STEP 54 I WILL NOT LIVE IN IDEALISM.

WHAT IS IDEALISM BUT IDEAS OF THINGS that are hoped for based on disappointment? Your idealism includes yourself, your relationships and the world in which you live. It includes God and life and all realms of experience that you can imagine. Without experience, there is idealism. Idealism can be helpful at the beginning, for it can start you moving in a true direction, but you must not rest your conclusions or your identity upon it, for only experience can give you that which is true to you and that which you can fully accept. Let not idealism guide you, for Knowledge is here to guide you.

什么是理想主义，什么是基于失望而希望实现的理想？你的理想主义包括你自己、你的人际关系和你生活的世界。它包括上帝、生命以及你所能想象的所有经验领域。没有经历和体验，就没有理想主义。理想主义在开始时可能会有所帮助，因为它可以让你朝着真实的方向前进，但你绝不能将你的结论或你的身份建立在理想主义之上，因为只有经验才能给你真实适合你、你可以完全接受的身份。不要让理想主义指导你，因为内识就是来指导你的。

IN YOUR TWO PRACTICE PERIODS TODAY, recognize the extent of your own idealism. Observe carefully what you want yourself to be, what you want your world to be and what you want your relationships to be. Repeat today’s idea and, with eyes closed, examine each of your ideals. Even though your ideals may look beneficial and seem to represent your desire for love and harmony, they in effect hold you back, for they replace that which would truly give you the gifts that you seek.

在今天的两次练习中，认识到自己理想主义的程度。仔细观察你希望自己成为什么样的人，你希望你的世界是什么样的，你希望你的人际关系是什么样的。重复今天的想法，闭上眼睛，审视你的每一个理想。即使你的理想看起来是有益的，似乎代表了你对爱与和谐的渴望，但它们实际上阻碍了你，因为它们取代了真正能给你带来你所追求的礼物的理想。

PRACTICE 54: Two 30-minute practice periods.

练习 54：两个 30 分钟的练习时段