STEP 114 MY TRUE FRIENDS ARE WITH ME. I AM NOT ALONE.

How can you be alone when your Teachers are with you? What truer friend do you have than he or she who abides with your Knowledge? These friendships are not born of this world. They have been created beyond the world, and they exist to serve you now. You will feel the presence of those who are with you once your mind settles down. Once you cease to be preoccupied with your own fervent wishes and fears, you will begin to feel this presence which is so graceful, so gentle and so reassuring.

当你的老师与你同在时，你怎能孤独？还有什么比与你的内识同在的人更真实的朋友呢？这些友谊并非诞生于这个世界。他们是在世界之外被创造出来的，他们现在的存在就是为了服务于你。一旦你的心平静下来，你就会感受到那些与你同在的存在。一旦你不再专注于自己的热切愿望和恐惧，你就会开始感受到这种如此优雅、如此温柔、如此令人安心的存在。

Upon the hour today, remind yourself that your friends are with you. In your two deep practice periods, allow your mind to receive their presence so that you may understand the true nature of relationship in the world. With practice, this understanding will become so strong that you will be able to receive the ideas, the encouragement and the correction from those who are more potent than you, who exist to serve you in your true function in the world. They are your initiators into Knowledge, and they are in relationship with your Knowledge, for your Knowledge contains your true relationships with all of life.

今天的每一小时，都要提醒自己，你的朋友与你同在。在你的两次深度练习中，让你的心灵接受他们的存在，这样你就能理解世界上关系的真实实质。通过练习，这种理解会变得如此强烈，以至于你能够接受来自那些比你更强大的人的想法、鼓励和纠正，他们的存在是为了服务于你在这个世界上的真实功能。他们是你进入内识的启蒙者，他们与你的内识息息相关，因为你的内识包含了你与所有生命的真实关系。

Practice 114: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

练习 114 ：两个 30 分钟的练习时段。每小时练习一次。