DISCOURSE XXI 

INVOCATION: Thou Infinite Presence! expressing Thy Perfection everywhere, we welcome and praise Thy Perfect Manifestation in our lives, homes, and worlds, that Thy Radiant Light may forever consume everything unlike Itself, that Thy Wisdom may always direct, Thy Love always enfold, Thy Light always illumine Thy Perfect Pathway, and that Thou dost hold us firmly in Thy Glorious Radiance, now and forever. I bring you Greetings from the Great Host,  with Their Joy and Love for this cooperation, and for that which can but bless, illumine and awaken.        

祈请：祢无限的临在！在各处彰显祢的完美，我们欢迎并赞美祢在我们的生活、家庭和世界中的完美显现。愿祢的照耀之光永远消除一切与其不符的事物，愿祢的智慧永远引导，愿祢的爱永远包容，愿祢的光芒永远照亮你完美的道路，并愿祢现在和永远将我们牢牢地保持在祢辉煌的照耀中。我为祢带来伟大之主的问候，他们为这种合作带来的喜悦和爱，以及所能给予的祝福、启迪和觉醒。                              

THE DISCOURSE

Oh that students, or any individuals who know of the "I AM Presence," could but realize that there is no greater consciousness, no greater activity the conscious volition can set into action than the recognition and acceptance of the "I AM Presence."

哦，如果学生们，或者任何知道“我是临在”的人，能够意识到没有任何比知晓和接受“我是临在”更伟大的意识和更伟大的有意识的活动。

No matter what the angles of Truth are from the thousands of avenues by which mankind reaches out to gain greater and wider understanding, every one leads to This which you now have the gracious privilege of knowing and understanding and using.

不管人类通过成千上万的途径以获得更广泛理解的真理角度是什么，每一个途径都引向你们现在有幸认识、理解和使用的这个真理——“我是临在”。

Any kind of knowledge or power is absolutely worthless unless used. Those who will apply and enter into the use of the "I AM Presence" with deep feeling will see and feel within their own Beings, as they again come in contact with other channels of understanding, how transcendent the knowledge of the "I AM Presence" is in comparison with all other ideas of Truth.

任何形式的知识或力量，如果不使用，都是毫无价值的。那些以深切的感受运用和进入“我是临在”之中，将会在自己的存在中看到和感受到，当他们再次接触其他理解渠道时，“我是临在”的知识与所有其他真理观念相比是多么超越。

"I AM" holding fast to this idea for the students' sake, so they grasp fully the Mighty Truth, that when they say: " 'I AM' whatever I wish to be or manifest," they are actually setting into visible physical activity the Mightiest Presence and Power of God which "I AM." This differs from any other Statement that was ever put into a group of words.

为了让学生们能够牢牢把握“我是”这一理念，他们会完全理解这个伟大的真理，当他们说：“‘我是’我希望成为或显化的一切”时，他们实际上是在将神的最强大存在和力量——“我是”——置于可见的物质活动中。这与任何其他词组表达方式都有所不同。

There is no other Statement or group of words in existence that actually sets such power into motion to accomplish any given purpose to which the conscious attention is directed as does this Mighty Expression. This is why Jesus the Christ coupled It with the most important Statements that He made. If the students of this Radiation will meditate or contemplate the Statements that Jesus made upon His own Ray to them, it will help them to grasp the fullness, the stupendousness of this more readily.

没有其他陈述或词组能够像这个强大的表达一样，可以实际启动如此大的力量来完成任何指定目的。这就是为什么耶稣基督在最重要的陈述中结合了这一点。如果这些照耀的学生们冥想或思考耶稣对他们所做的陈述，将帮助他们更容易地掌握其完整性和巨大的重要性。

I wish every student of this Radiation to fix firmly in his mind that concerning these instructions, there may at no time be a charge ever made for Them. The student is always free to make Love-gifts as his heart directs, but to make a definite charge—under the Law by which these Instructions are given—would close the door immediately. Just the reason for this I may not explain to you at this time.  It is not that  the laborer is not worthy of his hire, but this Work comes under an entirely different  Activity of the Divine  Law,  which I will one day explain to the students.

