Greetings All –
HONOR THE SOURCE OF YOUR PREPARATION by being a
student of Knowledge today. Remember this upon the hour and think again about
what being a student of Knowledge means. Try to recall all that has been given
to you and all that is being reinforced and try to recognize objectively that
which obstructs you and holds you back. Strengthen your faith. Strengthen your
participation. Use your power of decision to do so, and remember as you do this
that you honor and represent that which guides you and that which you serve.
IN YOUR TWO DEEPER PRACTICE PERIODS, actively
engage your mind in considering what today’s idea means. Remember that you can only
serve that which you value. If you value Knowledge, you will serve Knowledge.
If you value ignorance and darkness, you will serve that. That which you value
is your master, and your master will give you that which you must learn. You
are a student of Knowledge. You are a student of Knowledge because you have
chosen that your studenthood and the master that guides you reflect Knowledge
and truth in the world. Here you only have two choices, for you can only serve
Knowledge or that which attempts to replace Knowledge. Since nothing can really
replace Knowledge, the desire to serve that which replaces Knowledge is the
desire to serve nothing, to be nothing and to have nothing. This is what we
mean when we speak of poverty. It is a state of serving nothing, being nothing
and having nothing.
THEREFORE, HONOR THAT WHICH SERVES YOU. Honor that
which acknowledges your reality and the meaning and the value of your presence
in the world, and you will serve something real, you will be something real and
you will have something real. Thus it is that you who are learning to serve
will be the one who is learning to receive.
PRACTICE 343: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice.
This Steps tells us a lot about our relationship to
Knowledge, and once acclimated to it, conflicts can settle down. “When you think, think constructively, for all
thinking must be constructive. When thinking isn’t necessary, Knowledge will
carry you forth. In the world you must have Knowledge, and you must learn to
think constructively because you are a student of Knowledge. Today be a student
of Knowledge and you will honor that which guides you, that which leads you and
that which blesses you.”
There was contemplation this day. From the Journal:
7:30
a.m. Friday, June 23, 2000 – Return to Optimism. The attack --- has eaten away
at my optimism and created fear for me. I told them they needed someone to
replace me. They're doing that.
Regional
is risky – local is safe.
>
My goal is to take the "intentional region" view to a larger
audience.
I
needed to move on – this is not how I intended to go – but this gets me moving.
Fear is trying to take my energy. It has done so…but I'm optimistic. I must
write/publish. I must reserve the energy to do so.
→ The public
corporate database is that governmental information collected and published (or
not) by local, State & Federal governments. It is assembled/published by
locality – in tables organized by alphabetical relationship – rather than
geographical relationship – neighbors
Regional
corporate data is the missing element. It is non-standard – except in a few
states like VA where it was built into the design – and though resisted – as
become the Standard.
[Margin
note: What is measured is important – regions need to be measured.]
This
– geography – and the communities it covers are invisible to public &
business – but represent a great strategic resource for those who know.
MSA
– no work –
10:49
a.m. How do you maintain order in an expanding Universe? And how do you do I
keep track of expanding information in the planning environment of the region?
8:25
p.m. "I am a student of Knowledge." – Beginning practice late in the
day – but the grass is mowed – I had a good day at work – and my optimism is
restored – because – optimism works.
NNC
P.S. At Step 343, we are 22 Steps from the end –
Step 365. This is not the place to begin this Practice. 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. January
1 is a good day to do so. Daily blog entries and Tweets begin again with Step 1
on January 1, 2015. I will be blogging year two, and referencing this
collection of year 1 – day by day. Regardless, any day you choose to begin, you
can use the posts on this blog as a companion if it helps.
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.
