DISCOURSE  XX

INVOCATION: Thou Mighty, Invincible "I AM Presence"! Speak Thyself into the hearts of the children of men! Fill their hearts and minds to overflowing with the Magnificence of Thy Presence, with the conscious strength to look to Thee and know Thee as "the One," the Mighty, Eternal Source of all things by which the consciousness of mankind is sustained. Make them to know Thy Great Ownership, that  it is Thee alone who  art the  Owner  and  Giver of all things, that they may thus manifest unselfishly one to the other. We thank Thee.

祈请：伟大、无敌的“我是临在”！在人类子女的心中倾诉祢自己！用祢壮丽的临在充满他们的心灵，让他们用意识的力量仰望祢并认知祢是“唯一”，即维系人类意识的一切事物的伟大、永恒源泉。让他们知道祢的伟大所有权，唯有祢才是万物的拥有者和赐予者，以便他们可以因此向他人表现出无私的一面。我们感谢祢。

I bring you Greetings from the Great Host, who are ever pouring Their Radiant Presence into your lives.

我带来伟大之主的问候，他们不断将他们照耀的临在注入你们的生活中。

THE DISCOURSE

It is with great rejoicing that the many who have been observant of this accomplishment see how truly the students are entering into the "Mighty I AM Presence"; and how the things that have been disturbing are being dissolved and are dropping away as though they never had been.

许多观察到这一成就的人非常高兴地看到，学生们确实正在进入“伟大的我是临在”；那些曾经让人困扰的事情正在被消解，仿佛从未存在过一样。

Beloved Students, can you realize how great Our Rejoicing is? We have trod the pathway of attainment into that Great Freedom of Mastery over all limitation. We rejoice to see you entering into this Presence which, if maintained, will bring you certainly and surely to this same Freedom. It is only when the outer becomes sufficiently obedient, giving all power to the Great  Inner  Presence, that  one finds peace  and rest in this Mighty Acknowledgment.

亲爱的学生们，你们能体会到我们的喜悦有多大吗？我们已经走过了通往伟大自由的道路，掌握了对所有限制的控制。看到你们进入这种临在，我们无比欣慰，如果你们保持下去，这将必然带你们达到同样的自由。只有当外在充分顺从，给予伟大的内在临在所有的力量时，人们才能在这种强大的承认中找到平静和安息。

In that peace and rest flows a Mighty River of Energy, like a mountain stream flowing through a fertile valley, lined with flowers and perfect vegetation.

在那平静和安息中流淌着一条强大的能量之河，犹如一条流经肥沃山谷的山间溪流，两岸长满了花卉和完美的植被。

So in the Peace that passeth understanding do you move more and more, finding that Eternal River of Energy flowing into and through your Being, spreading its blessing and opulence into your Life and experience everywhere you go.

因此，在那超越理解的平静中，你们越来越多地移动，发现那永恒的能量之河流入并穿过你们的存在，把它的祝福和富裕传播到你们生活和经历的每一个地方。

While it is true that the intelligence is the channel through which you must receive, yet as you feel with deep sincerity the Truth of the "I AM Presence," you will find the stillness becoming greater and greater, until one day: "Thou shalt see the door of thy creation open wide before thee, and thou shalt step forth with open arms into that Freedom, inhaling the Fragrance of the Pure Atmosphere of the Etheric World, where in thou wilt be able to mold that plastic substance into the Perfection of everything upon which thy desire is held."

虽然智慧是你必须接收的渠道，但当你深切地感受到“我是临在”的真理时，你会发现静谧感越来越强，直到有一天：“祢将看到祢的创造之门在你面前敞开，祢将张开双臂走向那自由，吸入乙太世界纯净气息的芬芳，在那里祢能够将那塑性的物质塑造成祢所渴望的每一个完美事物。”

You are making such splendid progress; do not let any fear of persons, places, conditions or things interrupt or disturb you, for the "Presence of the Light" stands before you, beckoning you on, that you may be held in Its fond embrace, receiving of Its boundless riches of every description which It holds in store for you.

