聽神談【關於「譴責定罪」和「寬恕」】
地獄是「與神分離」的狀態和經驗。然而，任何不希望經驗與神分離的人，並不需要經驗它。
但僅是「想要再度與神團聚的欲望」就會引發它。
這是個非凡的聲明，我要再說一次：
僅是想要「與神團圓」的欲望就會引發「與神分離」的經驗。(The mere desire for reunion with God produces it. 註：意思是與神再度合一是所有靈魂的渴望，也是神藉由每一個靈魂在體驗祂自己的過程，因此產生靈魂的「與神分離」，並在心智上視自己是與神分離的。)
寬恕是從來都不必要的，既然神本身是「一切萬有」，神性就永遠無法真的被冒犯。這是進步的文化都瞭解的事。誰會要寬恕誰？又為了什麼？
手會寬恕踢痛自己的腳趾嗎？眼睛會要原諒耳朵嗎？
沒錯，手會去撫慰大腳趾。手會輕揉它、治癒它、使它舒服些。但手需要原諒腳趾嗎？或者說，在靈魂的語言裡，原諒可不可能只是安慰的另一個字眼呢？
我曾啟發人這樣寫：愛是永遠不必說抱歉。
當你們的文化也瞭解了這點時，在靈魂「踢痛了大腳趾」的時候，你將永遠不會譴責自己或別人。你永遠不會再擁抱一位「報復心強、憤怒、詛咒人」的神，一位會為了對神而言顯然比踢痛大腳趾還不足道的事，定你罪到永遠不得翻身的酷刑裡。
在那瞬間，你會永遠捨棄「你對有一位會譴責定罪人的神」的想法，因為你會明白，愛永遠不譴責。然後你也不會譴責任何人、任何事。照我的訓諭：勿判決，也勿譴責定罪。
永遠記住這點：
勿判決，也勿譴責定罪。(Judge not, and neither condemn.)
摘自《與神合一》第15章
Hell is the experience of separation from God. Yet anyone who does not wish to experience eternal separation does not have to. The mere desire for reunion with God produces it.
That is an extraordinary statement, and I am going to repeat it.
The mere desire for reunion with God produces it.
Forgiveness is never necessary, since no true offense can ever be committed by or against Divinity itself, given that Divinity itself is All That Is. This is something that advanced cultures understand. Who would forgive whom? And, for what?
Does the eye forgive the ear?
The hand may comfort the toe, true enough. It may rub it and heal it and make it better. But does it need to forgive the toe? Or could it be that forgiving is just another word for comforting in the language of the soul?
I have inspired it to be written: Love means never having to say you’re sorry.
When your culture, too, understands this, you will never again condemn yourself or another for those times when the soul is “stubbing a toe.” You will never again embrace a vengeful, angry, damning God who would condemn you to everlasting torture for what would, to God, surely be less than the stubbing of a toe.
In that moment, you will relinquish forever your idea of a condemning God, for you will know that love could never condemn. Then you will condemn no one and nothing, either, according to My injunction: Judge not, and neither condemn.
Always remember that.
Judge not, and neither condemn.