我希望每一位接收这照耀的学生牢牢记住，关于这些指示，不应收取任何费用。学生可以根据自己的内心指引自由地赠送爱的礼物，但明确收费会导致这扇门立即关闭。原因我现在不能向你们解释，并非说劳动者不应得其报酬，而是这项工作属于完全不同的神圣法则的活动，我将来会向学生们解释。

Feeling as I do the earnest, most worthy desire of some of the students to come physically within this Inner Circle, or Radiance, so to speak, I shall endeavor to explain how it is not possible to be done—beautiful and loving as the desire and radiation of the beloved students are. This Beloved Sister and Brother have gone through thirty years of strenuous, conscious preparation for this Work. The Electronic Circle within which this Radiation must focus would have to been entirely rearranged and readjusted. It might require some years to again bring it to this point—lovely and beautiful as the radiation of the others is.

我感受到一些学生最真诚、最有价值的愿望是亲自进入这个核心圈子或照耀。这么说吧，我会尽力解释为什么这不可能实现——尽管这些亲爱的学生的愿望和照耀是美好和充满爱的。这个亲爱的兄弟姐妹为了这项工作艰苦准备了三十年。这个照耀所需聚焦的电子圈必须完全重新安排和调整，这可能需要数年时间才能再次达到这点——就像其他人的照耀一样可爱和美丽。

Each individual has his own distinct radiation and vibratory action. While the invisible mechanism, shall I call it, for this Work is in one way very powerful, yet in another way, it is as delicate as a gossamer veil.

每个人都有自己独特的照耀和振动行为。虽然这个工作的隐形机制在某种程度上非常强大，但在另一方面，它又像薄纱一样精致。

I assure you, Beloved Students, that either My Personal Presence or My Consciously Directed Ray is always present whenever either this Beloved Sister or Brother is giving forth these Instructions. Here let Me urge you that at no time is it wise for any student under this Radiation to give forth verbatim these Instructions to one who is not yet under this Radiation. Extracts, verbal or otherwise, may be given forth for the help of others, but We do not wish anyone to be so unfortunate as to say he is authorized to give this forth when he has not had permission to do so.

我向你们保证，亲爱的学生们，每当这位亲爱的姐妹或兄弟发出这些指示时，我的个人存在或我有意识引导的射线总是在场。在此，我要敦促你们，在任何时候，向尚未处于这一光辉照耀下的人逐字传达这些指示都不是明智之举。可以为帮助他人提供摘录，无论是口头还是其他形式，但我们不希望任何人在未经许可下，声称自己有权发布这些指示。

This channel must always be kept clean, pure and unselfish, and these Instructions may not be commercialized at any time. The application within the Instruction which is given from time to time, if used sincerely, with true feeling and confidence in the Instruction, will cause the student or the teacher using It to become such an invincible magnet for the Opulence and Riches of God that there will be no need to commercialize the Instruction for the sake of a livelihood. For any individual—whether at first he has the full understanding of its meaning or not—who will be conscious that: " 'I AM' the omnipresent, limitless supply of God's Riches and Opulence in my use," will sooner or later come into the full conviction of this Mighty Truth.

这个渠道必须始终保持干净、纯洁和无私，这些指示在任何时候都不能商业化。如果真诚地、带着真正的感情和对指示的信心使用这些指示中的应用，将使学生或使用者成为神的富裕和财富的不可战胜的磁石，无需为了生计而商业化这些指示。任何人——无论他是否完全理解其意义——只要意识到：“我是完全的临在、无限供应的神的财富和富裕”，迟早会完全相信这个伟大的真理。

I understand fully how important the financial support of the individual seems to him, but I say to you beloved students that financial support is always as the shifting sands until you begin to consciously apply the use of the "I AM Presence" as your Omnipresent, Limitless Supply of either money, Love, Understanding, Light, or Illumination. So try to receive the full conviction of the Radiation of this which I give to you, that you may use It with a certain, unwavering consciousness which will give you forever your freedom from all financial strain.

