Greetings All –
Step 21 - Review (MP3)
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IN YOUR THIRD REVIEW, review all the lessons of the past
week and the results of those lessons. Practice today not making any
conclusions, but simply recognize the line of development and take note of the
progress that you have made thus far. It is too early to make genuine
conclusions, though it may be very tempting to do so. Beginning students are
not in a position to judge their curriculum. This right must be earned and
comes later if you wish for your judgments to have true effect and to be wise.
THEREFORE, IN YOUR ONE PRACTICE PERIOD, review the last
section of practice and all that has been experienced thus far.
PRACTICE 21: One 45-minute
practice period.
This practice was the same as that for Step 19.
From the Journal:
January 20, 2014
After the
"seeing" exercises, I'm more aware of other things in the
environment. Like "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain"
by Betty Edwards. You have to
see in order to draw.
August 5, 1999
9:23 p.m. I could not
hold my gaze still on the basket or rug. It would move. I know the eye is
designed to detect movement and it doesn't like to be still. This evening
Rascal (the cat) kept coming around the rug/me for attention. When Rascal was
moving in the frame - then the rug wasn't a problem - it was there -
background. After a minute of the rug alone - I was spacing out.
And
from notes in the book:
Let us continue with a serious review.
NNC
Journal
2nd Time Step 20.
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.
