The Greater Community is a greater reality. I must be prepared. CT Step 53 (MP3)
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| The Greater Community is a greater reality. I must be prepared. CT Step 53 |
The Greater Community is a greater reality. And it
is overshadowing everything that you are doing today and everything that you
will do tomorrow. To comprehend the Greater Community and to prepare for it,
you must have a very firm foundation. Your life cannot be collapsing underneath
you. You must build a table with four strong legs and be able to stand upon it.
Otherwise, you will not be able to see and you will not be able to give. You
will be one of life’s casualties and not one of life’s contributors.
The Greater Community and the preparation for the
Greater Community both represent a tremendous threshold. You do not get to
choose this, for the Greater Community is upon you. The choice is whether to
respond or not to respond. The choice is whether to prepare or not to prepare.
Therefore, in learning Steps to Knowledge,
you learn to build the foundation, for that is half the preparation right
there. If you do not build the foundation, well, you cannot really exercise
your greater abilities. You will not become a force in the world, a force for
good.
Here you work simultaneously at all
levels—-relationships, work, health, spiritual development and Greater
Community awareness—-because that is half the preparation. The other half of
the preparation is in learning about the Mental Environment. This represents a
more elevated level of training and preparation. For this, you must have a
tremendous foundation. Your life must be in order, and you must be right with
your own life.
Today think about these things. Look carefully. See
what today’s lesson can mean for you and for others. Practice stillness in your
deep meditation. And exercise your authority by using awareness and discernment
in the moment upon the hour when you are out in the world. Remember here that
you are preparing for something greater, something that is already happening,
something that needs your participation and awareness.
Practice 53: One
30-minute stillness practice.
Contemplation practice.
Hourly practice.
Picture: The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of
Natural History, Washington, D.C.
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
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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