我完全理解个人财务支持对他来说似乎有多么重要，但我对你们说，亲爱的学生们，财务支持总是如流沙般不稳定，直到你们开始有意识地应用“我是临在”作为你们完全的临在，无限的金钱、爱、理解、光明或启发的供应。因此，请尽量完全相信我给予你们的这种照耀，这样你们可以用坚定、不动摇的意识使用它，从而永远摆脱所有财务压力。

Knowing that the "I AM Presence" which you have set or are setting in motion is the same in every other individual on earth as It is in you, and as It is in the Universe, giving you the power and intelligence to make this declaration, then you know that whatever your conscious application implies, It is acting everywhere, just the same as within the present application that you make.

知晓你已经启动或正在启动的“我是存在”对于地球上的每个其他个体来说都是一样的，就像它在你身上一样，就像它在宇宙中一样，给你力量和智慧来做出这个宣言 ，那么你就知道，无论你的有意识的应用意味着什么，它都在无处不在，就像你在当前应用中所做的那样。

Heretofore I have hesitated to give you this very definite application, or explanation of this application, but your earnest demand has impelled it forth. I send with this a certain specific Radiation which will enable you to use it with absolute confidence.

此前，我一直犹豫是否要给你们如此明确的应用或对此应用的解释，但你们的真诚需求促使我这样做。我随之发送了一种特定的照耀，这将使你们能够绝对自信地使用它。

The student should always remember it is only by conscious effort that he can keep his mind at peace so this Inner Power may flow through unhampered to the accomplishment of his desire. As a child in school you were given certain problems to solve, for instance, we will say, in mathematics. At the same time you were given the means by which to accomplish it. If you did not make your application as directed, you of course would not receive your correct answer.

学生们应始终记住，只有通过有意识的努力，他才能保持心灵的平静，以便这种内在力量可以毫无阻碍地流动，实现他的愿望。就像在学校时，你被要求解决数学问题，同时你也得到了完成这些问题的方法。如果你没有按照指导进行应用，当然就不会得到正确的答案。

Consequently, you kept at it, kept trying and trying until your answer was proved. If you did not understand how to go about it, you went back to your teacher for instruction and found what was required. So it is in the Instruction which is now given you. This application never has and never can fail in the accomplishment of anything to which your attention is directed—if you will but continue to apply It with determination and stick to It until results are in your hands or presence.

因此，你不断尝试，直到答案被验证。如果你不知道如何去做，你会回到老师那里寻求指导，找到所需的方法。现在给你的指导也是如此。如果你继续坚定地应用它，并坚持到结果在你手中或面前，这个应用从未失败过，也绝不会在任何你关注的事情上失败。

Now here let Me call your attention to a most powerful Explanation which Jesus the Christ gave you in His own Words: that in all the teaching He received through the various avenues, and I assure you, some of them were very great, it was only His instruction, conscientiously applied, that finally brought to Him, or revealed to Him from Within, the many amazing, magical Statements, one of which was: " 'I AM' the Resurrection and the Life." It was this Statement which He used that enabled Him to give the example to humanity which will last throughout the centuries.

现在请让我以耶稣基督用他自己的话给出一个非常强有力的解释来引起你们的注意：在他通过所有各种途径所接受到的教导中，我向你们保证，其中一些非常伟大，只有通过他有意识地应用这些教导，最终从内在揭示给他的许多令人惊叹的、神奇的陈述之一：“‘我是’复苏和生命精华。”正是这句话使他能够为人类树立一个榜样，这个榜样将持续数个世纪。

Whatever demand you make of the Universal, All-knowing Presence wherein you use the Words "I AM," it must bring the same definite, certain results that His Statements brought   Him   when   He  declared: " 'I AM' the Resurrection and the Life." Try earnestly to feel the mighty importance of this.

