Greetings All –
Step 151 - I will not use
fear to support my judgments. (MP3) [Open in Drive or copy to
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| “I will not use fear to support my judgments.” Step 151 |
DO NOT USE FEAR TO SUPPORT YOUR JUDGMENTS of
yourself and the world, for these judgments are born of your uncertainty and
anxiety. Thus, they lack the foundation of Knowledge. Thus, they lack the
meaning and value that only Knowledge can bestow. Do not rely upon your
judgments of yourself and the world. As you withdraw from them, you will
realize that their source is fear, for you have only been trying to comfort
yourself with your judgments, to provide a false security, stability and
identity which you feel you are lacking. Therefore, be without a substitute for
Wisdom and Knowledge, and allow Wisdom and Knowledge to arise naturally.
UPON THE HOUR REPEAT YOUR STATEMENT, and consider
it in light of all things that are occurring today. In your two deeper practices,
consider the meaning of today’s idea as you think about it carefully. Apply
your mind in a state of work as you attempt to penetrate the meaning of today’s
lesson. Do not be comforted by premature conclusions. Investigate deeply with
your mind in your practice periods. Use your mind actively. Consider many
things within yourself while maintaining a concentration on today’s idea. If
you do this, you will understand many things about Wisdom and ignorance, and
your understanding will be born of compassion and true self- appreciation. For
only from a place of self-love can you offer correction to yourself and to
others.
PRACTICE 151: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice.
Yesterday: Step 150 - Today I will
learn to learn.
From
the journal:
12:35
a.m. Dec 14, 1999 – My life has to change.
1:45
p.m. At home. A successful trip to Joe May’s this morning to seek MIF (Minimum
In-stream Flow) funding. I’m tired – late to bed last night and – I have to
wrap Sarah’s presents.
By considering the journal, not much of a day. No
clues from the Steps page. The 12:35 a.m. entry suggests a bit of stress. A
good reason for undertaking Steps in the first place – to figure out this life
thing.
NNC
Journal second time x2
Step 150. 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.
