STEP 109 I WILL NOT BE IN A HURRY TODAY.

Today take each step gracefully. Do not be in a hurry. You need not be in a hurry because you are with Knowledge. You may keep your appointments in the world and keep them on schedule, but within yourself do not be in a hurry. You may seek Knowledge, fulfillment and contribution, but do not be in a hurry. When you are in a hurry, you are neglecting your current step for steps you find more preferable, and how can steps be more preferable except when you are ignoring the step in front of you? You need only take the step in front of you, and the next step will arise naturally. Do not be in a hurry. You cannot go faster than you can go. Do not miss all that We are giving you to practice, which will require that you not be in a hurry.

今天每一步都优雅地迈出。不要急于求成。你无需急于求成，因为你与内识同在。你可以按时履行世间的约定，但内心不要急于求成。你可以追求内识、成就和贡献，但不要急于求成。当你急于求成时，你忽略了当前的步伐，而偏好那些你认为更好的步伐，而这些步伐怎么会更好呢，除非你忽略了眼前的步伐？你只需要迈出眼前的步伐，下一步自然会出现。不要急于求成。你不能走得比你能走得更快。不要错过我们为你提供的所有练习，这要求你不要急于求成。

Throughout the day today remind yourself upon the hour not to be in a hurry. Say to yourself, “I will not be in a hurry today,” and think a moment upon this. You may meet your worldly responsibilities without being in a hurry. You may meet your greater goals without being in a hurry. Take comfort in the fact that you are a beginning student, for beginning students do not know where they are going because they are in a position to receive, not to govern. This is a great blessing for you now and will give you the power in time to govern your mind and your affairs with Knowledge. You will be a kind ruler who will not condemn error and will not punish sinners, as you now imagine God to do.

今天整天提醒自己不要急于求成。对自己说，“今天我不会急于求成。”然后想一想这一点。你可以在不急于求成的情况下履行世间的责任。你可以在不急于求成的情况下实现更大的目标。安心于自己是一个初学者，因为初学者不知道自己要去哪里，因为他们正处于接收的位置，而不是主导的位置。这对你来说是一个巨大的祝福，并且随着时间的推移，它会赋予你以内识来管理自己的心灵和事务的力量。你将成为一个仁慈的统治者，不会谴责错误，不会像你现在想象的那样惩罚罪人。

Knowledge is not in a hurry. Why should you be? Knowledge may move you quickly or slowly. You may then move quickly or slowly, but within yourself you are not in a hurry. This is part of the mystery of life which you can now learn to discover.

内识不急于求成。你为什么要急于求成？内识可能让你快速或缓慢地行动。你可能会快速或缓慢地行动，但内心你并不急于求成。这是你现在可以学习发现的生命奥秘的一部分。

Practice 109: Hourly practice.

练习 109 ：每小时练习