Greetings All –
Step 159 - The poor
cannot give. I am not poor. (MP3)
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| “The poor cannot give. I am not poor.” Step 159 |
THE POOR CANNOT GIVE, FOR THEY ARE DESTITUTE. They
are required to receive. You are not destitute, for the gift of Knowledge is
with you. Therefore, you are in a position to give, and in your giving you will
realize your worth and any sense of destitution will leave you. Be confident
that Knowledge will provide all material things that are truly needed by you. Though
it may not provide what you wish, it will provide what you need and in the right
amount. Thus, you will have what you need to contribute according to your
nature and your calling in the world. But you will not be burdened with that
which can only burden you. You will have exactly what you need, and the world
will not burden you with its deprivation or its excesses. Thus, everything will
have perfect balance. Knowledge will give to you what you need, and what you
need is what you really want. You cannot yet assess your needs, for you are lost
in what you want. But your needs will reveal themselves through Knowledge, and
in time you will understand the nature of need and how it may be fulfilled.
YOU ARE NOT POOR, FOR THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE IS WITH
YOU. Repeat today’s statement upon the hour and consider it in light of your
observations of others. In your deeper practice periods, allow yourself to
experience the wealth of Knowledge that you now possess.
PRACTICE 159: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly
practice.
Note: “You
are not destitute, for the gift of Knowledge is with you. Therefore, you are in
a position to give, and in your giving you will realize your worth and any
sense of destitution will leave you.”
Yesterday: Step
158 - I am rich so I can give.
From
the journal:
Nothing on December 22, 1999. The Steps page has a
note that 12/22/99 is the solstice. In the blue ink, 2nd year – the
note is “Letter of Thanks to Marshall.” You may
develop that gratitude at some point. Often, in
reading the books or Steps, I had the sense that something had been written
specifically for me. That isn’t ego, but recognition that seeker souls have
many questions. To find an answer to one, an explanation in the moment, is a
great joy. When the time is right, the teaching will appear.
NNC
Journal second time x2
Step 158. 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.
