Monday, May 18, 2015

x2 Step 138 – I need only follow the steps as they are given. Journal - Step 137



Today: Step 138 - I need only follow the steps as they are given. (MP3)

“I need only follow the steps as they are given.” Step 138
 
THE TRUTH OF THIS IS SO VERY OBVIOUS, if you will think of the many things that you have learned by simply following the steps in preparation. To not participate and to attempt to understand is utterly fruitless, utterly frustrating and without a happy or satisfying result of any kind. We are preparing you to participate in life, not to judge it, for life will hold a greater promise than your judgments could ever reveal. Your understanding is born of participation and is the result of participation. Thus, learn to participate and then to understand, for this is the true sequence of things.

THIS DAY REMEMBER YOUR HOURLY PRACTICES and allow your two meditations in stillness to become deeper. Allow no thoughts of fear, anxiety or self-doubt to dissuade you from your greater activity. Your ability to practice regardless of your emotional state demonstrates that the presence of Knowledge is within you, for Knowledge is beyond all emotional states and is unfettered by them. If you wish to see the stars, you must look beyond the clouds. What are your fears but clouds that pass through your mind? They only change the character of the surface of your mind, but the depth of your mind remains unchanged forever.

PRACTICE 138: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.


Picture:  The powered parachute/paraplane above the Front Royal power plant and related electric distribution wires and towers - Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Like the aircraft, we follow the steps as given, to learn, ultimately, how to operate around power.


Wednesday, January 3, 2001

11:20 p.m. I will accept the mystery of my life. This has been an interesting day.

When I began the "Rahn" in the first exercise I felt my Teachers come closer – In the second practice I had a sense that in repeating Rahn – I became a node attracting others – telling others I was there – a spiritual coyote.

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Short, focused journal entry this day.

This blog differs from the Steps2Know blog in that it is about the second or more time through Steps. In such passes through the material, one has more awareness that the first passage. The emphasis is still on doing the exercise, not the journal entries. They offer a companion perspective, for anyone who is interested in seeing how they have worked in another life. To differentiate the two blogs, I did not at the beginning, include the Step text. When I began to add pictures, I started with the journal Step, rather than the Step of the day. Thinking about this, that seemed to be more important, so I’m changing the labeling today. This is not to attract new Students, that is the job of the other Blog. This is to support continuing Students. The plan is to begin Continuation Steps in 2016.

I will follow the journal. I don’t know exactly when that was started. Let us continue.
NNC
 
Note: If you’ve some interest due to this or other 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. You can use the posts on this blog as a companion if it helps. They will remain in order in the archives - one post per Step.

Often it takes 18 months to get through the Steps once. For this blog, the pace is one-a-day, but it really makes no difference how fast you do it, only that you begin, persist and repeat. 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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