STEP 126 REVIEW

Today’s Review will concentrate upon the past week of training. It will emphasize once again that you are learning to learn. You are learning to understand how you learn. You are learning to understand your strengths and your weaknesses. You are learning to understand your predispositions—those qualities in yourself that you must cultivate and those qualities which you must arrest and bring under conscious control. You are learning to be observant of yourself. Thus, you are learning at last to be objective with yourself. This objectivity is especially important, for it allows you to utilize that which is there to serve you without your condemnation. In this way, your service to yourself becomes immediate and effective.

今天的复习将集中于过去一周的训练。它将再次强调,你正在学会学习。你正在学习理解自己是如何学习的。你正在学习理解自己的长处和短处。你正在学习理解自己的倾向性——你必须培养自己的这些品质,以及你必须抑制和有意识控制自己的这些品质。你要学会观察自己。因此,你终于学会了客观地对待你自己。这种客观性尤为重要,因为它能让你在不受到谴责的情况下善用那些为你服务的品质。这样,你对自己的服务就会变得直接而有效。

If you can learn to be objective with yourself, you can learn to be objective with the world. This will allow Knowledge to shine through you, for you will not be attempting to make the world into what you wish it to be, and you will not be attempting to make yourself into what you wish yourself to be. This is the beginning of true resolution and true happiness, but even greater than this, it is the beginning of genuine contribution.

如果你能学会客观地对待自己,你就能学会客观地对待世界。这将让内识在你身上大放异彩,因为你不会试图把世界变成你希望的样子,也不会试图把自己变成你希望的样子。这是真实的决心和真实幸福的开始,但比这更重要的是,这是真正贡献的开始。

In your one long practice period today review the past week, keeping these things in mind. Strengthen your experience of Knowledge today by supporting its outward manifestations and doubt not the power of this preparation to bring you to Knowledge itself.

在今天的一次长时间练习中,回顾过去一周,牢记这些练习。通过支持内识的外在表现,加强你今天对内识的体验,不要怀疑这种准备将你带入内识它本身的力量。

Practice 126: One long practice period.

练习 126 :一段长时间的实践