你们正在取得如此出色的进展；不要让对人、地方、状况或事物的任何恐惧而打断或打扰你们，因为“光之临在”就站在你们面前，召唤你们前进，使你们能够被它温暖的怀抱包裹，接受它为你们储存的各种无尽财富。

I shall now say something which may seem astonishing, but I assure you, it is very true. Last night as the question was asked—had you all been together before—I wish to say that it would not have been possible for you to have been drawn into this intensified Action of the Great Inner Law if you had not previously had harmonious association and training. While it may be difficult at first for you to comprehend it, you are receiving intensified training which heretofore has only been given after a three-year probation in the Retreat. Some of you have stored-up treasures of Energy.  I mean by that, energy created by your conscious activity through your "I AM Presence." Others have stored-up treasures of Light. Again, others have treasures of Love. Others have gold and jewels which were placed in keeping to be used in this embodiment.  Several of you are on the point of releasing into visibility—into your hands—these stored-up treasures. Do not think I have gone into fancy daydreaming, but I am calling this to your attention for your benefit and blessing.

现在我将说一些可能会让人感到惊讶的话，但我向你们保证，这非常真实。昨晚当有人问到——你们是否曾经在一起过——我想说，如果你们以前没有和谐的交往和训练，就不可能被吸引到伟大内在法则的这种强化行动中。虽然一开始你们可能难以理解，但你们正在接受强化训练，这在过去只有在修行中经过三年试用期后才会进行。你们中的一些人积累了能量的宝藏，这是通过你们“我是临在”的有意识活动创造的。其他人积累了光的宝藏，还有些人积累了爱的宝藏，甚至有些人拥有金银珠宝，这些都是为了在此化身中使用。你们中的几个人正处于释放这些宝藏的边缘——将它们显现到你们的手中。不要认为我在做白日梦，我提及这些是为了你们的利益和祝福。

I wish each one of you to go by yourselves sometime during the day for at least five minutes and talk to your " I AM Presence '' something like this: "Great Masterful Presence which 'I AM'! I love, I adore Thee. I give back unto Thee the fullness of all Creative Power, all Love, all Wisdom, and through this Power which Thou art, I give Thee full power to make visible in my hands and use the fulfillment of my every desire. I no longer claim any power as my own, for I now claim Thee, the Only and All-Conquering Presence in my home, my Life, my world and my experience. I acknowledge Thy Full Supremacy and Command of all things; and as my consciousness is fixed upon an achievement, Your Invincible Presence and Intelligence takes command and brings the fulfillment into my experience quickly-even with the speed of thought.

我希望你们每个人在一天中的某个时候，独自待上至少五分钟，并对你的“我是临在”说类似这样的话：伟大而有力的临在，我是！我爱祢，我崇拜祢。我把所有创造力、所有爱、所有智慧的圆满还给祢。通过祢所是的力量，我赋予祢完全的力量，使我每个愿望的实现显现在我的手中并被使用。我不再声称任何力量是我自己的，因为现在我宣告祢是我家中、我生命中、我世界和经历中的唯一且全能的临在。我承认祢的至高无上和对一切事物的完全掌控；当我的意识集中在一个成就上时，祢那不可战胜的临在和智慧会掌控并迅速将其实现并带入我的经历中——甚至以思想的速度。

“I know that Thou art ruler over time, place and space. Therefore, Thou requirest only now to bring into the visible activity Thy every Perfection. I stand absolutely firm in the full acceptance of this, now and forever, and I shall not allow my mind to waver from it, for at last, I know we are One."

“我知道祢是时间、地点和空间的掌控者。因此，祢只需要现在就将祢的一切完美带入可见的活动中。我绝对坚定地完全接受这一点，现在和永远，我不会让我的思想动摇，因为我终于明白我们是一体的。”

Beloved Students, you may add or weave into this anything else you wish for your requirement; and I assure you, if you can live in this—and I shall endeavor to help you do so—you will experience the opening of the floodgates of God's Abundance.

