I will not be deceived by complexity today. Step 268
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| I will not be deceived by complexity today. Step 268 |
THEREFORE,
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PROBLEM IN THE WORLD and it appears complex, it is very
difficult at first to see simply what the problem is. But the solution is
always very direct. It is people’s fear of this that disables them from
recognizing the obvious. It is given you this day to realize that there is a direct
solution to all problems that require a solution. Sometimes a solution is
obvious all at once. Sometimes it must be approached in stages. But each step
is very direct if you are following Knowledge.
TO
APPROACH PROBLEMS IN THIS WAY you must approach them without fear or
preference. You must follow Knowledge and not attempt to use Knowledge to solve
things according to your own designs. You cannot use Knowledge in this way, but
you can follow Knowledge, and in following Knowledge you will follow a path of
resolution. This is a path that few people will be able to recognize at first,
but it is a path that will prove utterly effective over time, for it will free
everyone involved and provide a means of successful self-application for
everyone involved. Thus, the man or woman of Knowledge in the world becomes a
source of resolution and restitution in the world. And their presence and their
activities will always influence every situation for good.
DO
NOT BE DECEIVED BY THE SEEMING COMPLEXITY of the world’s problems, for with
Knowledge all things are simply resolved. Knowledge is not deceived, and as you
learn to be with Knowledge, you will not be deceived either.
REMIND
YOURSELF OF THIS IDEA upon the hour and in your two deeper meditation
practices, enter once again the sanctuary of stillness within you. Become
accustomed to stillness because Knowledge is still. Become accustomed to
stillness because in stillness you affirm your goodness and your worth. A mind
at peace is not a mind at war. A mind at peace is not deceived by the world.
PRACTICE
268: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.
Picture: Washington,
D.C. from the air - a place of complexity?
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.
