Step Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven
Step 227. I Will
Not Think That I Know Today.
Beginning Students Always Think They Know Things they
don’t know, and they always think they don’t know things they do know. This
requires a great deal of sorting out. It requires discovering the true and the
false and, through this contrast, learning to separate the two. In time, you
will realize the distinction between the true and the false and will not be
deceived by the pretense the false can make in its imitation of the true.
Remind yourself upon the hour today not to think that you know. Thinking that you know is only a form of substitution. You either know or you don’t know. Your thinking here merely supports or denies that which you know. But thinking you know is thinking without Knowledge, which is always mindless and engenders confusion and self-doubt.
In your deeper practice periods today, do not be deceived by thinking that you know. Once again return to the pure experience of Knowledge itself. In stillness and in peace, totally give yourself to your practice today. Knowledge is an experience. It will engender its own ideas. It will stimulate and support those forms of behavior and those forms of self-application which are truly supportive of your true nature. Do not be content with things you think you know, for this is merely another form of denial which will leave you impoverished once again.
Practice 227: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.
Remind yourself upon the hour today not to think that you know. Thinking that you know is only a form of substitution. You either know or you don’t know. Your thinking here merely supports or denies that which you know. But thinking you know is thinking without Knowledge, which is always mindless and engenders confusion and self-doubt.
In your deeper practice periods today, do not be deceived by thinking that you know. Once again return to the pure experience of Knowledge itself. In stillness and in peace, totally give yourself to your practice today. Knowledge is an experience. It will engender its own ideas. It will stimulate and support those forms of behavior and those forms of self-application which are truly supportive of your true nature. Do not be content with things you think you know, for this is merely another form of denial which will leave you impoverished once again.
Practice 227: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.
Here you
will find pointers for getting started if this is your first encounter with
this practice: Taking the Steps to Knowledge.
December 14, 2013 Round One: I appreciate
the distinction here between what I think I know and what I actually
know. I often think that I know, and now I understand the folly of
this. Thinking I know means nothing, it is self-deception. Whereas I am most
likely to miss what I really know, not know that I know it.
I feel I am beginning to make the distinction between the true and the false though. The false is transient and does not “stick,” whereas the true has a way of remaining, never failing, always being there if I am aware enough to see it. So now I am going to be wary of what I think I know and try to always tap into what I do indeed know and stay with it, and not be swayed by what others may think, say, or do.
I feel I am beginning to make the distinction between the true and the false though. The false is transient and does not “stick,” whereas the true has a way of remaining, never failing, always being there if I am aware enough to see it. So now I am going to be wary of what I think I know and try to always tap into what I do indeed know and stay with it, and not be swayed by what others may think, say, or do.
March 19, 2015 Round Two: Again the
emphasis here is on thinking I know.
There are things I know without thinking that I know them. There are things I
know inherently, that I knew before I came here and will know once I leave, but
this has nothing to do with what I think I know at the moment, it has nothing to do with my conscious thoughts.
What I really know abides in Knowledge, and it is only by allowing Knowledge to
manifest itself in my life that I can be a vehicle for Knowledge in the world.
This has nothing to do with thinking though. What I think I know is more likely
detrimental to my overall well-being, since it leads me into delusion and gives
me a false picture of things. What I know does not need to be analyzed, it
comes from beyond the mind, so the mind is of no help here.
Be a Beginning Student
"Become open to Knowledge.
Become reliant upon Knowledge. Do not fall back into safe conclusions and
familiar ideas. Do not seek refuge from life. Do not close yourself off. Do not
assume a new mantle of ideas, which will only become a crown of thorns for you
in the future. Keep moving forward.
Keep taking the Steps to Knowledge. Be
without conclusion. Develop your abilities. Be a beginning student. Become
reliant upon Knowledge. Become respectful of life’s dangers and life’s great
opportunities. Become genuine with what you tell yourself and what you tell
others. Be willing to appear foolish and confused. Be willing to be certain
when you are certain.
"If you can do these
things, you will pass through the wilderness. You will gain great strength
here. You will gain great confidence here. And you will gain the assurance that
your Spiritual Family is with you and that there are those in life who are
truly meant to be with you and who are truly capable of understanding you and
knowing you."
The above passage is
from the Revelation “Your Relationship with Your Spiritual Family” in
Relationships and Higher Purpose.
February 20, 2019 Round Three: I either know or I don’t know and I need to recognize the contrast between the two. I captured the gist of this Step before and do not have much to add. Knowing through Knowledge gives me a true experience. I do not think I know. I have ideas and visions, but I wait to see if they come true and do not claim I know until then.
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