亲爱的学生们，你们可以根据自己的需求，在这个祈祷词中添加或编织任何其他内容。我向你们保证，如果你们能在这种状态中生活——我会努力帮助你们做到这一点——你们将体验到神的丰盛如洪水般倾泻而下。

I think here that I should explain to you: the most important, the most desirable thing that anyone can do is to fix within his or her mind the one, permanent necessity, and that is to keep at it until one reaches so deeply and firmly into this "Mighty I AM Presence, "that all Love, Light, Good and Riches flow into his Life and experience by an Inner Propelling Power that naught of outer personalities may at any time, anywhere, ever interfere with.

我认为在这里我应该向你们解释：任何人最重要、最理想的事情就是在自己的心中固定一个永久的必要性，那就是坚持下去，直到深入并牢固地进入“强大的我是临在”，使得所有的爱、光明、美好和财富通过一种内在的推动力量流入他的生活和经历，这种力量任何外在的人格在任何时候、任何地方都不能干扰。

This is the object of true training. This is why students were brought into the Retreats as they could be found ready, or sufficiently progressed, because, as I have said before, it is easy enough to solve your problems as they come along; but I ask you, what good does it do to continue to solve problems unless you have something, somewhere, to which you can anchor that raises you above the consideration of any problem?

这是真正训练的目标。这也是为什么当学生们准备好了或进展到一定程度时，会被带入修行场所。正如我之前所说，解决问题并不难，但我问你，除非你有某个地方可以锚定，使你超越任何问题的考虑，否则不断解决问题有什么意义呢？

To find your "I AM Presence" and anchor to It is the only desirable thing to do. Until you come to this point of firm anchorage to your "Great I AM Presence," of course it is necessary to solve your problems as they come along; but how much better it is to enter in and set free that Mighty Presence, Energy and Action which has already solved the problems before they appear to you. Is this not more acceptable than to awaken every morning and find these problems coming up-staring you in the face-as though they were something really important, which, after all, they are not? Yet I am sure you will agree with Me that some of them or at least your outer sense about them, is that they are tremendously ponderous.

找到你的“我是临在”并锚定它是唯一值得做的事。在你达到坚定锚定于“伟大的我是临在”这一点之前，当然需要随时解决问题；但进入并释放那强大的临在、能量和行动是多么的好，它们在问题出现之前解决了问题。难道这不比每天早上醒来面对这些问题更可接受吗？这些问题看似非常重要，但实际上并不是。然而，我相信你会同意，有些问题或者至少你对它们的外在感觉，确实显得非常沉重。

With your glorious obedience to the Divine Principle of created Beings, you shall move along the pathway with your Armor of Invincible Protection buckled on, until the intensity of the very Light that you enter into will no longer require the armor.

随着你对神圣原则的辉煌的臣服，你将佩戴无敌保护的盔甲沿着道路前行，直到你进入的光的强度足够时，你将不再需要盔甲。

Is this not worth all the effort it takes to accomplish it, that you may ever move in this Glorious Freedom? Then when you awaken in the morning, you will no longer find these visitors appear.

为了让你可以永远在这辉煌的自由中前行，这难道不值得你付出所有努力来实现它吗？那么，当你早晨醒来时，你将不再发现这些问题出现在你面前。

As I have spoken these Words, I have held you, each one, in the Searchlight of my Vision, even without your permission, so that when you hear these Words you will feel the Inner Conviction of them with a strength which will delight you.

当我说这些话时，我把你们每一个人都置于我视线的探照灯下，即使没有得到你们的许可，这样当你们听到这些话时，会感受到它们的内在信念，其力量会令你们欣喜。

When critical or disturbing thoughts try to find entrance into your consciousness, slam the door quickly and command them to be gone forever. Do not give them a chance, nor time to gain a foothold, remembering always that you have the Strength and the sustaining Power of the "Mighty I AM Presence" to do this. Should you have difficulty in holding the door shut, talk to your "I AM Presence" and say: "See here! I need help! See that the door to this disturbance is closed, and kept closed forever."

