Editing New Message from God (section)

== Practices ==
=== Steps to Knowledge ===
The central spiritual practice of the movement is contained in the book ''Steps to Knowledge: The Book of Inner Knowing''. The text is structured as a 365-day curriculum designed to teach students how to experience "Stillness" and access the spiritual intelligence known as "Knowledge".<ref name="ForewordReview">{{cite web |last=Tarila |first=Sophia |title=Review of Steps to Knowledge |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/steps-to-knowledge/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |date=15 June 1999 |access-date=November 25, 2025}}</ref>

The book was the recipient of the ''Foreword Magazine'' Book of the Year Award for Spirituality in 2000.<ref name="ForewordAward">{{cite web |title=Steps to Knowledge: The Book of Inner Knowing |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Steps_To_Knowledge_The_Book_of_Inner_Kno.html?id=VZIJAQAAQBAJ |publisher=Google Books (citing New Knowledge Library award history) |access-date=November 25, 2025}}</ref> In a professional review from 1999, ''Foreword Reviews'' described it as a "complete self-study spiritual program" comparable to ''[[A Course in Miracles]]'', noting its "sense of urgency for living an inspired life."<ref name="ForewordReview"/>

The curriculum focuses on self-inquiry and meditation, with lessons ranging from affirmation-style statements (e.g., "I am here to serve a greater purpose") to active practices of shielding one's mind from the "mental environment."<ref name="Liang67">Liang, 2019, p. 67.</ref>

=== Community and Service ===
Followers, referred to as "Students," participate in the "Worldwide Community." As of 2017, the movement's online "Free School" had approximately 2,900 registered students, with the total community estimated conservatively in the thousands.<ref name="Liang72">Liang, 2019, p. 3.</ref>

A local community exists in Boulder, where adherents gather for events such as "Tuesday Night Meditation," a weekly meeting involving meditation and the reading of revelations.<ref name="Liang1">Liang, 2019, p. 1.</ref> The community observes two primary annual holidays: the "Messenger's Vigil", which commemorates the birth of Marshall Vian Summers, and the "Steps Vigil", a twenty-day period marking the reception of the ''Steps to Knowledge'' text.<ref name="Liang689">Liang, 2019, p. 56.</ref>