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"For you must be centered in a crashing world. You must be strong. You must be purposeful. You must know where to give yourself and where to hold yourself back. You must be certain about who to be with and who not to be with despite any other possible attraction or intrigue that has gained control of your mind." <ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/being-centered-in-a-crashing-world Being Centered in a Crashing World (November 22, 2015)]</ref>
 
"For you must be centered in a crashing world. You must be strong. You must be purposeful. You must know where to give yourself and where to hold yourself back. You must be certain about who to be with and who not to be with despite any other possible attraction or intrigue that has gained control of your mind." <ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/being-centered-in-a-crashing-world Being Centered in a Crashing World (November 22, 2015)]</ref>
  
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"You must have a very sound understanding that the approach to
 
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any resolution and to any constructive establishment must begin
 
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with current reality. '''What you are and what you have today must be your starting point.'''" <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step5-I-believe-what-I-want-to-believe.htm Step 5: I believe what I want to believe.]</ref>
 
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"There must be a starting point at any juncture of
 
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development. '''You must start from where you are, not from where you want to be.'''" <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step1-I-am-without-Knowledge-now.htm Step 1: I am without Knowledge now.]</ref>
 
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"Ask yourself, 'What do
 
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I really know?' You must continuously examine whatever
 
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answers you give to this question to see if they represent your
 
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beliefs or assumptions or the beliefs or assumptions of other
 
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people or perhaps even of humanity at large."
 
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"[Consider] what your true foundation may be.... You must realize your great need for this to ask this
 
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question with sincerity and with penetrating depth. You are listening for something deeper than the mind, but you
 
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must go through the mind to get there." <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step6-I-have-a-true-foundation-in-the-world.htm Step 6: I have a true foundation in the world.]</ref>
 
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"If you wish to live anything greater than a purely superficial and unstable life, you must penetrate deeper and not be confident based only upon weak assumptions and hopeful expectations." <ref name="stk?">''Steps to Knowledge'', [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Why-am-I-doing-this-anyway.htm Why am I doing this anyway?]</ref>
 
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"There is a greater gift awaiting you, but you must prepare yourself mentally, emotionally and physically." <ref name="stk?"/>
 
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"You must listen carefully and in time realize the difference between the true content of your mind and its messages for you and all the other impulses and wishes that you feel."  <ref name="stk15">''Steps to Knowledge'',  [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step15-I-shall-listen-to-my-experience-today.htm Step 15: I shall listen to my experience today.]</ref>
 
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"Even if the content of your thoughts is disagreeable, you must listen without judgment to allow your mind to open." <ref name="stk15"/>
 
  
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"You must listen without judgment. You must
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not edit anything. You must listen deeply so that you may learn
 
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to hear." <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'',  [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step16-Beyond-my-mind-is-Knowledge.htm Step 16: Beyond my mind is Knowledge.]</ref>
 
  
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"The truth is utterly beneficial to you, but at first
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it can be quite shocking and disappointing to your other plans
 
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and goals. This you must risk if you wish to have the certainty
 
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and the empowerment that the truth will bring to you."  <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step17-Today-I-want-to-hear-the-truth.htm Step 17: Today I want to hear the truth.]</ref>
 
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"The truth must be fully experienced.... It is something you must feel. To have a
 
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feeling orientation, your mind must be still." <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step18-Today-I-feel-the-truth-arising-within-myself.htm Step 18: I feel the truth arising within myself.]</ref>
 
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"Your individual power
 
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follow a program of this nature."  <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step20-I-will-not-let-doubt-and-confusion-slow-my-progress.htm Step 20: I will not let doubt and confusion slow my progress.]</ref>
 
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"Beginning students are not in
 
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and comes later if you wish for your judgments to have true
 
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effect and to be wise." <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', Step 21: Review</ref>
 
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"Do not give in to doubt or confusion, for you must prepare to
 
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have the reward that you seek, and you must know that you are
 
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not alone in the world to have the strength, the confidence and
 
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the resource of Wisdom necessary to achieve that which you
 
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were sent here to achieve." <ref name="stk22">''Steps to Knowledge'', Step 22: [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step22-I-am-surrounded-by-the-Teachers-of-God.htm I am surrounded by the Teachers of God.]</ref>
 
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"Feel the presence of the Teachers of God." <ref name="stk22"/>
 
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"Feel this love, support and direction.It is a feeling. It is not ideas.
 
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It is a feeling. It is something you must feel. Love is something
 
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you must feel to know." <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', Step 23: [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step23-I-am-loved,-surrounded-and-supported-by-the-Teachers-of-God.htm I am loved, surrounded and supported by the Teachers of God.]</ref>
 
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"The greatest truth of life ... is something
 
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that must be experienced, for no great truth can be
 
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contained in an idea alone." <ref name="stk25">''Steps to Knowledge'', Step 25: [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step25-I-am-at-one-with-the-greatest-truth-of-life.htm I am at one with the greatest truth of life.]</ref>
 
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"You must experience the source of your
 
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great relationship in its true establishment." <ref name="stk25"/>
 
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"You must
 
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receive this to give it. To share a great love honestly
 
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means you must be experiencing it."  <ref name="stk25"/>
 
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"The pain of error
 
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and the tribulation of error must be accepted, for this will teach
 
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to value." <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', Step 26: [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step26-My-errors-give-birth-to-my-Knowledge.htm My errors give birth to my Knowledge]</ref>
 
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"This point of view of being served by your experience is
 
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something you must cultivate." <ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', Step 27: [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step27-I-have-a-Wisdom-that-I-wish-to-discover.htm I have a Wisdom that I wish to discover.]</ref>
 
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Revision as of 20:55, 21 December 2015

"For you must be centered in a crashing world. You must be strong. You must be purposeful. You must know where to give yourself and where to hold yourself back. You must be certain about who to be with and who not to be with despite any other possible attraction or intrigue that has gained control of your mind." [1]

References

  1. ↑ Being Centered in a Crashing World (November 22, 2015)

See Also

Imperatives in Steps to Knowledge

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