当批判性或令人不安的思想试图进入你的意识时，迅速关上门并命令它们永远消失。不要给它们机会或时间立足，始终记住你有“伟大的我是临在”的力量和支撑来做到这一点。如果你难以关上这扇门，对你的“我是临在”说：“看这里！我需要帮助！确保这扇通向烦扰的门关上，并永远保持关闭。”

I want you to get fixed in your consciousness that you can talk to your "I AM Presence" the same as you could talk to Me, believing that I had Limitless Power, because I tell you, it is no idle comment when I say you can cause this Mighty Presence to handle every condition in your entire experience and raise you into Its Freedom and Dominion of all things.

我要你们在意识中确定你们可以像与我交谈一样与“我是临在”交谈，相信我拥有无限的力量，因为我告诉你们，当我说你们可以使这个强大的临在处理你整个经历中的每个情况，并将你提升到其自由和支配一切的境界时，这不是空谈。

As some of you have already reached into the activity of the Universal Substance, I want to call the attention of all of you to the fact that the substance of your bodies and this substance, seeming to be invisible about you, is immensely sensitive to your conscious thought and feeling—by which  you  can  mold it into any form you wish.

你们中的一些人已经接触到了宇宙物质的活动，我要提醒你们，身体的物质和周围看似无形的物质对你们的有意识思想和情感极为敏感——通过这些，你们可以将其塑造成任何你们希望的形式。

The substance of your body can, by your conscious thought and feeling, be molded into the most exquisite beauty of form—your eyes, hair, teeth, and skin made dazzling with radiant beauty. This should be very encouraging to the ladies, and I am sure will be to the gentlemen, only they do not like to admit it.

通过你们的有意识思想和情感，身体的物质可以被塑造成最精致的美丽形式——你的眼睛、头发、牙齿和皮肤都能被打造成耀眼的光辉美丽。这对于女士们来说应该是非常鼓舞人心的，我相信对男士们来说也是如此，只是他们不愿意承认而已。

Beloved Brothers and Sisters, when you look into the mirror, say to that which you see there: "Through the Intelligence and Beauty which 'I AM,' I command you to take on Perfect Beauty of form, for 'I AM' that Beauty in every cell of which you are composed. You shall respond to my command and become radiantly beautiful in every way, in thought, word, feeling and form. 'I AM' the Fire and Beauty of your eyes, and  I carry forth this Radiant Energy into everything into which I look." Thus you can cause to come into appearance the Perfection which will give you all the encouragement you want, to know that "'I AM' always the Governing Presence."

亲爱的兄弟姐妹们，当你们看镜子里的自己时，对自己说：“通过‘我是’的智慧和美丽，我命令你们拥有完美的美丽形态，因为‘我是’你们每一个细胞中的美丽。你们应对我的命令做出反应，变得在各方面都光彩照人，在思想、言语、感情和形态上。‘我是’你们眼中的火焰和美丽，我将这种光辉能量带入我注视的一切。”这样，你们可以显现出完美，并鼓舞自己认识到“‘我是’始终统治的临在。”

I wish to say to you who desire your forms to become more symmetrical: start your hands at the shoulders, and bring them down over the body to the feet, feeling the Perfection or symmetry of the form you wish. Through your hands will go the energy or quality which you desire to manifest. If you will try this with deep, earnest feeling, you will be amazed at the result. This is the greatest reducer in the world. This, I assure you will cause the flesh, as it comes into more beautiful symmetry and Perfection, to become firm and yet supple in every way, because you are sending the energy of the" I AM Presence" through these cells, causing them to obey your command. This may sound ridiculous, but I tell you, it is one of the best, surest and most perfect ways to bring about the Perfection of the body.  I tell you, anyone who will practice this will bring the body into any condition that one desires.

