圣哲曼系列3 - 我是 The "I AM" Discourse 18

DISCOURSE XVIII

INVOCATION: Thou Mighty, Illumining Presence which "I AM"! in gratitude and praise, we enter into the Fullness of Thy Presence today; and forever receive Thy Limitless Blessings, Thy Strength and Courage, Thy Joyous Enthusiasm, all of which is Self-sustained.

祈请：祢是“我是”的强大、照亮的临在！ 带着感激和赞美，今天我们进入了祢的完全临在之中； 并永远接受祢无限的祝福，祢的力量和勇气，祢的欢乐热情，所有这些都是自我维系的。

We know there is but One Presence! "I AM that Presence" of all Activity, all Wisdom and Power, and in the Freedom of that Mighty Presence we stand serene, unmoved among all outer things which seem to point to the contrary.

我们只知道一个临在！“我是那个临在”的所有活动、智慧和力量，在那伟大临在的自由中，我们安静的站在那里，不为所有看似指向相反的外在事物所动摇。

"I stand serene in Thy Great Forever; I claim Thy Great Dominion in my place! I stand in the Radiance of God Eternal, ever looking Thee full in the Face."

“我在祢伟大的永恒中安然站立；我在我的位置上宣告祢伟大的主权！我站在神永恒的照耀中，永远面对祢。”

I bring you Greetings from the Great Host, and also Their Blessings for the happy enthusiasm which has been entered into. We shall endeavor to sustain you in that joyous enthusiasm as the Hub of this Radiation, because all the students will feel and act It. Far more has been accomplished this week than was anticipated, and We enter with you into the great rejoicing. The loving blessing of each student unto the other is most commendable, and this simple thing will open the door, oh so wide! to receive the fullness intended for them.

我为你带来伟大之主的问候以及祂们对你们所投入的快乐热情的祝福。作为这照耀的核心，我们将努力在这欢乐的热情中支持你，因为所有学生都会感受到并行动起来。本周取得的成就远超预期，我们与你一同进入巨大的欢庆中。每个学生对彼此的爱心祝福是最值得称赞的，这个简单的举动将打开一扇大门，噢！多么的宽广！以接收他们准备的丰盛。

THE DISCOURSE

I would be so pleased to have every one of the students, just at this time especially, use the Statement, with all the enthusiasm they can command: " 'I AM,' 'I AM,' I know 'I AM' the use of God's Limitless Opulence."

我会非常高兴，尤其是在此时此刻，如果每个学生都能以他们所能召唤的所有热情来宣告：“‘我是’，‘我是’，我知道我是神的无限丰盛的使用者。”

Here I wish to explain that when there is a group of students in accord, working from the same principle, and they use this Statement, they not only bring into their own world and use this Great Opulence, but they bless their associate students with the same thing, because" 'I AM the Presence' in each one." This is the mighty power of cooperative action which everyone should use.

这里我想解释一下，当有一群学生和谐一致地遵循相同的原则，并使用此宣告时，他们不仅将这种伟大的丰盛带入自己的世界并加以运用，而且还会以同样的方式祝福他们的同学，因为“‘我是’临在”存在于每个人之中。这是每个人应该使用的合作行动的强大力量。

The students who maintain a loving blessing to each other are really held in the "Embrace of the Great 'I AM Presence,' "and when they acknowledge Its action, they are commanding the same blessing and action for the other students that they are for themselves.

那些对彼此保持爱的祝福的学生实际上被‘伟大的我是临在’所拥抱，当他们承认其行动时，他们不仅为自己，也为其他学生命令着同样的祝福和行动。

This is the correct attitude to be sustained, and if maintained sincerely in the heart of each one, no one within this Embrace will want for any good thing; but the student who allows any feeling to remain of unkindness to the others will shut himself away from this Great Radiance and Blessing.

这是应该保持的正确态度，如果每个人都能在心中真诚地保持这种态度，那么在这个拥抱中的任何人都不会缺少任何美好的事物；但是如果有学生对他人存有任何不友善的情感，就会将自己隔绝在这伟大的照耀和祝福之外。

Now let us enter into the keynote of what you touched this morning-the simple understanding of God's Will and free will. God's Will is the Opulence of Good will the birth right of every one of God's Children.

现在让我们进入今天早上提到的主题——对神的意志和自由意志的简单理解。神的意志是每一个神的孩子与生俱来的善意和丰盛。

When you are reaching to the Light in the use of the "Mighty I AM Presence" with sincerity, it is not possible for you to do otherwise than call for God's Will to be done. As Children of God the Father who has given His Children free will that they may choose they must understand that it is for them alone to decree what shall act in their lives and world.

