聽神談【如何體會「我們都是一體」的本質?】
神無法將祂自己分割開。我們可以「看起來像是」分離的,但我們全都只是成為「一體」的一部分。當我們重組(re-member,或稱「憶起」)時,你會再度經驗到我們都是一體的本質 (intrinsic Unity)。
當你看見其他人顯得與你是分開的時候,深深地注視他們。深入地看他們。這樣看一長段時間,你將捕抓到他們的本體。
然後,你會遇見你,正等在那裡。
當你看到你世界裡的東西——自然的一部分,生命的其他面向——顯得與你是分開的時候,就只要深深地注視它們。深深地注視它們。深入地看它們。這樣看一段長時間,你將捕捉到他們的本體。
然後,你會遇見你,正等在那裡。
在那片刻,你會明白你與所有萬物的一體。當你的一體感增加時,痛苦與悲傷將自你的人生消失,因為痛苦是一種對分離的反應,而悲傷是對那真相的一種宣告。然而,這是個虛假的真相。它只是「看起來像是真的」的東西。它不是終極的真相。「與任何人或任何東西的真正分離」根本是不可能的。那只是個幻覺。它是個奇妙的幻覺,因為它讓你得以經驗「合為一體」的狂喜,但無論如何,它仍是個幻覺。
把它當作像工藝師傅手中的一件工具般地使用「分離的幻覺」。用這個工具來精製出完全合一的經驗,並反覆地去使用這工具來重新創作那合一的經驗。
當你不論看哪裡,都只是看到你時,你是透過神的雙眼在仔細觀看。而當你的一體感增加時,痛苦與失望將從你的人生消失。
永遠記住這一點:
當你的一體感增加時,痛苦與失望將從你的人生消失。(As your sense of Oneness increases, pain and disappointment will vanish from your life.)
摘自《與神合一》第15章
God cannot dismember Itself. We can appear to have come apart, but we have all simply become a part. Our intrinsic Unity is experienced once again when we remember.
When you see others who appear separate from you, look at them deeply. Look into them. Do this for a long moment and you will capture their essence.
And then you’ll meet you, waiting there.
When you see things in your world—a part of nature, another aspect of life-that appear separate from you, just look at them deeply. Look into them. Do this for a long moment and you will capture their essence.
And then you’ll meet you, waiting there.
In that moment you will know Unity with all things. And as your sense of Oneness increases, suffering and sorrow will vanish from your life, for suffering is a response to separation, and sorrow is an announcement of its truth. Yet it is a false truth. It is something that only appears to be true. It is not ultimately true. True separation, from anyone or anything, is simply not possible. It is an illusion. It is a wonderful illusion, because it allows you to experience the ecstasy of Union, but it is an illusion nonetheless.
Use the Illusion of Disunity as if it were a tool in the hands of a craftsman. Craft your experience of total unification with this tool, and use the tool again to re-create the experience over and over again.
When you see nothing but you wherever you look, you peer through the eyes of God. And as your sense of Oneness increases, pain and disappointment will vanish from your life.
Always remember that.
As your sense of Oneness increases, pain and disappointment will vanish from your life.