无论你对宇宙、全知的临在提出什么要求，只要你使用“我是”这些词，就必须带来同样明确、确定的结果，就像耶稣在宣告“‘我是’复苏和生命精华”时所带来的结果。尝试真诚地去感受这一点的重要性。

Here let Me caution and assure you with great emphasis, that no matter who or what you are, what place you may be in from the growth standpoint, when you make application with the Words "I AM," you positively cannot fail to accomplish that to which you apply Them—if you will hold fast with unwavering determination.

在此，我要特别强调并保证，无论你是谁，处于什么样的成长阶段，当你用“我是”这些词进行应用时，只要你坚定不移地坚持，你绝对不会失败于你所应用的事物。

Beloved Students, I feel the Great Love sent to Me and never fail to respond to it.

亲爱的学生们，我感受到了送给我的伟大的爱，并且永远不会不回应它。

Always first give your Great Love and Adoration to your own "I AM Presence," the Master-Self, then to those who may be able to assist you. Many of you are making wonderful strides. Go forth with certainty in your hearts, always being aware:" 'I AM' the Conquering, Victorious Presence in any achievement I desire; that 'I AM' now the Full Dominion of every application that I make; that 'I AM the Presence' always within every demand, supplying, and fulfilling it."

首先，给予你自己的“我是临在”即最大的自己，伟大的爱和崇拜，然后再给那些可能帮助你的人。你们中的许多人正在取得惊人的进步。怀着坚定的心继续前行，时刻意识到：“‘我是’是我所渴望的任何成就中征服和胜利的临在；‘我是’现在我所做的每一个应用的完全统治；‘我是临在’ ’始终在每一个需求之内，供应并满足它。”

There is no mental state that shuts the door against the very thing you are striving for like a feeling of distress about it. On the other hand, the proper attitude is to joyously take the stand that: " 'I AM the Presence' which enables me to see or hear with the Inner Sight and Hearing"; and at no time to let one's self become disturbed because another is using a faculty different from one's own, but rather rejoice in it.

没有任何心智状态会像对所追求的事情感到苦恼那样而关闭通向成功的大门。相反，正确的态度是快乐地坚持：“‘我是临在’使我能够用内在的视力和听力看到或听到。”；并且在任何时候都不要因为他人使用与你不同的能力而感到困扰，而是为此感到高兴。

The teacher or student should be quick to realize that no ignorance of the outer activity of the mind should have any power at any time to disturb him, even though directed at him personally.

老师或学生应该迅速意识到，外在的心智活动中任何无知都不应在任何时候有力量让他感到困扰，即使这种无知是针对他个人的。

At all times, turn to your own 'I AM Presence" and demand to know and see clearly the plan that you should follow.

随时转向你的“我是临在”，并要求清晰地知道和看到你应该遵循的计划。

The Masters' Pictures and the Instruction should be considered a sacred thing to the students. Adhere always to the time—worn Statement: "To know,  to dare, to do, and to be silent," because when students begin to discuss these things with unsympathetic individuals, they scatter the force instead of holding it within for their own Illumination.

大师们的画像和指导对于学生来说应该被视为神圣的事物。始终遵循那句久经考验的格言：“知道、敢于、行动并保持沉默”，因为当学生们开始与没有共鸣的人讨论这些事情时，他们会散播力量，而不是将其保持在自身内以获得启发。

I say this with all the vehemence of My Being: let the student forever remember that it is impossible to have a selfish desire or intent when reaching to the "Master I AM Presence" for Love, Wisdom, Power and Illumination.  As an illustration, I might say, and I am sure he will not object, that this good  Brother is the only student I have ever known who has completely governed that impelling force to become a teacher—which always asserts itself somewhere along the pathway of the student.

