當別人關上了交流的門
並不是停止付出或質疑自己的理由
我願意在每一次罪疚浮現之時
回頭檢視自己不單純的意念
小我偷偷跟我一起加入了助人行列
想成為拯救者
想改變他人的苦難而獲得成就感
想當一個有愛心的好人
對方卻沒有義務回應這一切妄念
我願意重新看見
每個人都有自由意志和選擇權
都有自己的療癒時程與契機
身為旁人,最仁慈的回應唯有
退後一步觀看、等待、不判斷
並願弟兄平安幸福
如同祂對我一樣
至此
他/她所帶給我的罪疚化為一份禮物
讓我能保持初衷
圓滿了施與受的循環
May 22, 2022
助人
Jul 20, 2021
種子
當你感到漫無目標、徬徨失落,
遑遑不可終日之時,不妨想像自己是顆種子。
每顆種子的想望就是落地生根,成長茁壯,
但在那之前總不免要經過一段旅程,
風雨飄搖、在不適合發芽的地方降落,
又或者被某些動物吞下肚,再回歸大地。
當種子在空中飄蕩時,
它不會哀嘆自己是顆沒有出息的壞胚子,
或懷疑自己有什麼毛病,
而只是攜帶著無限的生命力與可能性,
耐心度過每個動盪或沈寂的時刻,安然等待。
即使最終沒有找到合適的土壤,未能開花結果,
它也不會因此就失去存在的意義。
因為這顆種子內始終都擁有無限的創造力,
這就是它的價值。
而你也是如此,
物質世界的功成名就與否,與你真正的價值毫無瓜葛。
無論什麼外境,都改變不了你神聖的本質、燦爛的光芒。
因為上主早已為你擔保,切莫忘了這一點。
Mar 16, 2021
What can correct illusions but the truth?
And what are errors but illusions that
remain unrecognized for what they are?
Mar 7, 2021
執迷於競爭的人學不會感恩
這幾天持續回覆 Kind Words 平台上的信件時,
發現有不少人都苦惱執迷於完美主義、比較心態怎麼辦。
雖然知道比較會造成無止盡的痛苦,卻停不下來。
而是習慣透過濾鏡來檢視自己,
彷彿一切正面部分的都不存在。
若要重新平衡報導,慢慢移除濾鏡,
就必須練習轉換眼光。
每天試著找到幾個自己值得肯定之處,再小都好。
閘門一開,「好」的證據自會如泉水般不斷湧出。
雖然我自認不是完美主義者,
但也承認自己從小就著迷於競爭心態。
想要比他人優秀,於是不禁看輕他人或生起嫉妒。
競爭的心態會忽略自己「好」的部分,
而著眼於「還不夠好」這一點。
得到了 99 分不用欣喜,缺少的那 1 分就需要檢討。
好比在許多電玩遊戲中,我們做對了許多動作、破了關,
卻將累積的種種成就一概視為理所當然,
因為焦點都在那些破不了的關卡、得不到的獎勵。
「成就」本身已經不是重點了,
「由輸轉贏」那一刻的快感才是關鍵。
於是我們以為自己是對「想贏」的慾望上癮,
殊不知讓我們上癮的,其實是「我不夠好」的念頭。
因此,一個執迷於競爭的人很難真正感恩。
感恩的人眼中看到的是滿滿的恩典,
競爭的人卻只在意自己沒得到的。
小我告訴我們:「如果不想贏,你就不會進步」
「被別人超越就等著被淘汰吧」
真的是這樣嗎?
現在的我,其實有點想知道。
為了真正學會感恩,
我決定將那些殘暴不仁的念頭一個個交出去。
某部份的自己好像死去了,
但我的心卻多了一點平靜。
Sep 15, 2020
順心如意不等於平安快樂
小確幸是祂的恩賜嗎?
