Step 174 My life is necessary.

Your life is necessary. It is not a biological accident. It is not a mere chance circumstance that you arrived in this world. Your life is necessary. If you could but recall what you went through to come into this world and the preparation that was required—both within this world and beyond—for you to emerge here, then you would realize the importance of your being here and the importance of the Knowledge that you carry within you. Your life is necessary. There is no form of conceit here. It is simply a recognition of truth. In your evaluation of yourself, your life is either pathetic or grandiose. Yet the necessity of your life has nothing to do with your evaluations, though your evaluations can bring you closer to or take you farther from this one true recognition.

你的生命是必要的。这不是生理上的意外。你来到这个世界并非偶然。你的生命是必要的。如果你能回想一下你来到这个世界所经历的一切，回想一下你在这个世界内外为来到这里所做的准备，你就会意识到你来到这里的重要性，以及你所携带的内识的重要性。你的生命是必要的。这里没有任何形式的自负。这只是对真理的认识。在你对自己的评价中，你的生命要么可悲，要么伟大。然而，你生命的必要性与你的评价无关，尽管你的评价会让你更接近或远离这唯一真实的认知。

Your life is necessary. Understand this and it will banish your sense of self-judgment and condemnation. Understand this and it will bring humility into your self-grandiose ideas. Understand this and your plans may then in time be adjusted to Knowledge itself, for your life is necessary.

你的生命是必要的。理解了这一点，你就会摆脱自我评判和谴责。理解了这一点，你自我陶醉的想法就会变得谦逊。理解了这一点，你的计划就可能及时调整为内识本身，因为你的生命是必要的。

Repeat this statement upon the hour and consider it regardless of your emotions, your circumstances and whatever thoughts are prevailing in your mind, for Knowledge is greater than thoughts and is meant to govern thoughts. In your two meditation practices, allow the word RAHN to take you deep into practice. Feel the necessity of your own life—its value and its importance. This is something that you can experience directly. It does not require your evaluation. It does not require that you consider yourself to be greater than others. It is merely a profound experience of reality, for your life is necessary. It is necessary for you. It is necessary for your world. It is necessary for life itself.

每隔一小时就重复这句话，无论你的情绪、你的环境和你心中的任何想法如何，都要考虑它，因为内识大于感想，是用来主导感想的。在你的两次冥想练习中，让RAHN这个词带你深入实践。感受自己生命的必要性——它的价值和重要性。这是你可以直接体验到的。它不需要你的评价。它不需要你认为自己比别人伟大。这只是对现实的深刻体验，因为你的生命是必要的。它对你是必要的。它对你的世界是必要的。它对生命本身是必要的。

Practice 174: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

练习 174： 两个 30 分钟的练习时段。每小时练习。