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Step 123 - I will not
pity myself today. (MP3)
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I will not pity myself today. Step 123
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HOW CAN YOU PITY YOURSELF when Knowledge is with
you? Pity must only reassert an old idea of yourself, which is bereft of truth,
bereft of hope and bereft of any meaningful foundation. Do not pity yourself
today, for you are not pitiful. If this day is sad or confused, it is only
because you have lost contact with Knowledge, which you may practice today to
regain.
AS YOU PRACTICE TODAY, be aware of the many subtle
forms of self-pity that you entertain. Be aware of the many subtle forms of manipulation
of others as you attempt to make them like or accept you according to a view of
yourself that you are attempting to claim. When you are with Knowledge, you do
not need to proclaim yourself; you do not need to show yourself; you do not
need to control others to like or accept you, for Knowledge is with you.
THEREFORE, DO NOT PITY YOURSELF, for you are not
pitiful. Today be a beginning student of Knowledge, for that is anything but
pitiful. A greater vantage point you cannot imagine.
UPON THE HOUR, THEN, REPEAT THIS IDEA. Allow it to
enter your mind and consider it for a moment. In your two practice periods, repeat
this affirmation and then enter into stillness. No being who is pitiful can
enter into silence, for silence is the experience of profound relationship, and
stillness is the acceptance of profound love. Who can be pitiful under such
circumstances?
PRACTICE 123: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice
No pity-party.
Picture: Playground
in Texas. The young child is having fun; the seated young adult is not.
Yesterday: Step
122 - I give without loss today.
From
the journal:
8:05
A.M. Tuesday, November 16, 1999
Back
to more healthy food. S2K led to a long stillness meditation. Assistance to
others is provided in a different way. You give what you need too – which when
thinking about it is not that different from gift giving. Prayer to strengthen
& empower others.
10:20
p.m. Vegging out – got my “evaluation” today …
& … It was OK – but they are hopeless.
Where
will KNOWLEDGE lead me?
Did the Step, made it through the day. Most people
have days like this. A good reason to seek Knowledge. And the Steps page has a
few notes.
Let us continue.
NNC
Journal
second time x2 Step 122.
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
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.
