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There are no Masters living in the world. Step 106 (MP3) [Open in Drive or copy to your Drive –
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| There are no Masters living in the world. Step 106 |
THERE
ARE NO MASTERS LIVING IN THE WORLD, for Mastery is attained beyond the world.
There are advanced students. There are students of great accomplishment. But
there are no Masters living in the world. Perfection is not found here, only
contribution. Whoever remains in the world remains to learn the lessons of the
world. The lessons of the world must be learned not only in your individual
life, but in a life of contribution as well. Your genuine education far exceeds
what you have realized thus far. It is not merely the correction of errors. It
is the contribution of gifts.
THERE
ARE NO MASTERS LIVING IN THE WORLD. Therefore, you may relieve yourself of the
great burden of attempting or requiring Mastery for yourself. You yourself
cannot be a Master, for life is the Master. That is the great difference that
will make all of the difference for you when you come to understand its true
meaning and benefit.
IN
YOUR TWO PRACTICE PERIODS TODAY, think of all the individuals that you have
considered to be Masters—individuals you have met, heard of or imagined,
individuals in the past and individuals living presently. Think of all the
qualities that have made them Masters and how you have used them to judge yourself
and to evaluate your life and your behavior. It is not the purpose of advanced
students to become the criteria for self-condemnation by those of lesser
capabilities. That is not their gift, though they must understand in time that
their gifts will be so misconstrued.
ACCEPT
YOUR UNBURDENING as we remind you that there are no Masters living in the
world. In your two longer practice periods, try to realize this. Try to realize
the relief that is being given to you. But do not make the mistake of thinking
that this leads to passivity on your part, for greater than ever will be your
involvement in the reclamation of Knowledge. Greater than ever will be your
commitment to the emergence of Knowledge. Now your involvement and commitment
may move forward more rapidly, for they are becoming unburdened by your
idealism, which can only lead you astray.
PRACTICE
106: Two 30-minute practice periods.
This
is a surprise: “There are no Masters living in the world.”
Picture: Vincent
van Gogh, The Starry Night, Saint Rémy, June 1889 at The Museum of Modern Art
in New York City. Masters in the field of art are rare and often nor recognized until they past. This is a relative judgement.
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.