我以我全部的热情说：让学生永远记住，在为了爱、智慧、力量和光明而到达“掌握我是临在”时，不可能有自私的愿望或意图。举个例子，我可以说，并且我确信他不会反对，这位兄弟是我所知的唯一一位学生，完整控制那成为老师的推动力——这种力量总是在学生的道路上的某处展现出来。

It is not that the desire is an unworthy one, but  in so many, many instances, the students, attempting it too soon before they are sufficiently fortified mentally—meet with obstruction which they are not able to stand against, and they become permanently discouraged further effort, defeating the wonderful work that they might have accomplished later.

并不是说这种愿望不值得拥有，但在很多情况下，学生们在精神上还没有足够强大时过早地尝试，遇到无法抵抗的阻碍，结果永久地丧失了继续努力的勇气，从而挫败了他们可能在以后完成的美好工作。

The most important thing in any student's Life is the Love and Adoration to his own "Mighty I AM Presence," with patience to the extent that he becomes so anchored in his Mighty Presence that he is always fortified by It.

学生生活中最重要的事情是对他自己的“强大我是临在”的爱和崇拜，并且要有足够的耐心，直到他在其强大临在中牢固扎根，从而始终受到祂的保护。

An individual who is a stirring-stick can do more damage in one hour than you realize. Anyone whom you can once get to apply the "I AM Presence" earnestly will never backslide. "I AM" determined to keep the "I AM Presence" before the students so they realize that they are using a Mighty Intelligence, Power and Love—and that they are setting It into action.

一个好事者在一小时内可能造成的损害比你想象的更多。你们任何人一旦认真应用“我是临在”，就永远不会退缩。“我是”决心让学生们始终记住“我是临在”，使他们意识到他们正在使用强大的智慧、力量和爱，并且他们正在让祂发挥作用。

Jesus came of His own Volition and gave to the students the Way He accomplished the overcoming of the last enemy.

耶稣主动前来，向学生们展示了他如何战胜最后的敌人。

It takes enormous strength to stand your ground. There is nothing can give you permanent success in the outer activity except the conscious use of the 'I AM Presence." Stand adamant against the thing that would sway you off. Take the stand often: "I know what I am doing and I am doing it." You may sometimes have to say very strong things in order to shut off interference, but do not be susceptible to it.

需要巨大的力量才能坚守自己的立场。只有有意识地使用“我是临在”才能在外在活动中取得持久的成功。坚定地抵御任何试图动摇你的事物。经常这样说：“我知道我在做什么，而且我正在做。”有时你可能需要说一些非常强硬的话来阻止干扰，但不要被它影响。

Decide what you want to do and then say: " 'I AM the Presence' doing it." The use of the "I AM" prevents the development of anything out of balance. "I AM" is the All-Balance, because It is the Power and Governing Intelligence of all Perfection. Its very Activity compels the Balance.

决定你想做什么后，宣告：“‘我是临在’在做这件事”。使用“我是”可以防止任何不平衡事物的发展。“我是”是全然的平衡，因为它是所有完美的力量和掌控智慧。它的活动本身就强制了平衡。

The "I AM" Command is the activity of the thing that is already there, impelling it into the outer activity. There are several in America now who, if they would take Jesus' stand: " 'I AM' the Resurrection and the Life," and live in it day after day, would raise the body as sure as the world. You cannot use the words 'I AM" with anything and not couple with it the power to do the thing.

“我是”的命令是将已经存在的事物推动到外在活动中。现在在美国有几个人，如果他们愿意采取耶稣的立场：“‘我是’复苏和生命精华”，并日复一日地生活在其中，就会像世界一样，确定无疑地提升他们的身体。你不能用“我是”这个词来形容任何事情，而不把它与做这件事的力量结合起来。

There are two things retarding to a  student's spiritual growth. One is when the husband or wife does not agree with one's efforts, and the other is outside suggestion. You have your "I AM Presence" which is All-Intelligence, so make yourselves adamant against suggestions of any kind—good or bad.

