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Step 85 - I find
happiness in small things today. (MP3)
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I find happiness in small
things today. Step 85
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YOU WILL FIND HAPPINESS IN
SMALL THINGS because happiness is with you. You will find happiness in small
things because you are learning to be still and observant. You will find
happiness in small things because your mind is becoming receptive. You will
experience happiness in small things because you are being present to your
current circumstances. Small things can carry great messages if you are
attentive to them. Then small things will not aggravate you.
A STILL MIND IS AN AWARE MIND.
A still mind is a mind that is learning to be at peace. Peace is not a passive
state. It is a state of the greatest activity, for it engages your life with
great purpose and intensity, activating all of your powers and giving them
uniform direction. This comes from peace. God is still, but everything from God
is generated into constructive and uniform action. This is what gives form and
direction to all meaningful relationships. This is why your Teachers are with
you, for there is a Plan.
PRACTICE STILLNESS TWICE TODAY
IN DEEP MEDITATION. State your lesson’s affirmation upon the hour and consider
it briefly. Allow your day to be given to practice, so practice can infuse
itself into all of your other activities.
PRACTICE
85: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.
Take note: "Peace is not a
passive state. It is a state of the greatest activity, for it engages your life
with great purpose and intensity, activating all of your powers and giving them
uniform direction."
Picture: I
found happiness in watching and taking pictures of these hummingbirds in
Colorado.
Yesterday: Step
84 - Review
From
the journal:
October 9, 1999 - The Value Regions thesis -
Regional coordination/networking increased the intelligence of all involved. A
region is two or more - any two node network is regional. We are set up to be
negative/defensive in our communication - the ping pong game is played to ace
the other, not maintain a long, long volley.
There is a large set of
existing networked regions that already add value. This structure needs to be
made more visible. It is a discovery channel model.
I will go slow and the design
will emerge.
...
5:25 p.m. - At Little Bear. I
have finished the review of the week’s lessons. Many were very powerful.
10/3 - 78 I can do nothing
alone.
10/4 - 79 I will allow uncertainty
to exist today.
10/5 - 80 I can only practice.
10/6 - 81 I will not deceive
myself today.
10/7 - 82 I will not judge
another today.
10/8 -.83 I value Knowledge (Holy
Spirit) beyond all things.
All steps together shine within
me. I honor my creator and seek joy.
Amen
& Amen
T-om
Su-ne
Time
to head out. The week ahead, the weeks - there shall be more joy - for I see
and feel more and sense/get more of true life.
There was a lot this day.
Here I am being myself, being odd, and, with Steps to Knowledge, trying to make
sense of the world.
NNC
Journal 2nd Time Step 84. This is for those who have completed Steps once. Doing Steps with only the texts, messages and your life experience, including what you may have studied and practiced is your journey. I’m showing my first year Step comments after the Step, so as not to influence you in advance. It is a wilderness trek to be left to your own wits, but then you can also listen more closely for guides, angels and teachers, always first saying: “I surround and protect myself with the Love and the Grace of God.” Thankfully, I was taught this practice in 1989.
P.S. 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.