我想对那些希望自己的形态更对称的人说：将你的双手从肩膀开始，沿着身体向下移动到脚，感受你希望的完美或对称形态。通过你的手将会传递你想要显现的能量或特质。如果你带着深切、真诚的感觉尝试这样做，你会对结果感到惊讶。这是世界上最有效的减肥方法。我保证，这将使肉体在变得更对称和完美的同时，变得紧实且柔软，因为你通过这些细胞传递了“我是临在”的能量，迫使它们服从你的命令。虽然这听起来荒谬，但我告诉你，这是带来身体完美的最好、最可靠和最完美的方法。我告诉你，任何练习这个方法的人都可以将身体带入任何他想要的状态。

I want the students to get the fullness of the idea that they are masters of their forms, their minds and their worlds, and can inject into them what so ever they wish. The Pure and Perfect Life of God is flowing through you every instant; why not switch off the old design and switch on the new? Do you not see how important it is to perfect the body?

我希望学生们能完全理解他们是自己形态、思想和世界的主人，并且可以将他们希望的一切注入其中。神纯净完美的生命每时每刻都在你们体内流淌；为什么不关闭旧的设计，开启新的呢？你们难道不明白完善身体有多么重要吗？

What can the Inner Presence do with a body that is sick or out of harmony all the time? When this is the case, the attention becomes so fixed upon the body that the "I AM Presence" cannot get the attention but a little part of the time.  It is so easy, if you will but do it. With this treatment of the flesh with the energy of the "I AM Presence," it becomes firm and Perfect.

内在的临在如何能应对一个总是生病或不和谐的身体？在这种情况下，注意力会过多集中在身体上，以至于“我是临在”很难获得足够的注意力。只要你愿意这样做，通过“我是临在”的能量处理肉体，使其变得紧实和完美，这其实很容易。

The reason I speak of this with such deep, earnest feeling today is because I see the change and improvement in almost everyone; and by special conscious attention directed to this, how much more quickly will each be brought into the Perfection which he desires. When an individual has an abnormal abdomen, and anything that is more than straight is abnormal, he should raise the left hand in this position, palm up, move the right hand in a rotary motion over the abdomen, moving from left to right. Each time the hand passes over it, feel deeply the absorbing activity.

今天我之所以如此深切而真诚地谈论这个话题，是因为我看到几乎每个人都有变化和进步；通过有意识地关注这一点，每个人都能更快地达到他们想要的完美。当一个人的腹部异常时，而任何超过直线的都是异常的，他应该将左手掌心朝上举起，用右手在腹部上方做旋转动作，从左到右移动。每次手经过时，深切地感受吸收的活动。

The quick charge of energy through the hand goes into the cells, contracting and reducing them into a normal condition. I assure you this Instruction is no idle fancy, but is of tremendous import, and It will accomplish the purpose for which It is used, absolutely without question—if applied with earnest feeling.

手掌快速传递的能量进入细胞，使其收缩并恢复正常状态。我向你保证，这个指导绝非空想，而是非常重要的。如果真诚的去感受，它将毫无疑问地实现其用途。

The consciousness, of course, should be that the energy flowing through the night hand is the All-Powerful, Absorbing Presence, consuming the unnecessary cells and bringing the body into a perfect, normal condition.

意识，当然，通过右手流动的能量是全能的吸收临在，消耗不必要的细胞，使身体恢复到完美的正常状态。

This will not only adjust the abnormal size of the abdomen, but will penetrate through the form, charging the intestinal activity with a cleansing, purifying process which will be of inestimable benefit. Those who have found the activity of those organs lazy will find them quickened into normal action. I assure you that the ladies will not need to use rolling pins or roll on the floor; also I assure you the ladies are not the only ones who use rolling pins.