当你真诚地使用“强大的我是临在”来接触光的时，你不可能不呼请神的意志来完成。作为神之子的孩子们，天父赋予了他的孩子们自由意志，让他们可以选择。他们必须明白，只有他们自己才能决定什么将会在他们的生活和世界中起作用。

Having free will, the student must understand that God can only act in his Life and world according to his conscious direction.

拥有自由意志的学生必须明白，神只能按照他有意识地引导在他的生活和世界中行动。

God is the Principle of all Life, and each Child of God is an individualized, conscious, active part of that One Great Principle of Life and Love and Power.

神是所有生命的原则，每个神的孩子都是这个伟大的生命、爱、与力量原则的个体化、意识和积极的部分。

God has given into the keeping of every one of His Children this Marvelous Consciousness, which is Omnipresent, eternally elastic, as it were, which can be drawn into a focal point to write with the Pen of Light, or expand to encompass the earth.

神将这种奇妙的意识交给了他的每个孩子，这种意识无所不在的，可以说永恒的弹性，它可以被吸引到一个焦点上，用光之笔撰写，也可以拓展到包覆整个地球。

Consciousness is always subject to direction through the use of the free will.

意识总是通过自由意志的使用而受到引导。

The most unfortunate understanding established by the orthodox idea that God acts of His own Free Will in the Life of the individual or a nation, is positively not true. God can only act through the mind of His own individualization, which is clothed with the personalities that you see about you. These personalities are but vehicles of use and expression of this Mighty Individuality which is God's Will and your free will and it only comes into use by your conscious direction.

最不幸的理解是传统观念认为神以自己的自由意志在个人或国家的生活中行动，这是绝对不正确的。神只能通过他个体化的心灵来行动，这个心灵被你所见的各种人格所包裹。这些人格只是使用和表达这种强大个体性的载体，这种个体性是神的意志和你的自由意志，并且只有通过你的有意识指引才能发挥作用。

I say to you that every function of your body is sustained through conscious action, although you are not aware of it; but as you reach deeper and deeper into the Consciousness of the "Mighty I AM Presence," you will come to understand that it is impossible for any outer action to take place without Self-conscious action.

我告诉你们，你们身体的每一个功能都是通过有意识的行动来维持的，尽管你们没有意识到这一点；但当你们深入到“强大的我是临在”的意识之中时，你们会理解，没有任何外部行动是在没有自我意识行动的情况下发生的。

A simple proof of this is what any of you may test at any moment: I wish to do some physical act. Preceding that activity, there always comes the thought to do it; otherwise the hand or body would not move in action. That which people have chosen to call involuntary action is the thing that has mystified their understanding of their own Being.

一个简单的证明是你们任何人随时都可以测试的：我想做某个身体动作。在做这活动之前，总会有做这件事的想法；否则手或身体不会动。人们所谓的非自愿动作正是使他们对自身存在感到困惑的原因。

The students should take this humble explanation and meditate upon it often, for it will clear the mind of any obstruction. You are Self-conscious, Free Will, Acting Beings.

学生们应当接受这个简单的解释，并经常冥想，因为它将清除心中的任何障碍。你们是有自我意识、自由意志、能够行动的存有。

This is really of vital importance to these blessed, earnest students. I love every one of them, both men and women, even though the ladies' husbands might object.

这对这些受祝福的、认真的学生们来说非常重要。我爱每一个人，无论男女，尽管一些女士的丈夫可能会反对。

In both of your classes this week, the Individualized Presence of Jesus the Christ stood in your midst. At ......., in the form of "The Tree of Life," each student being a branch. At ......., from His "Pillar of Dazzling Radiance," within which was His Visible, Personal Form. At ......., His Form was within the "Tree of Life," but not visible- not to mention others of the Ascended Host who were present. There were also Nada, Cha Ara, Lanto and Myself.

在本周的两次课程中，耶稣基督的个体化临在出现在你们中间。在……(某处)，他以‘生命之树’的形式出现，每个学生都是一条枝干。在……(某处)，他出现在‘耀眼光柱’中，显现出他的可见个人形态。在……(某处)，他的形态在‘生命之树’中但不可见——更不用说其他在场的扬升大师了。那里还娜达、Cha Ara、兰多和我。

I wish to say to that class of blessed boys with the one pink rose in their midst, that I joyously hold them all in My Fond Embrace, so they may use and inhale the Radiance of My Being. They have Freedom and Dominion within their grasp, if they will hold fast to these Instructions and apply them.

