【作者】Eileen Caddy
【翻譯】熊倩涵
【編輯】顏士寶
There are times when the new unfolds so gradually that you are not aware of the changes which are taking place until you suddenly realise it has all happened without your being aware of it. At other times you can see the changes taking place in front of your eyes as they unfold step by step. Then there are times when things happen overnight -- rather as in winter, when you go to bed at night and the world outside is normal, and when you wake up in the morning, everything is covered with snow. You have not had to do a thing about it; it has all happened in the most miraculous way. There are many different ways in which the new will be revealed. All you have to do is go along with it and not resist it. Change need not be painful. It is inevitable because nothing can remain the same; and if you look into your heart, you would not want it to do so.
有的時候當新的展開發生得太平緩，我都沒有察覺到正在發生的變化，直到我突然意識到，在我沒有留意時，所有的一切都發生了。在另外一些時候，我看見變化在我眼前發生，在它們一步步展開時。然後也有一些時候，事情是在一夜之間發生的，如同在冬天時，我在夜晚睡去，外面一切如常，而當我早上醒來時，一切都被白雪覆蓋了。我並未一定為此做了些什麼；一切都以最不可思議的方式發生了。新事物的展現，是可以有很多不同的方式的。所有我需要做的是順其自然，不去抵抗它。改變不需要是痛苦的。它是必然發生的，因沒有任何事可以一成不變；並且當我去看見自己的內心深處時，我不會希望它這樣做。