聖靈心心念念的,是上主之子的幸福與平安。
心靈痛苦的原因是因為它遺忘了真相,誤認自己只是具身體,
Aug 27, 2020
Father, Your holiness is mine
Your Love created me, and made my sinlessness forever part of You
for there is none in You
天父,祢的神聖生命也是我的生命
祢的聖愛創造了我,也讓我的無罪本質永屬於祢
我無罪也無咎,只因為祢也毫無罪咎
There is a place in you where this whole world has been forgotten
where no memory of sin and of illusion linger still
There is a place in you which time has left
and echoes of eternity are heard
There is resting place so still no sound
except a hymn to Heaven rises up
to gladden God the Father and the Son
Where both abide are They remembered, both
And where They are is Heaven and is peace
在你心內有一處遺忘了全世界,沒有一絲罪的記憶與幻相的痕跡
在你心內有一處時間不復存在,卻迴盪著永恆之音
有一處安息之所,如此寂靜
只有聖父與聖子的歡悅歌聲響徹天堂
這是祂們安居之地,也唯有此處能憶起祂們
凡是祂們所在之處,即是平安的天堂
Think not that you can change Their dwelling place
For your Identity abides in Them
and where They are, forever must you be
The changelessness of Heaven is in you
so deep within that nothing in this world
but passes by unnoticed and unseen
The still infinity of endless peace surrounds you
gently in its soft embrace
so strong and quiet, tranquil in the might of its Creator
nothing can intrude upon the sacred Son of God within
切勿以為能改變祂們的居所,因為你的真實「身份」就在祂們內
祂們所在之處,你都在那兒
永恆不移的天堂都在你內
深深埋藏在這無名世界下,你卻視若無睹、恍若未聞
寂靜無邊的平安輕柔地環抱著你
如此穩定而寧靜,在天父大能的庇佑下
T29. V: 1-2
Aug 25, 2020
God speaks to us
He is not distant. He makes no attempt to hide from us
We try to hide from Him, and suffer from deception
He remains entirely accessible. He loves His Son
There is no certainty but this, yet this suffices
He will love His Son forever
When his mind remains asleep, He loves him still
And when his mind awakes, He loves him with a never-changing Love.
上主正向我們發言,我們豈能不回應?
祂就近在咫尺,且始終無意迴避
是我們故意躲著祂,並為此自欺而受苦
祂一直留在你身邊,愛著自己的聖子
這份愛恆久不渝,僅僅這一點就足夠了
祂永遠愛著自己的聖子
即便他的心沉睡仍愛他依舊
心靈甦醒之際,祂的聖愛始終如一
If you but knew the meaning of His Love
hope and despair would be impossible
For hope would be forever satisfied; despair of any kind unthinkable
His grace His answer is to all despair
for in it lies remembrance of His Love
Would He not gladly give the means by which His Will is recognized?
His grace is yours by your acknowledgment
And memory of Him awakens in the mind
that asks the means of Him whereby its sleep is done
你若知道聖愛的真諦
便不可能再懷抱「願望」與「絕望」
「願望」既已永遠得償,「絕望」自然成了不可思議的事
祂以恩典答覆了所有的絕望,在此天恩內你將憶起祂的聖愛
祂豈會不樂意幫人認出自己的旨意?
只要認清這一點,天恩就來臨了
向祂祈求終結夢境之道,心靈就會醒轉而想起祂來
Your grace is given me. I claim it now
Father, I come to You. And You will come to me who ask
I am the Son You love.
