Greetings All –
I will
not be persuaded by others. Step 113 (MP3)
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| I will not be persuaded by others. Step 113 |
ANY
MIND THAT IS MORE RESOLVED THAN YOURS can persuade you and cast an influence
upon you. There is nothing very mysterious about this. It is simply the result
of one mind being more concentrated or focused than another. Minds have
relative degrees of influence upon one another, depending upon their
concentration and depending upon the kind of influence they exert. Let Knowledge
persuade you, for that is the greatness that you carry. Let not the opinions or
will of others persuade you. Let only their Knowledge influence you, for only
this can influence your Knowledge. This will be quite different from feeling
dominated, manipulated or persuaded by others.
THEREFORE,
KEEP TO YOURSELF. Follow Knowledge. If another stimulates your Knowledge, then
give that individual your attention so that you may learn of the true powers of
persuasion. Yet, let not the persuasions of this world—its grievances, its
cherished ideals, its morality, its demands or its compromises—influence you,
for you are following Knowledge, and you need not follow the persuasions of the
world.
REMIND
YOURSELF OF TODAY’S IDEA upon the hour and practice stillness deeply in your
two meditation practices today. Allow only Knowledge to persuade you, for this
is all that you need to follow in the world.
PRACTICE
113: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.
Picture: Corvettes
at auction: a sign of success in the world.
Plan B - If the MP3 doesn’t work, here’s the link
to the folder: New Message - Student Spoken Steps Recordings -
Steps to Knowledge - Working file
If this is your first time seeing one of the “Steps to Knowledge”,
then welcome. There are 365 Steps, daily spiritual practices if one seeks to
complete them in a year, but that is not necessary. They can be used by people
of any religious tradition or no religious tradition. They will help one to
become mindful in the world.
The Step today is from the book: Steps to Knowledge: The Book of Inner Knowing. The practices were
brought to the world through Marshall Vian Summers, The Messenger for The New
Message From God. Important background for the Steps is in: “Greater Community Spirituality” and the “Wisdom Books - I and II”.
Hard copies are available from the New Knowledge Library Store. The
Society for the New Message from God also has a Free Book Project. If you need
the books now, PDF files can be found here: http://goo.gl/RJuuGP
Keeping a journal is recommended. If you have a Steps book,
write your reactions and comments, highlight or underline points that strike
you, and date the note. In this way, your Steps book can be a partial journal.
Using the PDF, you can print out pages as you need them, or use
the software to maintain a digital copy where you can enter notes and highlight
text that stands out.
Other modern methods of keeping a journal include having a
document on your PC or phone to keep notes. You could send yourself an email or
use the voice recorder function. It is important to capture insights and
reactions because it is by this means that you can understand change. Sometimes
it may just be a word or short phrase, an image or a scene.
To end this post I again offer the blessing: "May the
presence of the Teachers be with you." In the invocative language of
Knowledge this blessing is: "Nasi Novare Coram" (pronounced NAH-see
no-VAHR-ay co-RAHM)
The short form of Nasi Novare Coram used by students is NNC.
The short form of Nasi Novare Coram used by students is NNC.
NNC
P.S. 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 linked below 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.
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 anyone 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.
