2011-10-22 02:54:23 阿文

奇蹟課程第四十七課 (ACIM W47) 上主是我得以信賴的力量

【上主是我得以信賴的力量】
God is the strength in which I trust.

1.
⋯⋯你信賴的若是自己的力量,你有充分的理由擔心,甚至焦慮害怕。世上哪一件事是在你的預料或中之下的?你哪有能力面面顧及問題的每一環節?你的解決能力豈能做到皆大歡喜的地步?
If you are trusting in your own strength, you have every reason to be apprehensive, anxious and fearful. What can you predict or control? What would give you the ability to be aware of all the facets of any problem, and to resolve them in such a way that only good can come of it?

2.
憑你自己,你一件也做不到。你若相信自己能夠,就等於信任一個沒有保證的信用,你理當恐懼、焦慮、憂鬱、憤怒及哀傷的。有誰能把信心置於脆弱之物還會感到安全的?
Of yourself you can do none of these things. To believe that you can is to put your trust where trust is unwarranted, and to justify fear, anxiety, depression, anger and sorrow. Who can put his faith in weakness and feel safe? 

3.
在任何環境下,上主都是你的保障。祂的天音會在所有事件上為祂發言,不論哪一層面的問題,它都會具體地指引你如何求助於祂的力量與護佑。絕無例外,因上主是沒有例外的。
God is your safety in every circumstance. His Voice speaks for Him in all situations and in every aspect of all situations, telling you exactly what to do to call upon His strength and His protection. There are no exceptions because God has no exceptions.

4.
今天我們將試著穿越自己的軟弱無能,投奔真實力量的終極源頭。今天需要練習四次,各五分鐘,愈長愈好,次數也愈多愈好。閉上你的眼睛,照常先複誦一下今天的觀念。再花一兩分鐘的時間,搜尋一下生活中最令你害怕的事情,然後一邊放下它們,一邊這樣告訴自己:

上主是我得以信賴的力量。

Today we will try to reach past your own weakness to the Source of real strength. Four five-minute practice periods are necessary today, and longer and more frequent ones are urged. Close your eyes and begin, as usual, by repeating the idea for the day. Then spend a minute or two in searching for situations in your life which you have invested with fear, dismissing each one by telling yourself:

God is the strength in which I trust.
 
5.
現在試著放掉所有你因自慚形穢而生出的種種擔憂。你所掛慮的每件事情,顯然都與你的自慚形穢脫離不了關係,否則你必會相信自己有解決的能力。你無法靠信任自己來重建信心。你必須靠自己內在的上主力量,才會無往不利。
Now try to slip past all concerns related to your own sense of inadequacy. It is obvious that any situation that causes you concern is associated with feelings of inadequacy, for otherwise you would believe that you could deal with the situation successfully. It is not by trusting yourself that you will gain confidence. But the strength of God in you is successful in all things.

6.
認出自己的軟弱無能,是修正你的錯誤不可缺的一步,卻不足以帶給你所需要的信心,那原是天賦於你的。你還需更進一步體會出,不論從哪一角度來講,或處於哪一類環境,你確有充分的理由信賴自己的真實力量。
The recognition of your own frailty is a necessary step in the correction of your errors, but it is hardly a sufficient one in giving you the confidence which you need, and to which you are entitled. You must also gain an awareness that confidence in your real strength is fully justified in every respect and in all circumstances.

7.
到了練習的後半段,試著深入你的心內,抵達真正安全之地。你若感到一種深沈的平安,便知道自己已經到那兒了,即時只是剎那的光景也好。放下那些老在心靈表層興風作浪的人間瑣事吧!向下沉潛,直到你觸及藏身其下的天國。你心內有一個地方,存有圓滿的平安。你心內有一個地方,給你無限的希望。你心內有一個地方,是上主力量之所在。
In the latter phase of the practice period, try to reach down into your mind to a place of real safety. You will recognize that you have reached it if you feel a sense of deep peace, however briefly. Let go all the trivial things that churn and bubble on the surface of your mind, and reach down and below them to the Kingdom of Heaven . There is a place in you where there is perfect peace. There is a place in you where nothing is impossible. There is a place in you where the strength of God abides.

8.
在這一天內,多多複誦這一觀念。用它來回應所有困擾你的事件。記住,平安是你的權利,因為你已全然信任上主的力量。
During the day, repeat the idea often. Use it as your answer to any disturbance. Remember that peace is your right, because you are giving your trust to the strength of God.


http://acim.org/Lessons/lesson.html?lesson=47

http://blog.yam.com/clover0705/article/35113057