STEP 270 WITH POWER COMES RESPONSIBILITY.

With power comes responsibility. Knowledge will empower you, and you must be responsible to Knowledge. That is why you must become a follower. By becoming a follower you become a leader, for you are able to receive and you are able to be guided. Thus, you will teach others to receive and provide guidance for them. This is a natural extension of the gift that you are now receiving, which in time will find expression through you in your life.

伴随力量而来的是责任。内识会赋予你力量，但你必须对内识负责。这就是为什么你必须成为一个追随者。通过成为追随者，你会成为一名领导者，因为你能够接收并被指导。这样，你将教导他人如何接收并为他们提供指导。这是你正在接受的礼物的一种自然延伸，它最终会通过你，并在你的生命中得到表达。

It is very important that you recognize the relationship between power and responsibility. Responsibility requires selfdiscipline, self-restraint and self-control. It requires an objectivity about your own life which very few have yet attained in this world. Responsibility is a burden until it is recognized as a source of protection. It is the guarantee and the assurance that your gift will find a wholesome and welcome expression within you and that you will be advanced and accomplished by the rendering of your contribution.

认识力量与责任之间的关系非常重要。责任需要自律、自我约束和自我控制。它要求你对你自己的生命拥有一种客观性，而这是世界上很少有人达到的。责任是一种负担，直到它被认知为一种保护的来源。责任是对你的礼物能够在你内心找到健康而受欢迎的表达的一种保证和承诺，也是通过贡献使你能够成长和完成的保障。

It is very common in the world that people want power without responsibility, for their idea of freedom is that they are not beholden to anything. This is utterly counterproductive and has very dangerous consequences for those who persist in attempting it. You who are a student of Knowledge must learn to accept the responsibilities that are given to you, for they provide the protection and the guidance that you need so that you may develop appropriately, positively and completely. They are the assurance that your preparation will yield the great result that it is meant to yield.

在这个世界上，人们普遍希望拥有力量而无需承担责任，因为他们对自由的想法是不受任何事物的约束。这种想法完全适得其反，对那些坚持追求它的人有着非常危险的后果。作为内识的学生，你必须学会接受赋予你的责任，因为它们为你提供了你所需的保护和指导，以便你能够适当地、积极地和完整地发展。它们保证了你的准备工作将实现它所应实现的伟大结果。

Think of this idea upon the hour and do not forget it today. In your deeper practices, think very carefully about what this statement means. Think of your ideas about power and recognize how much they need responsibility to a Greater Source in order to be utilized and expressed appropriately. These two practice periods will be times of mental activity and application. Think very carefully of all your ideas surrounding the lesson for today. It is quite essential that you examine your own thinking and beliefs, for you must understand your current mental make-up in order to realize its impact upon your outer life. Today’s lesson may seem sobering at first, but in time it will give you the confidence and the assurance that you will need to progress wholeheartedly.

每小时思考这个想法，今天不要忘记它。在你更深入的练习中，仔细思考这句话的意义。思考你对力量的想法，并认识到力量多么需要对更伟大源头的责任，以便被适当地善用和表达。这两次练习将是心理活动和应用的时间。非常仔细地思考围绕今天课程的所有想法。检查你自己的思维和信念是非常重要的，因为你必须理解你当前的思维结构，以意识到它对你外在生命的影响。今天的课程一开始可能会显得严肃，但随着时间的推移，它会给你所需的信心和保证，让你全心全意地前进。

Practice 270: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

练习 270 ：两次 30 分钟的练习时段。每小时练习。