Today: CT Step 73 - The mental environment of the world is changing. (MP3)
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| The mental environment of the world is changing. CT Step 73 |
Perhaps you have wondered why the world feels
different or seems different. In your own way, perhaps you have experienced
this. Things are certainly changing in some obvious ways, but the feeling of
being in the world is changing as well. Have you ever wondered why this might
be the case? It is easier to attach causes to social and economic factors, but
these alone cannot account for the great change that is occurring in the world
and for the new experiences that people are having.
Indeed, for many people, though there is greater
affluence in many parts of the world, there is a greater discomfort as well.
People often attribute that to psychological causes or the result of emotional
dysfunction, past traumas or things like this. Any of those may indeed be the
cause in many situations, but the mental environment of the world is changing.
Let yourself have the experience of this today and
see what it means for you. Engage in your practice in stillness and your hourly
practice in awareness and discernment, but also take time today to ask yourself
this question, "Is the mental environment of the world changing?" Let
yourself have your own experience. Ask the question, but do not give the
answer. Let the answer naturally come from within you. Feel what it means. Even
when you are out in nature, away from human establishments, if you have this
opportunity today, ask yourself this question. It is the beginning of a new
understanding.
Practice 73: One
30-minute stillness practice.
Contemplation practice.
Hourly practice.
Picture: Hirshhorn Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Artists
can depict a different world which may reflect changing mental environments.
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 72 - I am influenced by the mental environments around me.
1:10
a.m. Monday, November 5, 2001 – Preparing to go to WI [Wisconsin]. It is time to confront Mom
about her behavior. Anger management is the challenge of the day.
…
Earth,
on the other hand, is not ready. Moving from theocracy to religious freedom and
cultural freedom, without the mixing freedom of the U.S. over the past 250
years…is a challenge.
Preparing
for a trip to the mental environment of my parents and early years, so no
record of observations this day. 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.
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