这不仅会调整腹部的异常大小，还会穿透全身，为肠道活动注入清洁和净化的过程，这将带来不可估量的益处。那些发现这些器官活动缓慢的人会发现它们被加速到正常状态。我向你保证，女士们将不再需要使用擀面杖或在地板上滚动；此外，女士们并不是唯一使用擀面杖的人。

The unfortunate, almost appalling condition is that individuals, having within them this Mighty God Presence, will give every imaginable power to outside things to produce results within and upon themselves, when whatever remedial agent they use, whether exercise, drugs, or anything else, has little effect, if any except the quality and power they have consciously given these agents. This treatment acts upon the cells wherever they are, be they bones or flesh.

很不幸，几乎令人震惊的是，个体拥有强大的神之临在，却将所有想象得到的力量赋予外在事物，以期望对自身产生影响。无论使用何种治疗方法，无论是运动、药物还是其他东西，效果微乎其微，除非他们对这些方法有质量的意识和意识的力量。这种治疗作用于无论在哪里的细胞，无论是骨骼还是肌肉。

How prone the outer mind is to question the ability of this Inner Self to handle any part  of  the body.  If It will handle one kind of a cell, It will handle all. Make the outer accept the Full Power of the Inner Presence, and thus let It expand into use in all things.

外在的心智常常倾向于质疑内在自我处理身体任何部分的能力。如果它能够处理一种细胞，那么它就能处理所有细胞。让外在接受内在存在的全部力量，从而使其在所有事物中扩展应用。

The outer mind, through long habit, has given enormous power to drugs and remedial agents of every kind; but do you not see that the only thing that does it is the power and authority you give it to have an effect upon your body? I do not mean for a single instant that individuals who have not become aware of the "I AM Presence" should cease all remedial agents; but if they will fix in their minds firmly that no outer thing has any power in their experience, except what they give it, they will begin to rise out of the limitations into which they have placed themselves.  Here let me say that ninety percent of the power given to outer things is unconsciously given, and even most students are not aware of it.

外在的心智由于长期的习惯，赋予了药物和各种治疗剂巨大的力量；但是你难道不明白，这些治疗剂对你的身体产生影响的唯一原因是你赋予它们的力量和权威吗？我并不是说那些尚未意识到“我是临在”的人应该立即停止使用所有的治疗药剂；但如果他们牢牢记住，除了他们赋予的力量外，任何外在事物都没有任何力量，他们就会开始摆脱自己设限的局限。让我告诉你们，百分之九十赋予外在事物的力量是无意识完成的，甚至大多数学生都没有意识到这一点。

Now to turn about and give this Great God Presence within you all power to do the things you require and wish to do will accomplish them with a speed and certainty far beyond what any outside remedial agent could do. Some will grasp this idea with tremendous tenacity, while others will require more effort; but it is surely worthwhile making any effort to accomplish it.

现在，转而给予你内在伟大的神之临在所有的力量，以完成你所需要和希望做的事情，这将以远超任何外部治疗药剂的速度和确定性实现。有些人会以极大的毅力掌握这个理念，而其他人则需要更多的努力；但无论如何，这绝对是值得付出任何努力去实现的。

Remember, the "I AM Presence" knows all things for all eternity, in all ways—past, present and future—without limit. If the student would think of this Great Presence, contemplate It, and know that It is all Love, Wisdom and Power, then when he fixes his attention on something to be accomplished, he knows this Presence is the open door, the All-powerful accomplishment, and It cannot fail.

记住，“我是临在”知道一切，永恒地在所有方面——过去、现在和未来——无限地存在。如果学生能够思考这个伟大的临在，沉思它，并知道它充满爱、智慧和力量，那么当他专注于要完成的事情时，他就知道这个临在是敞开的门，是无所不能的成就，它不会失败。

Call on the Law of Forgiveness, and direct the energy of the Master Self to correct and adjust the wrong, and in that way, obtain freedom from its reaction. You see, My Dear People, that there is so much unnecessary power given to the outer activity and stress of things which the "I AM Presence" cares absolutely nothing about. It is at no time concerned with the mistakes of the outer self. If the individual but understood that he could turn away from all these discordant activities and give the "Master I AM Presence" Within all authority and power to dissolve and dissipate the wrong condition, he could never in any way feel the reactions from his wrongdoing.

