September 18

【作者】Eileen Caddy
【翻譯】熊倩涵
【編輯】顏士寶

Is your life running smoothly? Are you content with what you are doing? Do you feel at peace with the world, or is your life full of ups and downs? Are you dissatisfied with the way you are living or with the work you are doing? Do you find it difficult to harmonise with those souls around you? Do you blame your discontent and dissatisfaction on those people with whom you are in contact and on your circumstances and situation? Do you feel that if you were somewhere else all would be well and you would beat peace? When you are at perfect peace deep within, it does not matter where you are, or whom you are with, or what very ordinary, mundane job you are doing. Nothing will be able to disturb you or throw you off balance, because you are perfectly balanced and in harmony within. Instead of fighting against your circumstances, learn to flow and with them and so find that inner peace and understanding deep within.

　　我的生活在順利地進行嗎？我對我所做的事情，感到滿足嗎？我對這世界感到平靜嗎，還是我的生活充滿了起伏？我對我的生活方式，或是我的工作感到不滿意嗎？我對與我周圍的靈魂們和諧相處，感到困難嗎？我會將我的不滿足和不滿意怪罪到我所接觸的人們，和我所在的環境與處境上嗎？我會覺得，如果我在另一個地方，一切都會很好，我也會處於平靜嗎？

　　當我的內在深處處於完美的平靜時，我在哪裡，我和誰在一起，我做著什麼樣的平凡尋常的工作，都不重要。沒有任何事能夠干擾我，或讓我失去平衡，因為我的內在處於完美的平衡與和諧之中。與其去反抗我的環境，不如學習去與之一起流動，而因此於內在深處找到那內在的寧靜與領悟。