Greetings All –
I shall
listen to my experience today. Step 15 (MP3)
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| I shall listen to my experience today. Step 15 |
REALIZE
THAT THE TRUE CONTENT OF YOUR MIND is buried beneath all that you have added
since the day you were born. This true content wishes to express itself in the
context of your current life and current situation. To discern this you must
listen carefully and in time realize the difference between the true content of
your mind and its messages for you and all the other impulses and wishes that
you feel. To separate thoughts from Knowledge is one of the great
accomplishments which you will have an opportunity to learn in this course.
THE ONE
PRACTICE TODAY OF 45 MINUTES will be devoted to inner listening. This will
require that you listen without judgment of yourself, even if the content of
your thoughts is disturbing. Even if the content of your thoughts is
disagreeable, you must listen without judgment to allow your mind to open. You
are listening for something deeper than the mind, but you must go through the
mind to get there.
PRACTICE
15: One 45-minute practice period.
Picture: Bear paw prints on the Dickey Ridge Trail,
Shenandoah National Park. If you see paw prints, what might your experience
offer?
Yesterday: Step 14 - Review
As it turns out, I did the Review a day late - July
10, 1999. Here is what the journal looks like - hope you can read it. Yes -
green ink - kind of distinctive. I use a mechanical pencil now - ink pens don't do well on airplanes.
A reference is made to Krishnamurti, who dealt with the "what is" in many of his talks. I was
introduced to his work about 1970. I've not read his works for years, but his
clear thinking and writing were very helpful to me. There is an online repository of his teachings.
The important thing in Steps is to keep moving. One
wants to get everything out of a Step, but that really isn't possible.
NNC
Journal 2nd Time Step 14.
This is for those who have completed
Steps once. 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
my first year Step comments after the Step, so as not to influence you 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.
P.S. If you’ve some interest due to this or other
Steps, you should go to the beginning blog post. From here you will learn about Steps to Knowledge
and can begin it on the day that makes sense; 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 post 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.