呼唤宽恕法则，并引导高我的能量来纠正和调整错误，这样可以从其反应中摆脱出来。你看，亲爱的人们，外在活动和压力被赋予了太多不必要的力量，而“我是临在”对此完全不在意。它从不关心外在自我的错误。如果个人能明白他可以远离这些不和谐的活动，并给予内在的“我是临在大师”所有的权威和力量来溶解和消散错误的状况，他就不会感受到任何错误行为的反应。

When the individual allows himself or herself to continue to criticize, condemn or judge another of his fellow beings, he is not only injuring the other person, but is unknowingly admitting into his own experience the very element that he is seeing wrong in the other person. The true understanding of this will make it easy for individuals to forever cease such undesirable activity—when they know that it is for their own protection.

当一个人继续批评、谴责或评判他的同伴时，他不仅在伤害对方，而且在不知不觉中将他在对方身上看到的错误元素引入自己的经历。真正理解这一点将使个人轻松地永远停止这种不良活动——当他们知道这是为了自己的保护时。

Let us put it in another way. Whatever the conscious attention is fixed firmly upon, that quality is impelled into the experience of the individual. Whatever an individual sees with deep feeling within another individual, he forces into his own experience. This is the indisputable proof of why the only desirable feeling to be sent out from any individual is the Presence of Divine Love—and I mean by that, Pure, Unselfish Love.

换个方式来说，无论一个人有意识地将注意力坚定地集中在什么上，这种品质都会被强加到个人的经历中。无论一个人怀着深切感受在另一个人身上看到什么，他都会将其强加到自己的经历中。这无可争议地证明了为什么任何个人所发出的唯一令人向往的感觉就是神圣之爱的临在——我的意思是，纯洁、无私的爱。

Students often wonder why they have so many conditions in their experience to handle as they become more and more sensitive. It is because they see an appearance which they have been taught to know is not real, and by allowing their attention to become fixed upon it, they not only invite, but force it into their own worlds, and then have a battle in order to clean the house. This can be avoided by instantly taking the attention off the appearance and knowing: " 'I AM,' 'I AM,' I KNOW 'I AM' free from this thing forever—no matter what it is."

学生们经常想知道，为什么随着他们变得越来越敏感，在他们的体验中会出现那么多需要处理的情况。这是因为他们看到了他们被教导和知道不真实的现象，并且通过允许他们的注意力固定在其上，他们不仅邀请它进入自己的世界，还强迫它进入，然后需要进行一场战斗来清理。这可以通过立即将注意力从这些现象上移开并知晓：“我是，我是，我知道我是永远摆脱这件事——无论它是什么”来避免。

This all comes, of course, from a lack of Self-control in the individual, or an unwillingness to use that Self-control to govern the outer. There are these two distinct conditions with students: one is willing enough to make the effort, but unknowingly allows his attention to become fixed on the undesirable things. The other one, through a quality of stubbornness, is unwilling to make the necessary effort to conquer it.

这一切当然源于个人缺乏自我控制，或者不愿意使用自我控制来管理外在。学生中存在两种明显的情况：一种是愿意做出努力，但无意中让注意力固定在不良事物上。另一种由于固执的品质，不愿意做出必要的努力去克服它。

No teacher should at any time hold a thought of criticism about any student, for if he does, he will invite that same criticism unto himself. If students get the right idea about this, they will stop it for their own protection.

老师任何时候都不应该对学生产生批评的想法，因为如果他这样做了，他也会招致同样的批评。如果学生们对这一点有正确的认识，他们会为了自己的保护而停止批评。

If one keeps silently seeing a discrepancy in another, it is even worse than the spoken word, for it allows the force to accumulate. When discrepancies are forced upon your attention, simply say to your "I AM Presence": "There is the 'I AM Presence' within that person, and with the human I am not concerned." It matters not whether it is a person or inanimate object, the moment you see an imperfection, you are forcing that quality into your own experience. This is so important, it cannot be stressed enough.

