Greetings All -
IN YOUR TWO PRACTICE PERIODS TODAY, evaluate the existence of your fears and remind yourself that your reality is beyond them, but that you must recognize them to understand their damaging presence in your life. Close your eyes and repeat the idea for today; then consider each fear that arises in your mind. Remind yourself that the truth is beyond that specific fear. Allow all fears to arise and be evaluated in this way.
TO BE WITHOUT FEAR,YOU MUST UNDERSTAND FEAR—its mechanism, its influence on people and its result in the world. You must recognize this without deception and without preference. You are a great being working in a limited context, in a limited environment. Understand the limitations of your environment and understand the limitations of your vehicle, and you will no longer hate yourself for being limited.
PRACTICE 51: Two 30-minute practice periods.
YOUR OBSTACLES MUST BE RECOGNIZED in order for you to see beyond them. If they are ignored or denied, if they are protected or called by other names, you will not realize the nature of your restraint.You will not understand that which oppresses you.Your life is not born of fear.Your Source is not born of fear. To be able to recognize your fear means that you must realize that you are part of something greater. Realizing this you can learn to become objective about your life and to understand your present circumstances without self-condemnation, for it is within these circumstances that you must cultivate yourself.You must start from where you are. To do this you must take inventory of your strengths and weaknesses.
IN YOUR TWO PRACTICE PERIODS TODAY, evaluate the existence of your fears and remind yourself that your reality is beyond them, but that you must recognize them to understand their damaging presence in your life. Close your eyes and repeat the idea for today; then consider each fear that arises in your mind. Remind yourself that the truth is beyond that specific fear. Allow all fears to arise and be evaluated in this way.
TO BE WITHOUT FEAR,YOU MUST UNDERSTAND FEAR—its mechanism, its influence on people and its result in the world. You must recognize this without deception and without preference. You are a great being working in a limited context, in a limited environment. Understand the limitations of your environment and understand the limitations of your vehicle, and you will no longer hate yourself for being limited.
PRACTICE 51: Two 30-minute practice periods.
Step 51 you could find interesting. When I first did this on September 6, 1999, on the first exercise I listed in my journal 35 numbered fears. That took an hour. Later that day I added ten more for 45 total. This number shouldn't be a goal for anyone, just don't hold back. Also, write it down or record it.
Yesterday: Step 50 - Today I will be with Knowledge.
From the Journal:
No entry for this Step on September 5, 1999.
No entry for this Step on September 5, 1999.
NNC
