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I will not judge another today. Step 324 (MP3) [Open in Drive or copy to your Drive –
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| I will not judge another today. Step 324 |
DO
NOT JUDGE ANOTHER TODAY. Learn to see. Learn to hear. Learn to look. There is
not one person in the world who cannot give you something beneficial if you
will not judge them. There is not one person in the world who, through their
accomplishments or their errors, cannot confirm the importance of Knowledge and
cannot demonstrate its need in the world. Thus, those whom you love and those
whom you despise all offer gifts to you of equal value. Those who you think are
virtuous and those who you think are not virtuous all offer what is essential
to you. The world in truth is demonstrating everything that this preparation is
providing for you, if you will but look upon the world without judgment or condemnation.
To the extent that you look upon another with judgment, you will judge
yourself. You do not want your judgment upon yourself, so do not judge another.
REMEMBER
UPON THE HOUR. Do not neglect your practice today, for it is essential for your
happiness. It is essential for the well-being and advancement of the world. In
your two deeper practice periods, re-enter stillness. Come to give yourself to
practice. Come to give yourself. You will feel your strength as you do this.
Here the power of decision is yours to utilize. As you do so, it will become
more potent and effective in dispelling everything that stands in its way.
Remember you are a student of Knowledge, and students must practice to advance
and to proceed. Do not judge another today and you will proceed in truth.
PRACTICE
324: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.
Picture: Daytime
on Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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. 1x and 2x links above 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.
