STEP 44 I WISH TO KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH.

THIS AFFIRMATION YOU MAY FIND VERY ACCEPTABLE because of your immediate need for it in your current circumstances, but the affirmation is far deeper than you may at first realize. You have far more strength than you have claimed, but it cannot be fully realized until its application is directed in a manner that truly regenerates you and brings forth your true abilities.

由于你在当前情况下的迫切需要，你可能会非常接受这一肯定，但这一肯定远比你一开始意识到的要深刻得多。你所拥有的力量远比你所宣称的要大得多，但只有以真正使你再生并发挥你真实能力的方式来运用它，你才能充分认识到这一点。

HOW CAN YOU APPROACH YOUR STRENGTH when you feel weak and helpless, when you feel unworthy, if you are burdened by guilt or confusion or in anger blame others for your own apparent failures? To claim your strength means to release all that holds you back. You do not release your obstacles by claiming they do not exist. You release them because you value something greater. Their obstruction is merely the sign that you must pass through them. Your own strength is then cultivated. You seek your strength, and you use it to find your strength. We wish for you to know your strength and to utilize it on your own behalf.

当你感到软弱和无助时，当你感到不值得时，当你被负罪感或困惑所累时，当你愤怒地将自己的明显失败归咎于他人时，你如何能够接近你的力量呢？宣示你的力量意味着释放所有阻碍你的障碍。你不会因为声称障碍不存在而释放它们。你释放它们是因为你珍视更大的力量。它们的阻碍只是你必须通过它们的标志。这样，你自己的力量就得到了培养。你寻找自己的力量，并用内识来找到自己的力量。我们希望你知道自己的力量，并为自己所用。

IN YOUR TWO MEDITATION PRACTICES TODAY, in silence and in stillness, attempt to feel your own strength. Do not let thoughts alone dissuade you, for fears and doubts are only thoughts—vaporous things that cross your mind like clouds. Beyond the clouds of your mind is the great universe of Knowledge. Therefore, do not let the clouds obstruct your view of the stars beyond.

在今天的两次冥想练习中，在静默和寂静中，尝试感受自己的力量。不要让杂念打消你的念头，因为恐惧和疑虑只是杂念——像云朵一样在你脑海中飘过的虚无缥缈的想法。在你思想的云层之外，是伟大的内识宇宙。因此，不要让乌云遮挡你的视线，让你看到外面的星空。

PRACTICE 44: Two 30-minute practice periods.

练习 44：两个 30 分钟的练习时段