檢視這段神的觀察提醒的過程，能擴展我們對於「受苦(suffering)及經由苦行的修練達到平和」的覺知和擴展意識。神說：你們並不需要沒有肉體的痛苦才能免於心裡的受罪。你們的生活中，並不一定要沒有破裂崩潰，才能得到平安。真正的大師們是在破裂與衝突中也能體驗到平安，而非能避開或避免破裂與衝突。
神說【「內在平和」是所有生靈的本質】
你們「物質生活的外在環境」並不需要與你們「靈性生活的內在經驗」有任何關係。你們並不需要沒有 ( 肉體的) 痛苦才能免於 ( 心裡的) 受罪。在你們的生活中，並不一定要沒有破裂崩潰，才能得到平安。
沒錯，真正的大師們在破裂與衝突的面前體驗到平安，並不是因為他們找到了避免破裂與衝突的方法。
這種內在的平和(inner peace)是所有生靈所追求的，因為它是所有生靈所是的本質 (the essence of what all beings are) 。而你們永遠會尋求「你們真正是誰」的體驗。
當面對任何外在的條件和境況時，你們僅需藉由了解「你並非你的身體，以及你所見的一切都不是真實的」，就能達成這內在的平和。
記住，你們是生活在十大幻覺中的。並且去了解這些幻覺的真相——是你們創造了這些幻覺，以及在它們之下的所有小幻覺，因此你們才能夠決定和宣告、表達和體驗、成為與實現「你們真正是誰」。
我已經跟你們說過許多次了，現在我要再跟你們說一遍：生命的一切都是一種禮物，一切都是完美的——是為了在你之內、做為你，並經由你表達完美本身之完美機會的完美工具。 (All of Life is a gift, and all is perfection—the perfect tool with which to create the perfect opportunity for the perfect expression of perfection itself, in, as, and through you.)
摘自《與神合一》第18章
The exterior circumstances of your physical life need not have anything to do with the interior experience of your spiritual life. It is not necessary for you to be pain-free in order to be free of suffering. It is not necessary for there to be a lack of disruption in your life for there to be peace.
Indeed, true Masters experience peace in the face of disruption and conflict, not because they have found a way to avoid it.
This inner peace is what all beings seek, because it is the essence of what all beings are. And you will always seek the experience of Who You Really Are.
You may achieve this inner peace in the face of any exterior condition or circumstance simply by understanding that you are not your body, and that nothing you see is real.
Remember that you are living The Ten Illusions. And then understand the truth about those Illusions that you created them, and all the little illusions beneath them, so that you might decide and declare, express and experience, become and fulfill Who You Really Are.
I have said to you many times before, and I will say to you again: All of Life is a gift, and all is perfection—the perfect tool with which to create the perfect opportunity for the perfect expression of perfection itself, in, as, and through you.
