Greetings All –
Step 26 - My errors give
birth to my Knowledge. (MP3)
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| My errors give birth to my Knowledge. Step 26 |
IT IS POINTLESS TO JUSTIFY ERROR, but error can bring you to value truth, and in this it can lead to true Knowledge. This is its only possible value. We do not condone error, but if error occurs, we wish to make it serve your truest need so that you may learn from it and repeat it no more. It is not merely for you to forget your errors, for you cannot do that. It is not merely for you to justify your errors, for this will make you dishonest. It is not merely for you to look upon your errors as pure service to you, for they have indeed been painful. What this truly means is that you recognize that error is error and then you attempt to use it on your own behalf. The pain of error and the tribulation of error must be accepted, for this will teach you what is real and what is not, what to value and what not to value. Using your error for development means you have accepted the error, and now you are attempting to utilize it to derive value from it because until value is derived from error, it is error only and will be a source of pain and discomfort for you.
TODAY, IN YOUR TWO 30-MINUTE PRACTICE PERIODS, look at specific errors that you have made that have been very painful. Do not try to dismiss the pain of them, but see how in your current circumstances in life you can use them for your own benefit. Using errors in this way can show you what you need to do and what corrections or adjustments need to be made to enhance the quality of your life. Remember that any resolution to error always engenders true recognition and true discernment in relationship.
IN YOUR PRACTICE PERIODS REVIEW THE ERRORS that come to mind as you sit quietly alone, and then see how each one can be utilized to your current benefit. What needs to be learned from them? What must be done that was not done before? What must not be done that was done before? How can these errors be recognized in advance? What were the signs that preceded them and how can such signs be recognized in advance of error in the future?
USE THESE PRACTICE PERIODS for this introspective process and when you are done, do not speak of the results to any other person, but allow the investigation to continue naturally, as it naturally will.
PRACTICE 26: Two 30-minute practice periods.
Picture: In
the States, many errors are made shopping – like here at the San Marcos Premium
Outlets near San Antonio, Texas, where people buy on credit and become greatly
indebted. The arch makes it church-like, as consumerism is a religion for some.
October 24, 2007.
"Fail forward,"
was the path of progress for my civil engineer friend Chuck Maddox. That might
be another way to consider this Step. The time commitment has increased. Stick
with it - do your best and keep moving forward. "Succeed forward."
6:30 A.M. August 10, 1999 - within 24 hours
the big eclipse begins [Cornwell, England - August 11, 1999]...
8 A.M....
> To manage to be in the world and do my
small part. Yesterday going out into the world - to the office - the New
Testament image of putting on the armor of God in order to deal in the world
came to mind. It is what I needed - going into the day. ..
S2K#25 I am at one with the greatest truth of
life. → Med. #1 - to take that
connection with the love of God - and transform it into the world - Step down
440 current to household use - is a challenge. So many bodies seem damaged by
their experiences in manifestation - they are hard to reach with kindness - but
have been conditioned by harsh treatment and told it is love. More of these
infinite aspects of soul wish to incarnate, so "prepare ye the way of the
Lord" which is more of brothers & sisters.
... and it goes on. Let us
continue.
NNC
Journal
2nd Time Step 25.
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.
