除了最近已介紹過的意義、改變、靈感洞見外,這是「認識Being」系列的另一個重要面向——吸引。它還有其他的面向。可見「Being的本質」確實不是用幾個字甚至幾句話就能夠精確表達它。這一點很像用文字要表達「愛」的本質和表達「神」的本質那樣,大都只能夠說明它全貌的某一面向。也有一點像「哪裡可找到真理」的問題一樣,我們無法在任何地方找到全部的真理,只能在每個地方找到它的一部分。因為,Being的領域遠遠大於心智的領域。
Being的意思是:你所處的狀態和你所散發出的頻率與能量。也就是說,我們 being什麼,便會吸引什麼。所以說:Being,必應。
【Being 是「吸引」的關鍵 + 靈魂對你關注的焦點】
靈魂永遠就只being。靈魂只是being它所being的,不論身體在做什麼。
(The soul is forever being. It is being what it is being, regardless of what the body is doing.)
..現在,有兩個擁有相等技藝的人,兩人都大學畢業,兩人在班上都是名列前茅,兩人都瞭解他們在做的事,兩人都知道如何非常純熟地用他們的工具——然而,其一仍比另一個做得好;一個鴻圖大展,但另一個 卻在掙扎求生。會是什麼導致的?
尼爾:所在的位置、地點。
地點?
尼爾:有人曾告訴我說,在開創一個新事業時,只有三件事要考慮——地點、地點,還是地點。
換言之,不是「你要做什麼」而是「你要在哪裡做」囉?
尼爾:正是如此。
那聽起來也像是對我的問題的答案。然而,靈魂關心的只是你會處於(be)哪種狀態。
你會在一個叫作恐懼的地方,或一個叫作愛的地方?當你遭遇生活和面對人生時,你在哪裡(處於哪種狀態)——並且你從哪裡(哪種狀態)來?
現在,在兩個同樣夠格的工作者的例子裡,其一很成功,而另一個則否,並不是因為他們任一人在做(doing)什麼,卻是因為他們兩人being什麼。
其中一個人在她的工作裡是being開放的、友善的、關懷的、愛助人的、體貼的、愉快的、有 自信的,甚至喜悅的;而另一人卻是being封閉的、冷漠的、不關心的、不體貼的、乖戾的,甚至憎恨她在做的事。
現在你會認為應該選擇還更崇高的being狀態嗎?你認為應該選擇善良、同情、慈悲、瞭解、寬 恕和愛嗎?若是你選擇了似神的狀態呢?那時你會經驗什麼?
我告訴你們:“Being”吸引“being”,而產生經驗。(Beingness attracts beingness, and produces experience.)
你們在這星球上並不是要以你的身體來產生任何東西。你們在這個星球上是要以你的靈魂來產生一些東西。你的身體只不過單純地是你靈魂的工具,你的頭腦是令身體做事的力量(Your body is simply and merely the tool of your soul. Your mind is the power that makes the body go.)。
摘自《與神對話 I》第12章
The soul is forever being. It is being what it is being, regardless of what the body is doing, not because of what it’s doing.
But now we get to the second cut. Now we’re down to two people with relatively equal skills. Both graduated from college, both were at the top of their class, both understand the nature of what they’re doing, both know how to use their tools with great facility—yet one still does better than the other; one flourishes while the other struggles. What’s that about?
Neale: Location.
Location?
Neale: Somebody once told me there are only three things to consider when starting a new business—location, location, and location.
In other words, not “What are you going to do?” but “Where are you going to be?”
Neale: Exactly.
That sounds like the answer to my question as well. The soul is concerned only with where you are going to be.
Are you going to be in a place called fear, or in a place called love? Where are you—and where are you coming from—as you encounter life? Now, in the example of the two equally qualified workers, one is successful and the other is not, not because of anything either is doing, but because of what both are being.
One person is being open, friendly, caring, helpful, considerate, cheerful, confident, even joyful in her work, while the other is being closed, distant, uncaring, inconsiderate, grumpy, even resentful of what she is doing. Now suppose you were to select even loftier states of beingness? Suppose you were to select goodness, mercy, compassion, understanding, forgiveness, love? What if you were to select Godliness? What then would be your experience?
I tell you this: Beingness attracts beingness, and produces experience.
You are not on this planet to produce anything with your body. You are on this planet to produce something with your soul.
Your body is simply and merely the tool of your soul.
Your mind is the power that makes the body go.