Greetings All –
THE POOR CANNOT GIVE, FOR THEY ARE DESTITUTE. They
are required to receive. You are not destitute, for the gift of Knowledge is
with you. Therefore, you are in a position to give, and in your giving you will
realize your worth and any sense of destitution will leave you. Be confident
that Knowledge will provide all material things that are truly needed by you. Though
it may not provide what you wish, it will provide what you need and in the right
amount. Thus, you will have what you need to contribute according to your
nature and your calling in the world. But you will not be burdened with that
which can only burden you. You will have exactly what you need, and the world
will not burden you with its deprivation or its excesses. Thus, everything will
have perfect balance. Knowledge will give to you what you need, and what you
need is what you really want. You cannot yet assess your needs, for you are lost
in what you want. But your needs will reveal themselves through Knowledge, and
in time you will understand the nature of need and how it may be fulfilled.
YOU ARE NOT POOR, FOR THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE IS WITH
YOU. Repeat today’s statement upon the hour and consider it in light of your
observations of others. In your deeper practice periods, allow yourself to
experience the wealth of Knowledge that you now possess.
PRACTICE 159: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice.
Note: “You
are not destitute, for the gift of Knowledge is with you. Therefore, you are in
a position to give, and in your giving you will realize your worth and any
sense of destitution will leave you.”
Yesterday: Step
158 - I am rich so I can give.
From the Journal:
Nothing on December 22, 1999. The Steps page has a
note that 12/22/99 is the solstice. In the blue ink, 2nd year – the note
is “Letter of Thanks to Marshall.”
You
may develop that gratitude at some point. Often, in reading the books or Steps,
I had the sense that something had been written specifically for me. That isn’t
ego, but recognition that seeker souls have many questions. To find an answer
to one, an explanation in the moment, is a great joy. When the time is right,
the teaching will appear.
NNC
