STEP 230 MY SUFFERING IS BORN OF CONFUSION.

Your suffering is born of confusion. Allow yourself to be confused so that you may recognize the true path of reclamation. Is this idea confusing to you? It may be confusing because people will not accept their confusion. They will tell lies about it, saying they are certain when they are confused, projecting blame upon others to excuse themselves or projecting blame upon themselves to excuse others. All of this represents confusion.

你的痛苦源于困惑。允许你自己困惑，这样你才能认识到真实的恢复之路。这个想法让你困惑吗？它可能会让人感到困惑，因为人们不会接受他们的困惑。他们会说谎话，在困惑的时候说他们很确定，把责任推给他人来为他们自己开脱，或者把责任推给他们自己来为他人开脱。所有这些都代表着困惑。

When you realize that you are confused, then you can claim the means to regain your certainty. If you do not accept that you are confused, you will impose substitutes for certainty upon yourself and the world and thus remove yourself from the possibility of receiving your certainty. This is why you must realize that your confusion is the source of your suffering, and you must allow yourself to be confused to recognize your true predicament. Recognizing your true predicament, you will see the great need for Knowledge, and this will engender in you the dedication and the self-application that is necessary for you to receive that which is your inheritance.

当你意识到你的困惑时，你就可以要求重新获得确定性。如果你不接受你的困惑，你就会把确定性的替代品强加给你自己和世界，从而使你自己失去获得确定性的可能性。这就是为什么你必须意识到，你的困惑是你痛苦的根源，你必须允许你自己困惑，才能认识到你真实的困境。认识到你真实的困境，你就会看到对内识的伟大需求，这将使你产生奉献精神和自我应用，而这正是你获得传承所必需的。

Today repeat this idea upon the hour and do not forget to do so. In your two longer practice periods, engage your mind actively in attempting to understand the depth and the meaning of today’s idea. Recognize objectively all of the feelings and the thoughts that are in favor of it and all of the feelings and the thoughts that are opposed to it. Take special care to recognize any objection that you might have to today’s idea. Then recognize the power of this idea within your own mind. This will give you a recognition of today’s idea and its true meaning. This will also help enable you to realize objectively the current construction of your mind. This is all part of your education as a student of Knowledge. Give yourself to considering today’s idea and do not be complacent with simple answers and explanations, for today’s idea contains a gift you have not yet experienced.

今天，每小时都要重复这个想法，不要忘记这样做。在两次较长时间的练习中，要积极调动你的心灵，尝试理解今天这个想法的深度和意义。客观地认识所有赞成它的感觉和想法，以及所有反对它的感觉和想法。特别注意识别你可能对今天的想法提出的任何反对意见。然后在你自己的心灵中认识到这个想法的力量。这将使你认识到今天的想法及其真实的意义。这也有助于让你客观地认识到你当前的心灵结构。这都是你作为内识学生所接受的教育的一部分。全身心地去思考今天的想法，不要满足于简单的答案和解释，因为今天的想法包含着你尚未体验到的礼物。

Practice 230: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

练习 230 ：两个 30 分钟的练习时段。每小时练习。