK. This you are given to do, for here you have the power of decision. This you can do once you recognize the world’s persuasions and realize how important Knowledge is. This will enable you to exercise the power of decision on your own behalf. Here the world will not claim you, and here you will be a force for good in the world, for this is your purpose.

IN YOUR DEEPER MEDITATION PRACTICES, once again give today’s idea as an invocation to prepare you. In stillness and in silence enter into the sanctuary of Knowledge so that you may rejuvenate and refresh yourself there. Find reprieve there from your own internal conflicts and from the conflicts that rage in the world. When you return from your sanctuary, remind yourself that you will not be claimed by the world’s confusion. Remind yourself that you will not fall prey to the world’s persuasions. Then, you will carry forth the safety that you are now learning to receive into the world around you.

PRACTICE 303: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

From the journal:  Step 302 - I will not resist the world today.

June 16, 2001 7:20 AM. – Tom's Space Odyssey

→ On waking – The Center for R_C_

Who – Tom C

What – CRC

When – Now

Where – Front R

Why – The old paradigm was "Think globally, act locally". That was an advancement for its time in the 1970’s. It was a precursor of the reality of the global economy.

There is a problem in that the local scale is often too small. As Tip O'Neal said, "All politics is local". In the U.S., local governments have been the primary unit of settlement since the country's discovery.

         ↑

     History – sprawl – etc.

         ↓

From a greater perspective, Earth is our local planet, and all things are done by two or more. Human (self) governance is structured at many levels. Nation, state, local – and we co-exist by many levels of cooperation.

A citizen, moving about the planet, wants a seamless experience. There are a few borders where checks of identity are made.

"Think local planet, act regionally". This is the new paradigm. The question is, how does a locality, an organization, a business operate differently in this new world? Regions are normally demarcations imposed from the top down to manage.

From the grassroots level – regions can and are being used to empower. Regionalism – the political science notion that local governments should cooperate with their neighbors, and even consolidate for efficiency, has been around a long time.

→ Structured & supported regions work

→ exhortations for regionalism where officials and citizens have an unbounded territory – is…

– There are many regional alignments producing more than one regional community

→ Mapping the regions, one person, business, local government – will find themselves at the center of their own mono-polar world – and within various organized regions.

6/23/01 <organized religions?>

The government services region is a Key, yet invisible geography. It is a building block –

→ once the structure is more visible, and data made Known, it can be used strategically by many.

Today's Step – #301 – "I will not lose myself in anxiety today". I called Mom and Dad this morning. He got home from the hospital yesterday – called and left a message. He's doing better with the pacemaker. We'll visit in July. Mom told me not to worry. I said the kids burned out all my worry circuits 5 years ago – as did the PDC stress.

Anxiety is common in the modern world. Worry is an indicator. One a perfectionist, I gave up on that when a single parent. The behavior of the children, as I say, “burned out all my worry circuits” prior to the time of this entry. Numbness is another term – thinking “no news is good news”, if I’m getting a report, it can’t be good. Steps was helpful there. 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.

x2 Step 302 - I will not resist the world today. – Journal – Step 301

Today:  Step 302 - I will not resist the world today. (MP3)

I will not resist the world today. Step 302

DO NOT RESIST THE WORLD, for the world is the place you have come to serve. It is the place where Knowledge will express itself as you learn to become a vehicle for Knowledge. Allow the world to be as it is, for without your condemnation it will be far easier for you to be in the world, to utilize its resources and to recognize its opportunities.

DO NOT RESIST THE WORLD, for you are from beyond the world. The world is no longer a prison for you but the place for you to contribute. To whatever extent you have not been able to adjust to the world in the past and to whatever extent being in the world has been difficult for you, you are now looking at the world in a new way. You have sought the world to replace Knowledge, and now you are realizing Knowledge is being given to you from your Source. Thus, the world is no longer being used as a substitute for Knowledge and the world can now become a canvas upon which you can express the potency of Knowledge. Thus, the world becomes what it rightfully is in your life. For this reason you do not need to resist the world today.

AS YOU PASS THROUGH THE WORLD THIS DAY, remember this idea upon the hour and let yourself be present to whatever circumstance you are in. Allow your inner life to be still so that Knowledge may exert its influence and its guidance for you. Allow yourself to carry certainty today—the certainty of Knowledge. This is a certainty that you have not invented or constructed for yourself. It abides with you always, in spite of your confusion.

DO NOT RESIST THE WORLD TODAY, for Knowledge is with you. In your longer practice periods, remember this idea both before and after your meditations. In your meditations escape the world into the sanctuary of stillness. The greater your involvement in the sanctuary of stillness, the greater ease you will have in being in the world, for you will not be attempting to use the world as a substitute for your Ancient Home. Here the world becomes beneficial to you, and you become beneficial to the world.

PRACTICE 302: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

From the journal:  Step 301 - I will not lose myself in anxiety today.

Picture:

June 16, 2001 7:20 AM. – Tom's Space Odyssey

→ On waking – The Center for R_C_

Who – Tom C

What – CRC

When – Now

Where – Front Royal

Why – The old paradigm was "Think globally, act locally". That was an advancement for its time in the 1970’s. It was a precursor of the reality of the global economy.

There is a problem in that the local scale is often too small. As Tip O'Neal said, "All politics is local". In the U.S., local governments have been the primary unit of settlement since the country's discovery.

…

From a greater perspective, Earth is our local planet, and all things are done by two or more. Human (self) governance is structured at many levels. Nation, state, local – and we co-exist by many levels of cooperation.

A citizen, moving about the planet, wants a seamless experience. There are a few borders where checks of identity are made.

"Think local planet, act regionally". This is the new paradigm. The question is, how does a locality, an organization, a business operate differently in this new world? Regions are normally demarcations imposed from the top down to manage.

From the grassroots level – regions can and are being used to empower. Regionalism – the political science notion that local governments should cooperate with their neighbors, and even consolidate for efficiency, has been around a long time.

→ Structured & supported regions work

→ exhortations for regionalism where officials and citizens have an unbounded territory – is…

– There are many regional alignments producing more than one regional community

→ Mapping the regions, one person, business, local government – will find themselves at the center of their own mono-polar world – and within various organized regions.

6/23/01 <organized religions?>

The government services region is a Key, yet invisible geography. It is a building block –

→ once the structure is more visible, and data made Known, it can be used strategically by many.

Alignment to this structure –

…

Today's Step – #301 – "I will not lose myself in anxiety today". I called Mom and Dad this morning. He got home from the hospital yesterday – called and left a message. He's doing better with the pacemaker. We'll visit in July. Mom told me not to worry. I said the kids burned out all my worry circuits 5 years ago – as did the PDC stress.

No anxiety today. Going ahead with my plans. Trying to fit into the world and contribute. 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.