我想对那些中间有一朵粉红玫瑰的受祝福的男孩们说，我喜悦地将他们都紧紧拥抱在我温暖的怀抱中，让他们可以使用并吸收我的照耀。他们拥有自由和主权，只要他们紧紧遵循并应用这些教导。

Further, I wish the students to understand that the Stream of Life flowing through the mind and body always comes into them pure and unadulterated, containing within It all the strength, courage, energy and wisdom that can ever be desired; but by the lack of control of their thought and feeling, they are unknowingly requalifying this Pure Essence with the outer ideas upon which the attention has been fixed.

此外，我希望学生们理解，流经心灵和身体的生命之流总是纯净无瑕的，包含所有可以渴望的力量、勇气、能量和智慧；但是，由于他们缺乏对思想和感情的控制，他们在不知不觉中用外在的想法重新定义了这种纯净的本质，而这些想法正是他们注意力所集中之处。

To form the habit every moment the mind is not otherwise occupied of being Self-conscious that: " 'I AM' the only Intelligence acting," will keep that Mighty, Wonderful Stream of Life from being discolored, and I shall say disqualified, by the wrong conceptions of the outer activity of the mind. This is the simple secret of really all Perfection if one can but comprehend it.

每当头脑没有被其他事情占据时，养成自我意识的习惯，即“我是唯一在行动的智慧”，这将使那强大、奇妙的生命之流不被外在心智活动的错误观念污染或削弱。这是实现一切完美的简单秘诀，如果能理解这一点的话。

This Great Life comes into everyone's use Pure and Perfect, but through lack of understanding, the outer mind is constantly requalifying It with discordant conceptions, and thus human beings change Its otherwise Perfect Action into that which they find express in limitation and discord in their outer activity.

这伟大的生命以纯净和完美的状态供每个人使用，但由于缺乏理解，外在心智不断用不和谐的观念重新定义它，从而将其本来完美的行动改变为在人类外在活动中表达出的限制与不和谐。

This should make clear to the students the simple activity which they should Self-consciously maintain in order to keep this marvelous, Perfect Life that is constantly flowing through their minds and bodies in Its Pure, Fragrant State; for I tell you truly, that those who will follow and maintain this idea will find the emanations from their own bodies becoming rarer than the lily or the rose. Further, in the consciousness of this Perfection which is constantly flowing into their use, they can know It as Perfect health and beauty of face and form, until Its Radiance shines forth like the sun.

这应该让学生们清楚，他们应该自觉地保持这种简单的活动，以保持这不断流经他们心智和身体的奇妙、完美生命的纯净和芬芳状态；我真诚地告诉你们，那些遵循并保持这个想法的人会发现自己身体散发出的气息比百合或玫瑰还要稀有。此外，在这种不断流入他们生活中的完美意识中，他们可以将其视为完美的健康和面貌与体型的美丽，直到其光辉如太阳般闪耀。

O Beloved Students! When it is so simple, requiring so little consciously sustained effort, is it not worth all it requires on your part to enter into the Fullness of this Life Stream and receive Its Fullness and Blessing?

亲爱的学生们！当它如此简单，只需你们保持一点点有意识的努力，难道不值得你们付出一切以进入这生命之流的丰盈并接受它的圆满与祝福吗？

In the Oriental activity there was a secret society in fact, it began in China-maintained gloriously in the Light until the one then in charge at the head of the order, thought, in one of the war ravages, that his daughter whom he loved so deeply, was killed by an Englishman-which, however, was not the case. But it brought about the breaking up of the order, and the pictures of "Fu Manchu," of which I think there have been four produced, are the picturing of this to the outer world, showing how the "Light" may be distorted by something starting the feeling of revenge.

在东方活动中，实际上有一个秘密社团，它始于中国，并在光明中荣耀地维持着，直到当时负责该组织的领导者在战争的摧残中误以为他深深爱着的女儿被一个英国人杀害了，尽管事实并非如此。但这导致了该组织的解散，《傅满洲》的四部电影展示了这一点，向外界展示了如何因为复仇情绪的产生而使‘光’被扭曲。

This one known as "Fu Manchu" was, at the beginning of that activity, a wondrous, beautiful soul; and it shows how sometimes the ravages of war and the lack of control of the thought and feeling in the individual bring about such distortion in the Life Stream.

被称为‘傅满洲’的人，在最初的活动中，是一个奇妙、美丽的灵魂。这表明战争的摧残以及个人对思想和情感的缺乏控制，有时会给生命之流带来这样的扭曲。

In connection with the South American Activity, which the present work has drawn joyously to Their attention: until this Focus of Radiation began, it was doubted by most, except Nada and Myself, the possibility of establishing such a Focus in this busy Western World; but They did not know what I did, the fact of our long association not having been revealed to Them. So I said on My own Responsibility: "I shall try it out."

