STEP 241 MY ANGER IS UNJUSTIFIED.

Anger is unjustified, for anger alone is merely your response to your failure to apply Knowledge. This engenders anger at its very source. But this need not happen, because anger is a response. As a response it can generate anger in others and stimulate a violent response internally and externally wherever it is applied. Knowledge, however, will redirect anger so that it has no destructive qualities, for what you wish to express is that which fortifies Knowledge in others. It is the strength of your conviction and not your desire to hurt yourself or others that is the true efficacy of the emotion that is the core of anger. Thus, it may be said that your anger is a true communication that has been distorted by your own projections of blame and fear. Once these distortions have been cleared away, the true communication that is the seed of all anger can be expressed. This can only bring about good.

愤怒是没有正当理由的，因为愤怒本身只是你未能运用内识时的一种反应。这种反应会使愤怒在其源头上产生。但这种情况并非不可避免，因为愤怒是一种反应。作为一种反应，它能引起他人的愤怒，并在任何地方引起内部和外部的暴力反应。然而，内识会重新引导愤怒，使其不具备破坏性，因为你希望表达的是能够强化他人内识的沟通。而愤怒的核心情感的真实效力来自于你信念的力量，它不是你想伤害你自己或他人的欲望。因此，可以说，愤怒是你内心的真实沟通，但它被你自身的指责和恐惧的投射所扭曲。一旦这些扭曲被清除，愤怒中蕴含的真实沟通将得以表达。而这种表达只会带来好的结果。

Anger, then, is not justified, for it is a misinterpretation of a true communication. Your anger is not justified because anger is born of confusion. Yet confusion calls for preparation and the true application of Knowledge. Therefore, the sinful are not punished but are attended to. The wicked are not sent to hell but are prepared for Heaven. This is the true nature of God’s purpose in the world. That is why God can never be angry, because God is not offended. God is merely applying God to a situation where God has temporarily been forgotten.

因此，愤怒是没有正当理由的，因为它是对真实沟通的误解。你的愤怒是没有正当理由的，因为愤怒源于困惑。然而，困惑需要准备和内识的真实应用。因此，罪人不会被惩罚，而是被照料；恶人不会被送入地狱，而是为进入天堂做好准备。这就是上帝在这个世界上的目的的真实自然。这就是为什么上帝永远不会生气，因为上帝并没有被冒犯。上帝只是在暂时忘记上帝的情况下应用上帝。

In the greater scope of things, even the separation of all individual minds is a very temporary occurrence. You cannot think yet at this level and will not be able to do so for a long time, for you must undergo the various stages of development that integrate your mind into greater and greater experiences of relationship and life. But as you proceed and as you take each vital step that expands your horizons, you will begin to understand that anger is unjustified. It merely represents a failure to apply Knowledge in a particular situation. This calls for remedy not for condemnation. Here you will realize that your anger is something to be understood. It is not to be rejected, for if you reject anger, you also reject the seed of anger, which is true communication. Therefore, We wish to clean away that which has spoiled your true communication so that your true communication may shine forth, for true communication always comes from Knowledge.

在更伟大的范围内，甚至所有个体心灵的分离也是一种非常短暂的现象。你尚未能够在这个层面上思考，而且在很长一段时间内也无法做到，因为你必须经历各个发展的阶段，将你的心灵融入更大、更深的关系与生命的体验中。但随着你的进步，随着你迈出每一个扩展视野的重要步骤，你将开始理解愤怒是没有正当理由的。它仅仅代表了在特定情况下未能应用内识的表现。这需要的是补救而非谴责。在这里，你会认识到你的愤怒是需要被理解的，而不是被拒绝的，因为如果你拒绝愤怒，你也会拒绝愤怒的种子——即真实的沟通。因此，我们希望清除那些污染了你真实沟通的事物，使你的真实的沟通能够焕发光芒，因为真实的沟通总是源于内识。

Think of this idea upon the hour. In your deeper practice periods, actively engage your mind in looking at every single thing that you are angry about, from very tiny things that are specific to things in general that upset or discourage you. Remind yourself as you review your inventory of anger that your anger is unjustified. Remind yourself that it calls for the application of Knowledge and that within each angry experience or feeling that you have, there is a seed which is true. Therefore, your anger need not be rejected but cleansed, for in cleansing your anger you will be able to communicate that which you intended to communicate in the beginning where you initially failed. Then your self-expression will be complete, and anger will be no more.

每隔一小时就思考这个想法。在深入练习时，积极调动你的心灵，审视你所愤怒的每一件事，从非常微小的具体事情到让你沮丧或气馁的一般事情。在回顾你的愤怒清单时，提醒你自己你的愤怒是没有正当理由的。提醒你自己，它需要运用内识，在你每一次愤怒的经历或感受中，都有一颗真实的种子。因此，你的愤怒不需要被拒绝，而是被净化，因为在净化你的愤怒时，你将能够传达你一开始想要传达的沟通，而这正是你最初失败的地方。这样，你的自我表达就会完整，愤怒也就不复存在了。

Practice 241: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

练习 241 ：两次 30 分钟的练习时段。每小时练习。