如果一个人默默地看到另一个人的缺点，这比说出来还要糟糕，因为这会让负面力量积聚。当缺点引起你的注意时，简单地对你的“我是临在”说：“那个人内在有‘我是临在’，而我不关心人类的缺点。”无论是人还是无生命的物体，当你看到缺点的那一刻，你就在将这种品质强加到自己的经历中。这非常重要，强调多少次都不为过。

Your first consideration should always be to your own Divine Self-adoration to It always. This gives you the opportunity and strength to rise to the height where you can give help to thousands, where now it can only be to a few.

你的首要考虑应始终是自己对祂的神圣自我的崇拜。这会给你机会和力量，使你能够上升到一个高度，从那里你可以帮助成千上万人，而现在你只能帮助少数人。

No amount of service can be of any permanent benefit unless the individual first accepts and gives adoration to his own Divine Self, the "Mighty I AM Presence." Those who want to serve the Light and really do good should understand this clearly.

除非个人首先接受并崇拜他自己的神圣自我，即“强大的我是存在”，否则再多的服务也不可能带来任何永久的好处。那些想要服务光并真正行善的人应该清楚地理解这一点。

When students say: "If I only had the money, what good I could do," it is exactly the reverse thing that they ought to do. If one will enter into the "I AM Presence," he will have all the money he wants, and it cannot be kept away from him. Take the stand with everyone: "There is only the 'I AM Presence' acting there in that person."

当学生们说：“如果我有钱，我能做多少好事，”他们实际上应该做的是相反的事情。如果一个人进入“我是临在”，他将拥有他想要的所有金钱，并且这些钱无法被阻挡。对每个人都要采取这样的立场：“那里只有‘我是临在’在行动。”

It is much better not to touch upon a thing than to give an insufficient explanation.

比起给出不充分的解释，不如完全不触及某件事情要好。

All outer experience is but a discipline. For those who are coming into this Work, the present training is really a finishing school or experience; and that is why some of them feel it is a little strenuous. All the Ascended Host feel with great Joy the Love and gratitude poured out to Them, and of course They respond almost without limit.

所有的外在体验只是一种训练。对于那些进入这项工作的人来说，目前的训练实际上是一个完成学校或经验的过程；这就是为什么有些人感到有点吃力的原因。所有的扬升大师都非常喜悦地感受到倾注在他们身上的爱和感激，当然他们给予的回应会是无限的。

" 'I AM' is all there is, everywhere present, visible and invisible."

“‘我是’是万物的本质，无处不在，既可见又不可见。”

The consciousness most needed for each individual will come from time to time as the students continue in the use of this. Do not let yourselves strain after things. Just take the calm, certain attitude of the Ascension. Calmly, quickly, lovingly accept It, and just Be. This avoids tension. Nothing is more powerful than this.

每个人最需要的意识会随着学生们继续使用这一方法而不时出现。不要让自己过度追求事物。只需冷静、确定的扬升态度。平静、迅速、充满爱地接受它，然后就这样而已。这可以避免紧张。没有什么比这更强大。

BENEDICTION: Thou Mighty, All-Pervading, Infinite Presence, "I AM"! We give forth our Gratitude to Thee that we have found Thee, that we acknowledge Thee, the All-Powerful Creator, making Thyself fully visible in our every need, in our full Illumination, in our full Mastery and Dominion over all outer things. We thank Thee that Thou art the All-Pervading Presence, and that Thou dost, with Thy  Strength and Wisdom, impel Thy Perfection everywhere.

祝福：伟大、无处不在的无限临在，“我是”！我们向祢献上我们的感激之情，因为我们找到了祢，我们承认祢是全能的创造者，在我们每一个需求中，在我们完全的启迪中，在我们对所有外在事物的完全掌控中，使祢自己完全显现。我们感谢祢，祢是无处不在的临在，祢用祢的力量和智慧，将祢的完美推向每一个地方。