祢已將恩典賜給了我,現在我就要領受
天父,我來到祢面前,並相信祢也會回應我的祈請
因為我是祢摯愛的孩子
W168: 1-2; 6: 5
Aug 24, 2020
“I rest in God” Completely undismayed
this thought will carry you through storms and strife
past misery and pain, past loss and death
and onward to the certainty of God
There is no suffering it cannot heal
There is no problem that it cannot solve
And no appearance but will turn to truth
before the eyes of you who rest in God
「我安息於上主內」
這一念會將帶領你安然通過風暴及考驗
越過苦難及傷痛、失落與死亡
邁向上主的永恆之境
沒有它不能治癒的痛苦
沒有它無法化解的難題
當你安息於上主內
一切表相便再也無法遮掩實相
You rest within the peace of God today
and call upon your brothers from your rest
to draw them to their rest, along with you
You will be faithful to your trust today, forgetting no one
bringing everyone into the boundless circle of your peace
the holy sanctuary where you rest
Open the temple doors and let them come
from far across the world, and near as well
your distant brothers and your closest friends
bid them all enter here and rest with you
今天,你在上主的平安內安息
你的安寧也會邀請弟兄一同歸於安寧
今天,你將全心信任,不遺忘任何一人
將每個人都納入無限寬廣的平安圈內
這即是你安息的聖所
打開這聖殿的大門,無論遠在天涯或近若比鄰
君子之交還是莫逆之交
全都邀請進門,共享安寧吧
W109: 3; 8
Aug 21, 2020
God’s Name can not be heard without response
nor said without an echo in the mind that calls you to remember
Say His Name, and you invite the angels
to surround the ground on which you stand and sing to you
as they spread out their wings to keep you safe
and shelter you from every worldly thought that would intrude upon your holiness
當聽到上主聖名,你不可能不答覆
一旦道出祂的聖名,就有如迎請天使前來
在你身畔圍繞歌唱,展開羽翼細心護守
阻絕任何雜念侵擾你的神聖時刻
Repeat the Name of God, and call upon your Self, Whose Name is His
Repeat His Name, and all the tiny, nameless things on earth
slip into right perspective
Those who call upon the Name of God
can not mistake the nameless for the Name
nor sin for grace, nor bodies for the holy Son of God
And should you join a brother as you sit with him in silence
and repeat God’s Name along with him within your quiet mind
you have established there an altar
which reaches to God Himself and to His Son
複誦上主聖名,即是呼求你的自性,因為你的自性亦屬於祂
只有複誦祂的聖名,才能識出世間一切無名萬物的真相
凡是呼求上主聖名的人,便不會將無名視為聖名
或將罪惡與恩典、身體與上主的聖子混為一談
只要你靜靜坐在弟兄身旁,在心裡一同詠頌上主的聖名
就搭起了一座祭壇,直接通往上主與其聖子
Turn to the Name of God for your release, and it is given you
No prayer but this is necessary, for it holds them all within it
Words are insignificant, and all requests unneeded
when God’s Son calls on his Father’s Name
His Father’s Thoughts become his own
He makes his claim to all his Father gave
is giving still, and will forever give
He calls on Him to let all things he thought he made be nameless now
and in their place the holy Name of God
becomes his judgment of their worthlessness
向上主之名祈請解脫吧,救恩已然賜予給你
你需要的只有此一禱詞,因它含容了世間的一切祈求
當聖子呼求天父聖名,語言全都無足輕重,其他祈求也不再必要
天父的聖念成為了自己的念頭
祂過去、現在及未來所賜的禮物,也全都認領下來了
此刻,他只祈求自己以往所營造的一切都變回無名之物
讓上主的聖名來證明它們的一文不值
All little things are silent. Little sounds are soundless now
The little things of earth have disappeared
The universe consists of nothing but the Son of God, who calls upon his Father
And his Father’s Voice gives answer in his Father’s holy Name
In this eternal, still relationship, in which communication far transcends all words
and yet exceeds in depth and height
whatever words could possibly convey, is peace eternal
In our Father’s Name, we would experience this peace today
And in His Name, it shall be given us
所有卑微之物銷聲匿跡,無謂的雜音也靜默下來
世間微不足道之物都消失了蹤影
全宇宙只剩下一位上主之子,正在呼求天父
而天父的聲音也回以祂的聖名
在這寧靜的永恆關係中,蘊含了永恆的平安
祂們的交流超乎一切言詮,任何文字都無法傳達其深遠崇高
今天,憑天父之名,我們將會體驗此平安之境
因這是祂的聖名給予我們的禮物
W183: 2; 4; 10-11
God is with me
He is my Source of life, the life within
the air I breathe, the food by which I am sustained
the water which renews and cleanses me
上主與我同在
祂是我的生命源頭,我的內在生命
我呼吸的空氣,滋養我的食物,也是更新我、淨化我的水泉
He is my home, wherein I live and move
the Spirit which directs my actions
offers me Its Thoughts, and guarantees my safety from all pain
祂是我的居所,行住坐臥都在祂內
聖靈時時指引我的言行,賜我祂的聖念
保護我不受一切痛苦侵擾
He covers me with kindness and with care
and holds in love the Son He shines upon, who also shines on Him
How still is he who knows the truth of what He speaks today!
祂仁慈地護守著我,光耀著摯愛的聖子
而聖子也同樣返照於祂
能體悟此一真理之人,心靈多麼平安!
