I must find my true relationships in order to know my direction. CT Step 5 (MP3)
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| I must find my true relationships in order to know my direction. CT Step 5 |
A critical part of your development is finding
those individuals who are destined to share your greater work in the world.
Finding them, then, can preoccupy the early stages of your development. In
doing this, it is often necessary to leave other involvements that do not
represent this greater purpose and destiny. For some people this can take many
years to accomplish. Yet until you are free to find your true companions, then
you must engage in this work, in this effort. And if you have been so fortunate
to find even one of your true companions, then you have a new beginning in your
life. Here your development and their development become really essential. Here
you become accountable to more than just yourself. For you now practice for
others as well as for your own advancement. Here failure means that you fail
others as well as your Spiritual Family.
Receive this not with guilt but understand that it
gives you great strength and commitment, for in reality this is the case.
People believe that they are weak and so they look for other powers in the
universe to guide them and to protect them. But here you are learning The Way
of Knowledge, which is the way of true initiation. For this you will need
strong companions. And they must become strong for you and you must become
strong for them. You must become strong to find them. You must become strong to
join with them. And you must become strong to advance with them. This is a
gift.
Today spend time thinking about the meaning of
today's lesson. It holds the key to understanding human relationships. A great
deal can be revealed to you if you spend time considering the meaning of
today's practice.
Look upon the world without condemnation but with
clear eyes. See that without a greater purpose, human relationships cannot
fulfill their greater meaning and value. These relationships can only be
partial, and they are at the mercy of the conflicts of those who participate
within them. And because these relationships are governed by the conditioning
of the world, freedom and true self-expression will not be possible within
them. Understand this and you will understand your past and a great deal about
what has brought you to this point.
Continue your one daily practice in stillness and
your hourly practices. Think about your greater companions.
Practice 5: One
30-minute stillness practice.
Contemplation practice.
Hourly practice.
Picture: A concert is the sort of venue one may go to,
alone or in a group, looking for a relationship. Pécs, Hungary – May 22, 2010.
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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