Greetings All –
EMOTIONS DRAW YOU LIKE THE STRONG WINDS. They pull you from place to place. Perhaps in time you will be able to understand their mechanism more thoroughly. Our practice today is to emphasize that they do not control Knowledge. Knowledge does not need to destroy your emotions. It only wishes to contribute to them. In time, you will come to understand a great deal more about your emotions, and you will realize that your emotions may serve a greater purpose, as may your mind and your body. All things that have been a source of pain, discomfort and disassociation, when brought into service to one power — which is the One Power — will then become vehicles of expression serving a greater purpose. Even anger serves a greater purpose here, for it shows you that you have violated Knowledge. Though your anger may not be directed towards another, it is simply a sign that something has gone wrong and that correction has to be made. You will understand the source of grief, and you will understand the source of all emotions in time.
PRACTICE UPON THE HOUR and at the beginning of your two longer meditation periods, repeat today’s idea and then enter into stillness. Today learn to value that which is certain and to understand that which is uncertain, to recognize that which is cause and that which obstructs cause but which may in time serve cause itself.
PRACTICE 89: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.
Note: "Even
anger serves a greater purpose here, for it shows you that you have
violated Knowledge. Though your anger may not be directed towards
another, it is simply a sign that something has gone wrong and that
correction has to be made."
From the Journal:
7:55 A.M. Wednesday, October 13 - ...
The S2K is what I need _ since I'm "indolent" to lazy to care about my own life.
8:18 A.M. ...
People would benefit by seeing that they are operating in a geography greater than the political boundaries of their "place of residence."
Choose life - choose our region - you are one with life - but in the physical you can only be in one place. That has mostly been perceived as local based on governance/control/boundaries.
8:40 A.M. Step 88 - My higher self is not an individual. It is good to know I'm not totally alone. I remain in body and seek to do my best.
9 p.m. ... Now - 30 min -
→able to do 23 min. - the point - to be still & receptive -
My work was important to me as was Steps. Both get covered in the journal. You might do the same.
NNC