有两件事会阻碍学生的灵性成长。一是配偶不支持你的努力，二是外界的建议。你拥有“我是临在”，它是全智的，所以要对任何形式的建议——无论好坏——保持坚定的抵抗。

Sometime We will devote an entire Discourse to the wise handling of the psychic. There is not one out of ten thousand who understands that the awakening of the sight into the psychic plane is not a spiritual thing. When people begin to see on the psychic plane, they are but using the physical sight a little expanded and do not know it.

有时我们会用整个论述来探讨如何明智地处理灵视力。超过万分之一的人并不了解所谓的灵视力觉醒并不是一种灵性的东西。当人们开始在灵视层面看到东西时，他们只是在稍微扩展了物理视力，并且自己并不知道这一点。

In the psychic realm, the suggestions given offer just enough Truth to anchor interest and hold the attention, until psychic forces get a good hold on the person. This always comes through the fascination of the phenomena. When one focuses the attention upon the "I AM Presence," it will draw him into the fullness of the "I AM Presence."

在灵视力领域，所提供的建议包含足够的真理来吸引兴趣并保持注意力，直到灵视力量对这个人有了牢固的控制。这总是通过现象的魅力来实现的。当一个人将注意力集中在“我是临在”上时，祂会将他带入到“我是临在”的圆满中。

The inhabitants of the elements are used for all activities of Nature, but they do not prevent other forces acting, and they are not the only activities in Nature. There are times when these Great Cosmic Beings direct their attention to Nature.

自然界的元素被用于所有自然活动，但它们不会阻止其他力量的作用，它们也不是自然界中唯一的活动。有时，这些伟大的宇宙存有会将它们的注意力引导到自然界。

Every thought sent forth by an Ascended or Cosmic Being contains within it a Perfected Form. If that Being's Idea is on the manifestation of snow, or whatever it is, it would take on the Perfection which was within His Thought, because all thought carries form.

每个扬升存有或宇宙存有发出的每个思想都包含一个完美的形式。如果这个存有的理念是关于雪的显化，或者其他任何事物，它将会呈现出他思想中的完美形式，因为所有思想都携带形式。

Say:" 'I AM the Presence' entering into and revealing to my outer consciousness this activity." Then the outer mind would get the full Inner Activity and bring It into your outer activity.

说：“‘我是临在’进入并向我的外在意识揭示这种活动。”然后外在的心智将完全获取内在的活动并将其带入你的外在活动中。

When people enter into the psychic plane, everything is distorted, and they have no definite proof of the Truth. Those beings in the psychic plane who seek to get others under their control begin to prophesy, and it is one of the first things they do. No one can take a stand against a Messenger of the Light and not receive the reaction into themselves, because the Light repels all that is unlike Itself.

当人们进入灵视层面时，一切都会被扭曲，他们没有真相的明确证明。那些在灵视层面上寻求控制他人的存有会开始预言，这是他们会做的第一件事。没有人能对抗光的使者而不受到反作用，因为光会排斥一切与其不相似的东西。

BENEDICTION: Out of the fullness of Thy Mighty Opulence, O "Mighty I AM," we feel Thy Flowing Energy. We feel Thy Enfolding Love. We feel Thy Qualifying Presence, hastening all who turn to Thee into Thy Perfection. We feel Thy Glorious Presence enfolding them in Thy Mighty Mantle of Peace, enabling them to maintain Perfect Self-control, sustaining them in Thy Mighty Perfection, that they may manifest Thy Mighty Presence—now.

祝福：伟大的“我是”啊，我们从祢强大的丰盛之中感受到祢能量的流动。我们感受到祢包裹的爱。我们感受到祢提升所有转向祢的人的力量，使他们迅速进入祢的完美。我们感受到祢辉煌的存在，用祢强大的和平披风包裹他们，使他们能够保持完美的自我控制，支撑他们在祢伟大的完美中，让他们现在显现祢伟大的临在。