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I will not define my purpose for myself. Step 134 (MP3)
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| I will not define my purpose for myself. Step 134 |
YOU
DO NOT NEED TO DEFINE YOUR PURPOSE when in time your purpose will merely arise
and be known by you. Do not live by definitions. Live by experience and
understanding. You do not need to define your purpose, and if you attempt to do
so, always remember that it is only a temporary expedient. Do not give it great
credibility. In this way, the world cannot anger you, for what can the world do
to you but undermine your definition of yourself? If you are not living upon
your definitions, the world cannot harm you, for it cannot touch the place of
Knowledge that is within you. Only Knowledge can touch Knowledge. Only
Knowledge in another can touch Knowledge within you. Only Knowledge within you
can touch Knowledge in another.
THEREFORE,
DO NOT DEFINE YOUR PURPOSE TODAY. Be without definitions so that the experience
of purpose may grow. And as it grows, it will give you the content of your
purpose, without distortion or deception. You will not need to defend this in
the world, but only carry it like a jewel in your heart.
UPON
THE HOUR REMIND YOURSELF not to define your purpose, and begin to think of the
cost of doing so in terms of your own past experience. In your two meditation
practices, allow yourself to be still. Upon each exhale, speak the word RAHN.
RAHN. RAHN. You only need speak the word RAHN upon the exhale in your
meditation. Let this be your total focus. This word will serve to stimulate
Ancient Knowledge within you and give you the strength that you most need at
this time.
PRACTICE
134: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.
Rahn
is the first word of the invocative language that is part of Steps and the New
Message. It is said on the exhale. It says to speak, though I’ve most often
done it speaking silently. Say it out loud if you have the privacy to do so. It
has a different feel than Om or other mantras.
Picture: The
bronze statue of Richard Coeur de Lion (Richard the Lionheart - Richard I)
astride his horse, which stands in front of the House of Lords, London.
Plan B - If the MP3 doesn’t work, here’s the link
to the folder: New Message - Student Spoken Steps Recordings -
Steps to Knowledge - Working file
If this is your first time seeing one of the “Steps to Knowledge”,
then welcome. There are 365 Steps, daily spiritual practices if one seeks to
complete them in a year, but that is not necessary. They can be used by people
of any religious tradition or no religious tradition. They will help one to
become mindful in the world.
The Step today is from the book: Steps to Knowledge: The Book of Inner Knowing. The practices were
brought to the world through Marshall Vian Summers, The Messenger for The New
Message From God. Important background for the Steps is in: “Greater Community Spirituality” and the “Wisdom Books - I and II”.
Hard copies are available from the New Knowledge Library Store. The
Society for the New Message from God also has a Free Book Project. If you need
the books now, PDF files can be found here: http://goo.gl/RJuuGP
Keeping a journal is recommended. If you have a Steps book,
write your reactions and comments, highlight or underline points that strike
you, and date the note. In this way, your Steps book can be a partial journal.
Using the PDF, you can print out pages as you need them, or use
the software to maintain a digital copy where you can enter notes and highlight
text that stands out.
Other modern methods of keeping a journal include having a
document on your PC or phone to keep notes. You could send yourself an email or
use the voice recorder function. It is important to capture insights and
reactions because it is by this means that you can understand change. Sometimes
it may just be a word or short phrase, an image or a scene.
To end this post I again offer the blessing: "May the presence
of the Teachers be with you." In the invocative language of Knowledge this
blessing is: "Nasi Novare Coram" (pronounced NAH-see no-VAHR-ay
co-RAHM)
The short form of Nasi Novare Coram used by students is NNC.
The short form of Nasi Novare Coram used by students is NNC.
NNC
P.S. 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 linked below 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.
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 Step comments after the Step, so as not to influence anyone 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.
