Today: CT Step 31 - I must learn to use the power that has been given to me. (MP3)
I must learn to use the power that has been given to me. CT Step 31 |
Great power has been given to you. It is yours to
receive and to apply, but you must learn how to use it, or it will not come
forth, and you will not understand what it means or how it can serve the world
in which you live.
Therefore, give yourself to become a student of
Knowledge, to learn about the nature of power and grace and how it can be
received, applied and employed in a world of conflict, in a world that is at
risk now of losing its freedom in the Greater Community. Do not lose this
opportunity. Let circumstances today show you the need for Knowledge. Let the trials
and tribulations of the world demonstrate this to you as it can over and over
and over again until there is no doubt left in your mind.
In your long practice in stillness and in your
hourly practice in awareness and discernment, exercise this authority. Utilize
it. This whole program of preparation is giving you a structure, a direction
and a step-by-step training in accessing your spiritual power and utilizing it
constructively in the world. Become then a recipient of Grace and a contributor
of Grace, but to do this you must discover your own authority and exercise it
wisely.
Practice 31: One
30-minute stillness practice.
Contemplation practice.
Hourly practice.
Picture: Power line towers, Carson Trail, Warren County,
Virginia. April 1, 2015
Plan B - If the MP3 doesn’t work, here’s the link
to the folder: New Message - Student Spoken Steps CT Recordings -
Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training - Working file
From the journal:
CT
Step 30 - To realize my strength, I must exercise my authority.
8:15
a.m. Monday, September 24, 2001 – Where am I? Embodied – among others. Instead
of worship of the creator, the challenge is to understand the creation.
10:55
p.m. Getting ready for contemplation. A long day @ work. Meeting in a.m. with Luray
& Shenandoah about the water authority – … Shenandoah County and their
Towns were a tough two hour meeting. When I got home, there was a call from Mom.
They need to move Dad to the Hamilton Home. It will be hard…they've never been
apart for more than a couple of days in 55 years. Called Sarah – she's sounding
fine. I sent her a phone card and cash. Then I ate – and now sit to
contemplate. TV on – no sound – Green Bay leads Washington 13 – 7 – 3rd quarter
– Monday Night Football. My computer has crashed – tomorrow to the shop.
Step
30 – "To realize my strength, I must exercise my authority".
What
is "my authority"? The text says it is "a great authority, which
you must now claim and use wisely for a greater purpose". If neglected,
then I'm under the power of other authorities in the world. "Authorities
of governments, religious beliefs, family & the tyranny of all the social
conditioning". This seems like all of life –
On
the drive to Luray I thought about it. The only thing I’ve any authority in is
cooperation ~ The regional thing. That didn't seem to be what was referred to,
yet – it is not political, religious or social conditioning. The cooperation I
see is not of government, but of people.
Thinking,
thinking, thinking. We continue.
NNC
Note: If you’ve some interest, but this is the
first time you’ve seen 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. Begin at
the beginning.
If you do know about Steps, but have not done Steps
twice completely, read the related materials, and have a sense of the direction
of this study, you won’t get the experience. The Introduction begins:
“This is the Steps
to Knowledge Continuation Training. It is designed to build upon the Steps
that were learned in Steps to Knowledge to
enable you to experience the grace, the power and the direction of Knowledge in
your life and to become an expression of Knowledge in everything that you do.
If you have completed the book, Steps to
Knowledge, twice through and have followed the instructions as they were
given without altering the curriculum in any way, then you are now ready to
begin this more advanced study”.
If you are an independent student, that is
certainly an option. 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.