“关于与南美活动相关的情况，本次工作已愉快地引起了他们的注意：在这个照耀焦点开始之前，除了娜达和我之外，大多数人都对在这个繁忙的西方世界建立这样一个焦点的可能性表示怀疑；但他们不知道我知道的事情，事实上我们的长久的联系的事并未向他们透露。因此，我以自己的责任说：‘我会试试看。’”

Now I have the full cooperation of all who might have questioned. The Master from Venus and Lanto also stood with Us. I said to Them: "The time has come when there are those outside of the Retreats who can be made True Messengers of the Light." Thanks to you, I have been proven right. Now, of course, I ask you all to stand with Me in the sustaining of this.

现在，我得到了所有曾经质疑者的全面合作。来自金星的导师兰多也与我们站在一起。我对他们说：‘现在是时候了，工作坊外的人可以成为真正的光明使者。’感谢你们，我证明了我是对的。现在，当然，我请求你们所有人站在我这一边，支持这一点。

It proves that it is possible to establish this Mighty, Active Presence in the midst of a hailstorm. I have always maintained this, and most of the time I have stood alone; but the ability of the students to grasp the use of the "I AM Presence" is making tremendous things possible; and I say sincerely for your encouragement, that with this marvelous condition maintained which has come to this point, it is not impossible to have various Ones of these Ascended Beings sit in your midst as visible as your own physical bodies-and speak to you.

这证明了在风暴中建立这种强大、活跃的临在是可能的。我一直坚持这一点，大多数时候我都是独自一人；但学生们掌握‘我是临在’的能力正在使巨大的事情成为可能。我真诚地鼓励你们，随着这种奇妙的状态持续发展，不是不可能让扬升大师们像你们自己的肉体一样可见，并与您们交谈。

This is not just a matter of the desire of the students for it, but rather the preparation of the students for it. Until recently, of course, this good Brother has not known it-but for thirty years he has been being prepared for it. Half of that time your (Mrs. G. W. Ballard's) preparation was going on in the invisible, and it has been a remarkably beautiful thing to all who have observed it.

这不仅仅是学生们的愿望问题，而是他们的准备工作。直到最近，这位好兄弟才意识到这一点——但他已经准备了三十年。那一半的时间，你（Mrs. G. W. Ballard）的准备工作是在隐形中进行的，对于所有观察到的人来说，这一直是件非常美丽的事情。

Q. The other night while in deep meditation, I heard the words: "into the City of Delhi."

A. Which really means "into the City of Light."

问：那天晚上，在深深的冥想中，我听到了这些话：“进入德里城。”

答：这实际上意味着“进入光之城。”

Q. On Monday, November 29, 1932, I heard, in the morning before the Discourse, and again today before the Discourse, the Words of Jesus: "Ye have been with Me in my sorrows, ye shall now behold Me in My Glory, and see the reward which My Father doth give Me."

A. And so shall it be in your outer experience.

The very Words which Jesus used from time to time, all may use and until use sometime, somewhere with fulfillment for the Words He used at all times were "Life" and contained within them that Ascended Life, or Perfect Life.

问：1932年11月29日星期一，在讲座前的早晨和今天讲座前，我听到了耶稣的话：“你们曾在我的忧伤中与我同在，现在你们将看到我的荣耀，并看到我父所赐给我的奖赏。”

答：这也将成为你们外在经验的一部分。耶稣时常使用的这些话语，所有人都可以使用，并将在某个时间、某个地方实现，因为他所用的词语包含了扬升或完美生命。

Q. How is the political situation?

A. There will not be nearly so much accomplished by the element that sought entrance as they anticipated. The old saying that if you give a calf rope enough, it will hang itself, is true with certain forces. Sometimes when they think they have won an easy victory, they have sounded their own death knell.

问：政治局势如何？

答：那些试图进入的势力不会实现他们预期的那么多。正如古老的谚语所说，如果给小牛足够的绳子，它会吊死自己，这对某些势力来说是正确的。有时，当他们认为自己轻松胜利时，其实是在敲响自己的丧钟。

The accomplishment of the past few days drew the attention of many in the Golden City, who, as We projected the Vision and Sound Rays today, came to look and behold the accomplishment. I say this for the encouragement of the students: While We are giving forth the Work today, Those in the Golden City are sending forth to the students Their Glorious Radiation.