W222: 1
Aug 18, 2020
I rest in God today
and let Him work in me and through me
while I rest in Him in quiet and in perfect certainty
今天,我在上主內安息
靜靜地安棲於祂內,全然篤定
願祂在我內運作,並透過我作工
W120: 1
It belongs to you. By it you live
It is your Source of life, holding you one with it
and everything is one with you because it left you not
上主的聖念創造了你
它片刻都不曾離開過你,你也從未與它分離
它屬於你,而你賴它而活
它是你的生命之源,並與你一體不分
正因它始終與你同在,你便與萬物合而為一
The Thought of God protects you, cares for you
makes soft your resting place and smooth your way
lighting your mind with happiness and love
Eternity and everlasting life shine in your mind
because the Thought of God has left you not, and still abides with you
上主的聖念守護著你、看顧著你
讓你的安息之處溫軟舒適,使你的道途平坦穩當
以愛與喜悅點亮你的心靈
正因上主的聖念未曾離開,持續與你同在
永恆生命的光芒始終都在你的心中綻放
W165: 2
Be in my mind, my Father
when I wake, and shine on me throughout the day today
Let every minute be a time in which I dwell with You
And let me not forget my hourly thanksgiving
that You have remained with me, and always will be there
to hear my call to You and answer me
天父,請祢與我同在
從我初醒之際,在這一整天都時時眷顧我
願每一分鐘都成為與祢共處的時刻
且每小時都不忘感謝祢的持續相伴
以及傾聽與俯允我的祈求
As evening comes, let all my thoughts be still of You and of Your Love
And let me sleep sure of my safety, certain of Your care
and happily aware I am Your Son
到了夜晚,願我的心仍記念著祢及祢的聖愛
願我在入夢之際全然安心,信賴祢的看顧
並慶幸自己始終都是祢的聖子
W232: 1
Aug 17, 2020
The miracle comes quietly into the mind
that stops an instant and is still
It reaches gently from that quiet time
and from the mind it healed in quiet then
to other minds to share its quietness
內在只要靜止片刻,奇蹟便會翩然而至
在靜謐時分悄然療癒那顆寧靜的心
同時溫柔地流向其他心靈,欣然分享自己的安寧
And they will join in doing nothing
to prevent its radiant extension back into the Mind
Which caused all minds to be born out of sharing
於是它們都能齊心一致
不再阻礙奇蹟將燦爛的光輝反映回天心
那是所有心靈的故鄉,因著祂分享的本質而誕生
There can be no pause in time
to cause the miracle delay in hastening to all unquiet minds
and bringing them an instant's stillness
when the memory of God returns to them
就連時間也無法阻礙奇蹟的腳步
輕叩每一扇不平安的心門,捎來片刻的寧靜
在這一刻他們便會憶起上主
Their own remembering is quiet now
and what has come to take its place
will not be wholly unremembered afterwards
個人的記憶遂黯然褪去
而那取代而之的
從今而後也再無法徹底遺忘了
T28. I: 11
Aug 16, 2020
Love Song
There is no life apart from what you are.
I breathe your words, I rest upon your arms.
My sight is hallowed by your single star.
I do not always recognize your face,
Or hear your Voice. I do not always see
The strangers whom you send are messengers
You choose to bring your holy Word to me.
You are the stranger then. And I am dead
To holy things that Heaven’s light shines through.
The world I see is enemy to me
When I forget my lovely Love is you.
Forgetting you is to forget myself,
Why I have come and where it is I go.
My Lord, my Love, my Life, let me forget
All things except the loveliness you know.
Awake in Stillness
Peace cover you, within without the same,
In shining silence and in peace so deep
No dream of sin and evil can come near
Your quiet mind. And then in stillness wake.
Now is the time appointed for the end
Of dreaming. Still the cradle where you come
To be reborn. The Christ is stirring in
The home that He has chosen as His Own.
His vision rests upon your eyes, and soon
You will behold His face, and will forget
The fantasies that seemed to be so real
Until the stillness came. The Son of God
Has come to join you now. His shining hand
Speaks ceaselessly of Heaven. You will hear
His single message calling to His Own
From His abiding place, to wake in God.
