Today: Step 309 - The world I
see is attempting to become one community. (MP3)
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| The world I see is attempting to become one community. Step 309 |
THE WORLD YOU SEE IS ATTEMPTING TO BECOME one community,
for this is its evolution. How can the world evolve when it is fragmented? How
can humanity advance when it is opposing itself? How can the world be at peace
when one faction competes with another? The world you see is like the mind that
you experience within yourself—warring with itself, yet without purpose or
meaning. The world you see is attempting to become one community, for all
worlds where intelligent life has evolved must become one community.
HOW THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED AND WHEN IT WILL BE
ACHIEVED is beyond your present scope, but as you look upon the world without judgment
you will see the yearning in each person to join. You will see the desire for
separation to be ended. The world’s pressing problems merely exemplify its
predicament and call for the creation of one community in the world. This is so
obvious if you but look. As you yourself are becoming one person and healing
all wounds within yourself as a student of Knowledge, so is the world
attempting to become one world and to heal all of its wounds and all of its internal
conflicts and separation. Why is this? Because Knowledge is in the world.
AS YOU ARE DISCOVERING KNOWLEDGE WITHIN YOURSELF, remember
that Knowledge is latent within each person, and even in its latency it is
casting its influence and extending its direction. The world contains
Knowledge, too. It is a larger representation of yourself that you look upon. Thus,
as you become a student of Knowledge and are able to objectively recognize your
preparation, you will begin to have a true view of the evolution of the world.
Here your viewpoint will not be distorted by personal preferences or fears, for
the evolution of the world will simply be obvious to you. The evolution of the
world is obvious to your Teachers, who look upon the world from beyond its constraints.
But you who are within the world, who feel the influence of the world and who
share the world’s doubt and uncertainty, must learn to look upon the world
without these restraints as well.
THE WORLD IS ATTEMPTING TO BECOME ONE COMMUNITY. Remind
yourself of this upon the hour, and in your two deeper practice periods engage
your mind actively in attempting to understand today’s idea. Think of the
problems of the world and the solutions that they call for. Think of the
conflicts in the world and the requirement that they be settled. Realize that
if any individual or group of individuals opposes these resolutions and
requirements, this will induce them to wage war against the world and one
another. The conflicts you perceive are merely the attempt to preserve
separation. But the world is attempting to become one community and regardless of
the resistance to this, it will relentlessly attempt to do this, for this is its
evolution. This is the true desire of all who dwell here, for all separation
must be ended and all contribution must be given. This is your purpose and the
purpose of all who have come here.
REMEMBER, YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED and you are
responding to your one true purpose. In time, others will be called and they
will respond. This is inevitable. You are accomplishing the inevitable, which will
take a great deal of time and many steps. Knowledge is your source and
Knowledge is the result. Therefore, you can be certain of the final outcome of
your actions. Regardless of how the world will proceed in its preparation and
its difficulties, it must accomplish this one true goal. Thus, you can proceed
with certainty.
IN YOUR LONGER MEDITATIONS ATTEMPT TO PENETRATE
today’s idea. Do not be complacent here, but actively engage your mind as your
mind was meant to be engaged. Try to recognize your own ambivalence about the
world becoming one community. Try to recognize your fears and concerns about
this. Try to recognize as well your desire for one community and your
understanding that this is necessary. Once you take inventory of your own
thoughts and feelings concerning today’s idea, you will further understand why
the world is in its current predicament. The world has a certain destiny and a certain
course to follow, yet it is ambivalent about everything. Thus, the world itself
must unlearn ambivalence, as you are now learning to do, and your
accomplishments will assist it in its great undertaking, for this is your
contribution to the world.
PRACTICE 309: Two 30-minute practice
Picture:
Advertising sign in Beijing airport 2010.
From the journal: Step
308 – Review ~ Remember that Knowledge is life itself…
308 Review – Points from note cards
295 – “You are now penetrating the mystery of your
life. … For all meaning, purpose and direction are born of your origin and your
destiny. You are a visitor within the world, and your participation here must
exemplify your greater life beyond the world.”
296 – “Nasi Novare Coram “ “The presence of the
Teachers of God is with me.”
297 –“Novre Novre Comey Na Vera Te Novre” …this
invocation speaks of the power of stillness within your mind … in stillness all
things can be known, and all things that are known will reveal themselves to
you.