最近几天的成就引起了黄金城许多人的注意，今天我们投射了视觉和声波时，他们前来观察这些成就。我说这些是为了鼓励学生们：在我们今天进行工作的同时，黄金城的那些人也在向学生们发送他们的光辉照耀。

It has been a great joy to Me to prove that in the Land of America for which I have worked so long that there were those who could receive what you are receiving and giving forth at this time. There are those Masters from Venus who have seen this with Me for some time. The Kumaras' Field of Action was in other ways, but They are now observant of this accomplishment.

在为美国这片土地辛勤工作多年后，我感到非常高兴，有人能够接受你们现在接收和传递的内容。来自金星的那些大师们也看到了这一点。库马拉的行动领域原本在其他方面，但他们现在也在关注这一成就。

There is no radiation goes forth anywhere in the Universe except through conscious projection. The Radiation projected from the stars, so-called, to our earth does not and cannot come into contact with the earth without the conscious direction of the Cosmic Being who is the Conscious Directing Presence of that star or planet. This conscious direction is what makes the Radiation from one planet to another reach its destination; but the Radiation thus directed does not carry any adverse aspect to any individual there.

宇宙中任何地方的照耀都通过有意识的投射而发出。从所谓的恒星投射到地球的照耀，只有在负责那颗恒星或行星的宇宙存有有意识的引导下，才能与地球接触。这种有意识的引导使得从一个行星到另一个行星的照耀能够到达目的地；但这种引导的照耀不会对那里的任何个体带来不利影响。

The Universal, Cosmic Laws of the earth, which impel growth through the law of experience, hold within themselves that which you know as resistance. If there were not that which the individual knows as resistance, he would not make conscious effort, and this would make it impossible for advancement in understanding, or the return to the Father's House from which the children of earth have strayed.

地球的普遍宇宙法则，通过经验法则推动成长，包含你们所知的阻力。如果没有个体所知的阻力，他不会做出有意识的努力，这将使理解的进步或返回天父的家成为不可能，因为地球的孩子们已经偏离了正道。

Resistance has nothing whatever to do with discord. Resistance is a Natural Law. Discord is a human creation. There is no discord in the Universe except that which the personality creates.

阻力与不和谐无关。阻力是一种自然法则。不和谐是人类的创造。宇宙中没有不和谐，除了由人格创造的不和谐。

Take the dynamic consciousness: " 'I AM' the Pure Mind of God in everyone present here." This shuts out human desire.

采用这样的动态意识：“我是在场每个人中的纯净神之心智。”这将人的欲望拒之于门外。

Take the consciousness: "'I AM' the governing Presence of this." The desire first comes in the mind, and if you take the consciousness: " 'I AM' the Pure Mind of God," it consumes the thought and keeps the human mind clear from the desire entirely.

采用这种意识：“我是这件事的统治临在。”欲望首先出现在心智中，如果你采用这种意识：“我是纯粹的神之心智，”它会消除这个想法，并完全使人类的心灵远离欲望。

When the liquid precipitates in the hand, instantly qualify it as Liquid Light, and it will manifest as That. Give the command for that quality before beginning the precipitation.

当液体在手中沉降时，立即将其定义为液态光，它就会以那种形式显现。在开始沉淀之前，先下达对这种品质的指令。

One student should not expect to see the same activity as another; the students are not supposed to see or feel alike.

每个学生不应期望看到与其他学生相同的活动；学生们不应该看到或感觉一样。

There is not a moment in the day that we do not visualize something, because the power of vision is acting all the time. Keep all out of the mind except the picture you want, for that is all with which you are concerned. Do not let the attention become focused on the seeming emptiness.

我们每天没有一刻不在观象某些东西，因为观象的力量一直在起作用。将所有不相关的事物排除在外，只保留你想要的画面，因为这就是你所关心的。不要让注意力集中在看似的空无上。

BENEDICTION: In great devotion, in the fullness of our Hearts of Love, in the fullness of our adoration to the "God Presence which 'I AM' " the Ascended Jesus Christ, we pour forth our Gratitude and Praise for the sustaining Presence, the good of every description held within this Radiance of which we are receiving hourly. Thou Mighty Presence I As we find ourselves held within Thy Mighty Embrace, we become imbued with Thy Radiant Intelligence, Thy Marvelous Strength, Thy Invincible Courage to hold constantly within Thy Mighty Light. We thank Thee.

祝福：在伟大的虔诚，在我们充满爱心的心中，在我们怀着对“我是”的神之临在和扬升的耶稣基督的崇敬，我们倾注我们的感激和赞美，感谢这支持的临在，每时每刻在这照耀中接受的所有美好。祢强大的临在！当我们发现自己被祢强大的怀抱包围时，我们被祢的照耀智慧、奇妙力量和不可战胜的勇气所灌注，始终保持在祢的强大光辉中。我们感谢祢。