【作者】Eileen Caddy
【翻譯】熊倩涵
【編輯】顏士寶
What are you doing with your life? Are you content to drift through life, doing what you want to, living the way you want to live, without a thought for anyone else? You are free to do it. Many, many souls live this way and then wonder why they are unhappy and discontented. It is only when you learn to forget the self and live for others that you will find real peace of heart and true contentment. I AM here to show you the way, but you have to take it. No one else can take it for you; no one else can live your life for you. Learn to give and not just take all the time. Why not give on one level and receive on another? Life is a two-level thing, a constant giving and receiving. You cannot live unto yourself and find real happiness and satisfaction in life. Live for the whole and give to the whole and be whole.
我在對我的生活做些什麼呢？我滿足於做我想做的，以我想活的方式生活，不為他人有任何考慮，這樣漂著度過一生嗎？我有這樣去做的自由。很多，很多靈魂是這樣活著的，然後想知道為什麼他們活得不開心、不滿足。只有當我學習忘記自我，為他人而活時，我才會找到內心真實的平靜與真正的滿足。
上天在這裡向我展示這途徑，但我必須得接受它。沒有任何其他人能夠替我去接受；沒有任何其他人能夠替我活出我的人生。
學習去給予，而不是一直索取。為什麼不在一個層面給予，然後在另一個層面獲得呢？生活是一件雙層的事情，恆定的不斷給予與獲得。
我無法只為自己而活，並在生活中找到真正的快樂與滿足。為整體而活，為整體付出，並成為整體。
