STEP 281 ABOVE ALL ELSE I SEEK KNOWLEDGE.

Above all else seek Knowledge, for Knowledge will give you all else that you need. You will seek Knowledge with total conviction when you realize that any other avenue of endeavor and any other use of your mind and body will be hopeless and will lead you into greater confusion. For without Knowledge, you can only learn that you need Knowledge, and with Knowledge, all true learning will proceed. Your past has already taught you the great need for Knowledge. You need not learn this again and again. Why repeat the same lesson over and over, thinking that it will yield for you a different result?

在一切之上，寻求内识，因为内识会给予你所需的一切。当你意识到任何其他努力以及对你身心的任何其他运用都是徒劳无功，并且只会让你陷入更大的困惑时，你将以全然的信念寻求内识。因为没有内识，你只能学到你需要内识，而与内识同在时，所有真正的学习才能进行。你的过去已经教导了你对内识的伟大需求。你不需要一遍又一遍地学习这一点。为什么要重复同样的课程，期望它会带来不同的结果？

Of yourself you can do nothing. Without Knowledge you can only generate more imagination. Therefore, there is one answer to your one greatest need, and the one answer will meet all other needs that emanate from your one great need. Your need is fundamental and the response to your need is fundamental. There is no complexity here, for in essence you need Knowledge to live meaningfully. You need Knowledge to advance. You need Knowledge to realize your True Self. You need Knowledge to fulfill your destiny in the world. Without Knowledge, you will simply wander around and come once again to realize that you need Knowledge.

凭你自己，你什么也做不了。没有内识，你只能创造出更多的想象。因此，你唯一最大的需求只有一个答案，这个答案将满足由你这个伟大需求延伸出的所有其他需求。你的需求是根本性的，对你的需求的回应也是根本性的。这其中没有复杂性，因为从本质上讲，你需要内识来有意义地生活。你需要内识来进步。你需要内识来实现你的真正自我。你需要内识来完成你在世界上的天命。没有内识，你将只是四处徘徊，最终再次意识到你需要内识。

This is a day of thanksgiving, for your prayers have been answered. Your need has been responded to. The gift has been given to you to reclaim your Knowledge. Above all else seek that which will serve everything through you. In this, your need and the remedy for your life will become simple, and you will be able to proceed in certainty and patience, becoming a consistent student of Knowledge. Day by day you are reclaiming your True Self. Day by day you are escaping all else that seeks to pull you into the darkness of confusion. Day by day that which is unreal begins to disintegrate and that which is genuine begins to emerge.

今天是感恩的一天，因为你的祈祷已经得到回应。你的需求已经被满足。你已经被赋予了重新找回内识的礼物。在一切之上，寻求将通过你服务于一切的内识。通过这一点，你的需求和生命的解决之道将变得简单，你将能够以确定性和耐心前行，成为一名始终如一的内识学生。一天又一天，你正在重新找回你真正的自我。一天又一天，你正在摆脱一切试图将你拉入困惑黑暗的事物。一天又一天，不真实的事物开始瓦解，真实的内识开始显现。

Upon the hour today remember and affirm this great truth—that you seek Knowledge above all else. In your deeper meditation practices, allow yourself to enter stillness. Allow your life to be transformed. Allow Knowledge to emerge so that you may be a vehicle for its expression, for in this you will find happiness.

今天每小时都要记住并确认这个伟大的真理——在一切之上，你寻求内识。在更深层次的冥想练习中，允许你自己进入静止。允许你的生命被转化。允许内识显现，使你成为其表达的载体，因为在这里你将找到幸福。

Practice 281: Two 30-minute practice periods. Hourly practice.

练习 281 ：两次 30 分钟的练习时段。每小时练习。