第三十七阶:有一条通往内识的道路
STEP 37 THERE IS A WAY TO KNOWLEDGE.
HOW CAN THERE NOT BE A WAY TO KNOWLEDGE when it is your True Self? How can there not be a way for Knowledge to express itself when it is the most natural form of expression? How can there not be a way for Knowledge to guide you in relationships when Knowledge is the perfect source of all your relationships? There is a way to Knowledge. It requires skill and desire. Both will take time to develop. You must learn to value the true and not to value the false, and it takes time to learn to separate the two and to recognize them. It takes time to learn that the false does not satisfy you and that the true does satisfy you. This must be learned through trial and error and through contrast. As you approach Knowledge, your life becomes more full, more certain and more direct. As you go away from it, you re-enter confusion, frustration and anger.
当内识就是你的真实自我时,怎么会没有通往内识的途径呢?内识是最自然的表达方式,怎么会没有表达方式呢?内识是你所有关系的完美来源,怎么会没有办法让内识在人际关系中指导你呢?通往内识的道路是存在的。它需要技能和渴望。两者都需要时间来培养。你必须学会珍视真实而非虚假,学会将两者区分开来并识别它们需要时间。要学会虚假不能满足你,真实才能满足你,这需要时间。这必须通过反复试验和对比才能学会。当你接近内识时,你的生命会变得更加充实、更加确定、更加直接。当你远离它时,你会重新陷入困惑、沮丧和愤怒。
IN YOUR TWO PRACTICE PERIODS TODAY, which will not be meditation practices, spend at least 15 minutes thinking of all the ways to gain access to Knowledge. Write down on a piece of paper all the ways to get to Knowledge. Spend both practice periods doing this and exhaust all the possibilities that you can think of. Try to be very specific. Use your imagination, but chart out routes that appear to be quite real and meaningful to you. In this way, you will know what you think about how to find a way to Knowledge, and from this you will realize that God knows the way to Knowledge.
在今天的两次练习(不是冥想练习)中,至少花15分钟思考获得内识的所有方法。在纸上写下获得内识的所有方法。两个练习时段都这样做,穷尽你能想到的所有可能性。尽量具体。发挥你的想象力,但要描绘出对你来说相当真实和有意义的路线。这样,你就会知道自己对如何找到通往内识之路的看法,并由此认识到上帝知道通往内识的道路。
PRACTICE 37: Two 15-minute practice periods.
练习 36 :两个15分钟的练习时段