298 – Mavran Mavran Conay Mavran … Today’s
invocation engages your mind with all minds which are engaged in the
reclamation of Knowledge in the universe, for you are a citizen of a Greater
Community as well as a citizen of your world. You are part of a great
undertaking existing both within the world and beyond, for God is at work
everywhere. The True Religion, then, is the reclamation of Knowledge. It finds
its expression in each world and in each culture, and there it acquires its
symbolism and its rituals, but its essence is universal. …
Allow your mind to engage itself with that which is
beyond the limited scope of human involvement, for K speaks of a greater life
within the world and beyond. It is this greater life which you must now
entertain. It is this greater life which you must now receive, for you are a
student of K. K is greater than the world, but K has come to the world to
serve.
299 –
300 – You are part of a Spiritual Family. You
receive this through your experience, an experience which will confirm your
participation in life and the great purpose you have come to serve.
301 – Accept that you are entering a greater life
with a greater sense of purpose. Allow yourself to rely upon the certainty of K
within you and its confirmation of your true relationships. Be at peace this
day. Allow stillness to abide with you as you walk through the world.
302 – 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. … The world is no longer a
prison for you but the place for you to contribute. … 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.
303 – I will step back from the world's persuasions
today. … Recognize what is certain and what is confused. Recognize what is
devoted and what is ambivalent. … STEP BACK. This you are given to do, for here
you have the power of decision…” and exercise it on your own behalf.
304 – Remember that you are always a student…you
have a meaningful choice here—to be a student of Knowledge or a student of
confusion. … Do not be a student of fear. … K is the great light that you
carry.
305– Allow love to be in your life today, for
Knowledge and love are one. … Allow Knowledge to reveal the nature of love to
you.
306 – … in K the Christ and the Buddha are one. …
achievements of the great Spiritual Emissaries unite … the K that you receive
today is the fruit of their giving, for K has been kept alive in the world for
you. … The purpose of all true Spiritual teaching is the experience and the
manifestation of K.
307 – K is living within you and you are learning
to live w. K. … As you realize the changelessness of your true existence, you
will realize how it wishes to express itself in the world of change. … with K,
you may possess things in the world w/o identifying with them. You may receive
them and release them according to the necessity of doing so.
308 – Review -
this Review is very important … You who have been partial with life in
the past are now realizing that life is completely with you and will require
that you be completely with it. This is your salvation and your redemption, for
here all separation, fear and misery are dispelled.
12:56
a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2001
Long
review today. I could be with K or deluded. Time will tell.
10:15
a.m. Slept late, recovering from little sleep Thursday night – and – whatever
last night. I dreamt I was at a meeting about data in Richmond. Dale Jarrett
stopped by, gave me a ride in his car, but I didn't have anything for him to
autograph except a $10 or $20 bill. All my 3 x 5's were used. So he gave me a
souvenir given to him at the State Capitol. It was a lucid dream – later in it
I regretted not acting to have him autograph the cash. When I woke up – I
remembered/knew it was a dream and was relieved.
The
email with resolution I sent to Patricia and Marshall was returned – failure to
deliver. I resent it to Darlene Mitchell & Joyce Johnson. I will need to
add more – background – preamble. – Community is how humanity solves problems.
Being
aware and bringing messages is a dangerous occupation. I've been fearful in the
past and worked in hidden ways – or not at all – except to write in this book
of mysteries.
12:13
p.m. Step 308 – Review. I will begin by reviewing the past two weeks to get a
sense of the change that might have occurred in me. Although my work is about
community and relationships, I need a lot of time for reflection, thought and
integration.
1:15
p.m. Journal review complete. – In the past two weeks much has been revealed.
The challenge is to do something with it, and remain grounded in the world –
independent, self-sufficient and discreet, scaling those values from
individual, to family, to community, to humanity. Time for fiction? Stories?
2:10
p.m. After reviewing my journal, I took a walk to get the newspaper and
"air".…
3:54
p.m. Off the phone. Mom called. Dad was doing stuff – and she got upset. He now
has lots of energy – is hyper-active and disturbing her routine. It's driving
her crazy and ruining her routine. I gave them some perspective and they both
felt better. I said they could both be playing their harps – Mom's gallbladder
and Dad's heart stopping – they both could've been gone this year. They still
have service to provide – relationships to give & receive.
9:12
p.m. Back to the review. The afternoon ended up being for family – … Sarah
called and I talked to her. She’s been out @ David’s – George gone – and she’s
lonely, and getting warmer to M.E. – all is well with my family her on earth.
I am
more@ home on the earth.
Sticking
with Steps leads to more serious thought. Let us continue. This will go on for
years – and growth will continue.
NNC
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