Greetings All –
Step 55 - I will accept
the world as it is. (MP3)
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| I will accept the world as it is. Step 55 |
IDEALISM IS THE ATTEMPT NOT TO ACCEPT THE WORLD AS
IT IS. It justifies blame and condemnation. It establishes expectations of a
life that does not yet exist and thus renders you vulnerable to grave disappointment.
Your idealism fortifies your condemnation.
ACCEPT THE WORLD TODAY AS IT IS, not as you want it
to be. With acceptance comes love, for you cannot love a world that you want to
exist. You can only love a world that exists as it is. Accept yourself now as
you exist, and true desire for change and advancement will naturally emerge
within you. Idealism justifies condemnation. Recognize this great truth, and
you will begin to have a more immediate and profound experience of life and of
that which is genuine and not based upon hope or expectation but upon true
engagement.
THEREFORE, IN YOUR TWO 30-MINUTE PRACTICE PERIODS TODAY, concentrate on accepting things exactly as they are. You are not condoning violence, conflict or ignorance in doing this. You are merely accepting the conditions that exist so that you may work with them constructively. Without this acceptance, you have no starting place for true engagement. Allow the world to be exactly as it is, for it is this world that you have come to serve.
PRACTICE 55: Two 30-minute practice periods.
Picture:
There are many aspects of the world that we will need to learn to live with as it has become impacted by many forces, including cumulative human action. This machine visualizes data relating to the individual aspects. I found it in the terminal of Love Field, Dallas, Texas.
There are many aspects of the world that we will need to learn to live with as it has become impacted by many forces, including cumulative human action. This machine visualizes data relating to the individual aspects. I found it in the terminal of Love Field, Dallas, Texas.
Idealism is again the
focus. Reading these steps slowly, carefully and deeply is useful every time
these steps are done.
Yesterday: Step
54 - I will not live in idealism.
Again on this day,
September 9, 1999, no journal entry on my part. The next entry is:
1:17 A.M. Saturday, Sept 11,
1999 _ This has been a tough week. ... work has been crazy; S2K exercises have
been hard to get to. Where am I?
This flashback is just to
encourage you to push on and stick to the program. In contrast, on the second time through I did record both practices - check this if you wish Journal
2nd Time Step 54.
NNC
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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
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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
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