Greetings All –
LIFE IS GREATER THAN YOU HAVE EVER REALIZED and
certainly greater than you have ever imagined. Its greatness is born of the
fact that you live in a Greater Community of Worlds. Its greatness is born of
the fact that Knowledge is the essential aspect of yourself which you carry
within you. The greatness of life is affirmed with the presence of your
Teachers and the presence of all who prepare to reclaim Knowledge with you.
THUS, YOU HAVE A GREATER PURPOSE IN A GREATER
UNIVERSE. Thus, you can see your world in its proper context. Thus, you can see
yourself in your proper context, for you will play a small part in the greater
evolution of the world, and your part will be essential. It will be within your
range and grasp to accomplish. Something small done for something great means
that the smallest contribution bears the greatness of that which is served. This
redeems you to yourself; this redeems you to life. This casts away all darkness
and dispels all negative imagination, for you are serving a greater life.
IN YOUR LONGER PRACTICES ENGAGE YOURSELF in trying
to comprehend the meaning of today’s idea. Use your mind meaningfully. Use it
actively and objectively, for this is the purpose of your mind.
PRACTICE 257: Two 30-minute practice periods.
“THIS IS A STATEMENT OF TRUTH regarding the evolution
of your world. It gives meaning and direction to your understanding of your
participation and your contribution in the world.” Probably no one gets to this Step without having
considered the existence of intelligent life beyond earth at some point in
their life. How that life, which appears to have communicated to humanity
already by showing up in the skies as UFOs, represented in books, TV shows and
movies as Extra Terrestrials, or as communicators bringing help for the New
Age. Since the Hubble telescope expanded our views of the universe in the 1990’s,
an earth and human-centric view of the universe was more difficult to hold for
a thinking person, as well as how to determine the relative location of heaven.
This greater universe implied for me an even Greater Creator. Here are a series
of images attempting to show the observable universe and Earth’s place in it.
From the Journal:
6:15
a.m. Wednesday, March 29, 2000 –
Such
a life. Where am I on the path? Not a clue. Ever seek – and what contentment?
Where you are?
The
world is emerging into the Greater Community of Worlds. This, the text says, is
"an affirmation of purpose." You "cannot hold a small vision of
the world."
The
PDC is a hub for small things which serve the region. Collectively they are
big, but they can't be acknowledged as such – for it minimizes local
government.
I've
always held a large view of the world. Doing that while being locally connected
is the challenge. Staying connected to the world – being in it – has always
been a challenge for me.
The
GC work is helpful because it gives me a framework for balance. I'm not as
radical as I might be – an environmental activist – but take plenty of risks
within the system to promote cooperation.
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The framework for cooperation has to come from investment at higher levels –
State/Federal/Foreign aid/Endowment/Foundations.
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Many uncoordinated decisions are going to come home to roost in the next few
months for the local governments.
– My
vision – a visible regional network. Visible regions
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This is simple, focused – but how would Knowledge have me proceed?
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The
S2K/knowledge model feels Puritanical – perhaps endorsing that view, with a
Henry David Thoreau/Walt Whitman transcendentalism.
Earth
is now in a ramp-up phase w/o continuous integration. The philosophical base is
out there: Deming's Total Quality customer/owner.
You
own what you buy. What your energy contributes to.
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2:10
p.m.
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The
Medical Center is an amazing place to find in Winchester. I'm going with the
flow still at the PDC. By Exec. Dir./Exec Planner title will work for my future
where I wish to be involved as a Strategic Planner – I'm still employed…and I
need that. Knowledge is! And it provides my direction.
2:48
p.m. Practice #2 – Yes – emergence into GC is moving closer. Contact has
occurred, is occurring, and a variety of sources interpret these facts. There
is no public, governmental admission. What it would mean for mass society to
Know "we are not alone" and "we are not the crown of
creation" is unknown.
It
could be a sigh of relief or shock – or all types – including denial. The
mental strength of alien populations – the focus of insect colonies –
termites/ants – is projected.
What
skills would I have? Facilitate cooperation. Diplomat - ? Hardly.
The
recognition of local networks, their strengthening and
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online index of regions – people belong to regions that they are unaware of.
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I’d been concerned about the ET abduction phenomena since learning about
it on the Sightings
TV show in the 1990s. I felt humans were being treated as lab rats, but was
also aware of the more spiritual messages offered by some channeled voices.
What is it all really about? Steps and related materials from Marshall Vian
Summers will help us sort that out. Again, the Step begins: “THIS IS A
STATEMENT OF TRUTH regarding the evolution of your world.” Not in the obtuse language of science, but in plain
language it says “evolution” is real, it is the program of life where we live.
Let us continue.
NNC
P.S. At Step 257, we are into Part Two of Steps, so
if you’ve found this and find some appeal in this or other Steps, you should
really go to the beginning blog post. From here you learn about Steps to Knowledge and
can begin it on the day that makes sense and 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 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.