Step 165 - My duties are
small. My mission is great. (MP3)
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| “My duties are small. My mission is great.” Step 165 |
YOUR DUTIES IN
THE WORLD ARE SMALL. They are meant to secure provisions which you need
physically and to maintain those alliances with others that are beneficial for
your well-being and for their well-being as well. These duties are important,
but your mission is greater. Do not undermine your ability to receive your
mission by being in failure concerning your duties. This is only a form of
self- avoidance. Carry out your duties specifically this day regarding your
employment and your engagement with others. Do not confuse this with your
mission, which is something far greater that you are only now beginning to
receive and to experience. Thus, your duties will provide a foundation for you
as you undertake the preparation for the reclamation and the contribution of
Knowledge.
REMEMBER
THAT ALL CONFUSION is the confusion of different levels. Do not confuse mission
with duty. This is a very important distinction for you to make. Your tasks in
the world are specific, but your mission is far greater. As your mission begins
to express itself within you who are learning to receive it, it will create a
more specific influence upon your duties as well. This is gradual and entirely
natural for you. This merely requires that you be self-disciplined, consistent
and trusting enough to follow its steps.
THEREFORE,
CARRY OUT YOUR DUTIES TODAY so that you may be a beginning student of
Knowledge. Remind yourself of your practice upon the hour, and in your two
longer practice periods, actively engage your mind in considering the idea for
today. Its true meaning is not superficial, and you must investigate it to
understand its full value. Do not be complacent with premature conclusions. Do
not stand on the outside of Knowledge and attempt to judge it for yourself.
Enter into it so that you may be a student today, for you are now a student of
Knowledge. You are now giving yourself to the world in your preparation.
PRACTICE
165: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.
Yesterday: Step 164 - Today I will honor what I know.
From
the journal:
7:15 a.m. Tuesday, December 28, 1999 – Slow rising.
The bed was warm. I imagined that’s what it was like cupped in the hand of God.
S2k did not draw me out of bed. Could I do 99.9% still?
8:35 a.m. Today I will honor what I know. Creation
is a continuous process that is based on simple and sustainable designs. The
emergence of sentient beings leads to cultures more complex that those of
simpler life forms. These cultures can evolve to the point where they begin to
significantly alter their physical environments. At the same time they can
alter themselves – and other cultures – for there’s never just one.
Competition, conflict, war, domination → terror → abandonment. And my duty is regional
transportation, water & cooperation for this geography on earth.
6:47 p.m. Today I will honor what I know. What do I
know? Relative to the duties of my job, I know more than I can put to use. What
I need to learn are better methods of teaching. I have a scheme for
organization; I have to learn how to implement it better.
I was disjointed after lunch. I decided to drive –
focusing on SNP to ground briefly at the trail. As I headed south, the idea of
brandy and hitting the ABC store emerged. I got in the left hand turn lane to
get on South Street. At that moment I observed with knowledge that my intention
had been shifted. Going to the ABC store was not my intent – so when the light
changed I went straight – as can be done from that lane. At the trail I exited
the car and walked in several hundred feet. I emerged settled and headed back
to the office. Going to nature settles me. I can see how the trees, plants,
birds and animals live naturally. It is their environment – their planet.
Although in my office clothes and street shoes – I was able to connect. I’ve
done this before and when done consciously – it settles my soul. This I know.
6:30 p.m. 3 minutes remain on the 30 minute
practice. I was close to a Holy Instant, but – not tonight. I came out with 9
minutes, but stayed silent. The phone ran with 4 minutes. It is my intention to
know. This year 2000 date is a benchmark. I know that synchronicity is on the
increase again, so I will follow that with more intent.
Amen & Amen
Interesting day of entries, looking back 15 years. The notion of “duty”
was highlighted on the Steps page.
The Steps make one think. Current thinking is often not up to snuff,
which points out the need for learning, and so that is the intention of Steps.
NNC
Journal second time x2
Step 164. 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.
