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Step 141 - I will be
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| “I will be confident this day.” Step 141 |
TODAY BE CONFIDENT THAT YOU ARE IN PREPARATION on
the path to Knowledge. Be confident today that Knowledge is with you and abides
with you and that you are now learning step by step to receive its grace, its
certainty and its direction. Be confident this day that you are born of God’s
love and that your life in this world, this brief visit here, is but an
opportunity to re-establish your true identity in a place where it has been
forgotten. Be confident today that the efforts that you are now making on your
own behalf will lead you to the great goal that you have come here to seek
because this preparation comes from your Ancient Home to serve you while you are
in the world, for you have come to the world to serve.
REPEAT THIS AFFIRMATION UPON THE HOUR and consider
it in light of all things that happen today. In your two longer practice periods,
repeat the statement and then allow yourself to enter peace and stillness.
Allow your confidence to dispel fear, doubt and anxiety. Support your efforts
today, for they require your support on behalf of a greater certainty that you
are now learning to receive.
PRACTICE 141: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice.
Picture: The
pilot of a powered parachute/paraplane demonstrating confidence.
Note: “…you
have come to the world to serve.” Early in my life I understood the goal was to serve the will of God, but
that seemed to be at odds with my will – use of my free will. In ACIM I learned
there was no difference between my will and God’s will. The challenge then
becomes to determine what that might be? Steps to Knowledge is a way to get a
personal understanding of what that is in one’s life.
Yesterday: Step
140 - Review
Saturday,
Dec 4, 1999
7:10
A.M. Practice first – I may not get to hike today, or get to Little Bear to do
the review, so that’s what I want to do today – my 20 week review.
Step
140 says: “You wish to be the servant and the Master all at once because the
servant is in you and the Master is in you. You personally are not the Master,
but the Master is in you. You personally are a servant, but you are in
relationship with the Master, and so your union is complete.”
Reflecting
on the above, it struck me as an accurate description – the picture in my mind
was that of the atom – a proton and an electron. – God/the Master is the proton
and I am the electron. Relative to the proton, the electron has little mass. So
the basic relationship in the manifest universe is the atom. Now with the atom
there is a mix of the sub-atomic particles – so this is a metaphor, though it
may work down to the first yes – when manifestation began. A neutron is perhaps
better – for a fused soul and the proton – electron – a new personality. The
greater atomic structure – is a combination of neutrons and proton- electron
pairs. + & - charges –
Step
134 says “live by experience and understanding.” Region work – cooperation
comes from my experience and understanding → geography can
be the basis of community, but its not guaranteed.
This
has become my direction, though its not necessarily my purpose in this life.
→The
idea the RAHN stimulates memory of ancient Knowledge – I resisted the work – it
is a harsher sound then “om” or “hu.” It is to give strength – I notice now in
Step 134. The pronunciation brings to mind Iran dn Tehran – is the word related
to Persia – Zoraster? Also Hahn – as in the Hahn Commission.
Aahn
Bahn
Cahn
Dahn
Eahn
Fahn
Gahn
Hahn
Iahn
Jahn - John
Kahn
Lahn
Mahn
– man
Nahn
Oahn
Pahn
Qahn
Rahn
Sahn
Than
Uahn
Vahn
Wahn
Xahn
Yahn
Zahn
1:20
p.m. Today feels weird. Spent the a.m. moving things out of the basement & into
the garage. In 9 years of marriage I’ve not had time to straighten up the
garage. My spiritual growth has been the primary past time. It merges with work
now in greater community – regions work. That is a match at the present, but
I’m open – it is not the definitive definition.
…
3
p.m. > Rural regions named for geographic features – urban regions named for
central cities. Market is an overlay – governmental based geographic regions.
>
feeling lost still. I need to hike and go to the VSB reception.
→
Knowledge will indicate all things that must be done for you – (not by me – for
me?) – physically, emotionally, mentally –
20 week review complete. This I will
stick with and complete the year – then to see what is next.
Love
T-om
Su-ne
9:30 p.m. – Corn, tobacco at Truth –
tonight. The message – truth is peace.
In the journal entries for this review, a better
bread crumb trail was left than on most days. The key point, which I only
remember by reading it here in my journal is: “20
week review complete. This I will stick with and complete the year – then to
see what is next.” You may have already made such a
commitment, or are not ready to do so. Regardless, when you reach such points,
write it down.
If you’ve ever done any affirmations
work, it is like old school detentions where you must write on the blackboard
something like, “I will listen in class and not chew gum, throw spit balls and
pull pigtails.” Affirmations are “positive” and the repetition is to imprint in
our memory. Why is it so hard to remember these things, when an advertising
jingle or pop song can run in the head for hours?
Yes, I did write out all the alphabetic
combinations for – “han.” A few are surnames. “Truth” is another part of the
spiritual landscape for me, in actuality, Naked Mountain near Markam, Virginia.
Okay,
on to week 21.
Over the next
week I'll be on the road. I plan to post the Step daily, but may miss getting
them up in a timely manner.
NNC
Journal second time x2 Step 140. 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.