- Helen Schucman, January 15, 1974
The Risen Sun
In quiet certainty. For He has come
To rescue you from doubt. And now you stand
In blazing glory of a risen sun
That cannot set. It will forever be
Exactly as it is. You stand with Him
Within a radiance prepared for you
Before time was and far beyond its reach.
Be still and know. And knowing, be you sure
Your Lord has come to you. There is no doubt
That stands before His countenance, nor can
Conceal from you what He would have you see.
Be still, my soul, and rest upon the Lord
Who comes to keep the promise of His Word.
- Helen Schucman February 11, 1974
Love which created me is what I am
Love which created me is what I am
W229
Let us be still an instantand forget all things we ever learned, all thoughts we had
and every preconception we hold of what things mean
and what their purpose is
Let us remember not our own ideas of what the world is for
We do not know
Let every image held of everyone be loosen from our minds
and swept away
且讓我們安靜片刻
忘卻所學的一切,放下一切念頭
以及對萬物意義與目的所持的種種成見
別再執著我們舊有的世界觀了
我們什麼都不知道
放下你為每個人營造的種種形象,目送它們消逝
Be innocent of judgement
Unaware of any thoughts of evil or good
that ever crossed your mind of anyone
Now do you know him not
But you are free to learn of him, and learn of him anew
Now is he born again to you, and you are born again to him
without the past that sentenced him to die, and you with him
忘卻一切判斷吧
不再理會心中對任何人的善惡之念
如今,你對他一無所知
卻能自在地重新瞭解他了
如今,他對你好似重生之人,而你對他也是如此
再不會像過去那般想置他於死地,甚或同歸於盡了
Now is he free to live, as you are free
Because the ancient learning passed away
and left the place for truth to be reborn
他終於與你一樣,活出自由的生命
千百萬劫習得的一切終得化解
還給真理一席之地重生
T31. I: 12, 13
Apr 11, 2020
聖靈的小妙方
1. 「嗎」:
2. 「供桌大拜拜」:
3. 「I deserve...」:
Jul 10, 2019
觀舞
不再強壓或抨擊
說「來吧孩子」
說「我是它們的創造主,而它們是我的延伸」
那一個個念頭與境遇都是如實的反映
流轉的情緒是它們的舞
你豈能不感謝而歡迎?
它們全都為你而來
與我共坐
溫柔而寧靜地觀看那些舞蹈,聆聽那些話語
那就是最好的祝福:
是我對你、你對它們,以及你對自己
Jul 5, 2019
電玩與洗衣機
就會收到提示,或者自然瞭解目標是什麼:
越過重重障礙、斬妖除魔、獲取金幣、累積經驗值,
然後打倒敵人、拯救人質,解鎖成就。
我們在「人生」這場遊戲也玩得不亦樂乎,
跟著其中的劇情高潮迭起、投入無比。
窮極一生,忙著達成各項目標:
「好學生」、「好伴侶」、「好小孩」、
「好工作」、「好父母」、「好信徒」、
「好公民」、「好身體」、「好人」...
一次次達標的快感刺激我們不斷獲取更多,
一次次失敗的痛苦則鞭策我們要更努力往前,
深怕被死亡追上,結束這場遊戲什麼都沒有。
但,這些目標是遊戲為玩家所設定的。
它真正的目的,是為了盡可能讓玩家投注更多時間在其中,
唯有透過這些注意力 (廣告費/課金),它才得以存續。
而我... 不是玩家的我,目標又是什麼呢?
我們對精彩遊戲如此上癮的原因,
當然是因為沒有了這些轉移注意的娛樂,
就得面對真實世界磨人的痛苦,
面對那個自慚形穢的自我形象、生命無價值的恐慌與焦慮,
於是再次鑽進虛擬的世界,好忘卻自己。
直到再也忍受不了空虛的反覆折磨,
對幸福與平安的渴望越來越強,
才會說:「There is another way of looking at the world」。
這句話,是聖靈的開機密碼。
祂是一套全自動洗脫烘系統,只要你願意投入髒污陳舊的信念,
輸入啟動密碼,就會即刻為你轉換為嶄新純白的樣貌。
啟動密碼,便是:
「I could see peace instead of this」😊