STEP 279 I MUST EXPERIENCE MY FREEDOM TO REALIZE IT.

Freedom is not a concept or an idea. It is an experience. Therefore, it must be realized in many, many different circumstances for you to see its universal application. This you are given time to accomplish. This will make all of your activities meaningful, purposeful and valuable. Then you will have no foundation for condemning yourself or the world, for all things will strengthen your understanding of the necessity for Knowledge and all things will be the recipients of Knowledge.

自由不是一个概念或一个想法，它是一种体验。因此，必须在许多不同的情境中实现自由，才能看到它的普遍适用性。你有时间去完成这一点。这将使你所有的活动变得有意义、有目的并且有价值。这样，你就不会再有批评你自己或世界的基础，因为一切都会加强你对内识必要性的理解，一切都会成为内识的接受者。

Therefore, give yourself to practice, preparation and application. Do not identify merely with ideas, for even the greatest idea is meant to be an expression in changeable circumstances and will itself be unstable. To have genuine stability in the world, you must identify with Knowledge and allow Knowledge to demonstrate its power, its efficacy and its benevolence within the world. You must experience your freedom to value it and to comprehend its meaning in the world. This is why you are a student of Knowledge. And this is why you must apply everything that you are learning in your preparation here.

因此，把你自己交给实践、准备和应用。不要仅仅与想法认同，因为即使是最伟大的想法，它也应该在可变的环境中表现出来，并且想法本身是不稳定的。要在这个世界中拥有真正的稳定，你必须与内识认同，并允许内识在这个世界中展示它的力量、有效性和仁爱。你必须体验你的自由，才能珍视内识并理解它在世界中的意义。这就是你作为内识学生的原因。这也是你必须将你在这里所学的所有内容应用于实践的原因。

Remember this upon the hour as you are engaged in the world. Remember this in your deeper meditation practices where you are engaged in your inner life. In both arenas, Knowledge must prevail. In both arenas, your freedom must be exercised to be realized. In your deeper meditations, exercise the strength of your mind to enable it to come into stillness and quietude. Do not let fear or ambivalence dominate you this day. You are practicing your freedom and exercising it, for you can only be free when you are still inside, and if you are still inside, you are free already.

在每个小时，记住这个想法，当你参与世界事务时要记住它。在你更深入的冥想实践中，当你参与内心的生命时要记住它。在这两个领域中，内识必须占据主导地位。在这两个领域中，你的自由必须被行使才能被意识到。在你更深入的冥想中，运用你心灵的力量，使它进入静止与和平。不要让恐惧或矛盾左右你的一天。你正在实践你的自由，并在行使它，因为只有当你内心静止时，你才能自由，而如果你内心已经静止，你就已经在自由之中。

Practice 279: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

练习 279 ：两次 30 分钟的练习时段，每小时练习。