September 16

【作者】Eileen Caddy
【翻譯】熊倩涵
【編輯】顏士寶

Life is full and overflowing with the new, but it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter. The emptying out process can be very painful, for when you have been emptied of the old, you may experience that feeling of having nothing to hold on to and of being alone and bereft of everything. You may feel that life is completely dead and empty with no meaning to it, and you want to throw up your hands in despair. Realise that if you are going through such a time, it is this process of being emptied of the old so that you can be refilled with the new. Never give up hope, but hold on until you are completely empty and drained everything. Then you can start again in newness of Spirit and in truth. You can become as a little child and enjoy to the full the wonderment of this new life as you gradually become infilled by it.

生活是豐富的，並充滿著新事物，但是需要先清空舊事物，才能為新事物的進入騰出空間。這清空的過程可能是極其痛苦的，因為當我清空舊事物時，我可能會有無所依靠的感覺、孤獨的感覺、以及失去一切的感覺。我可能會感到生活已經徹底死去，空蕩蕩的不存在任何意義，而我想在絕望中舉手投降。

如果我正在度過這樣的階段，要意識到，這正是舊事物被清空的過程，所以我才能重新被新事物所填滿。永遠不要放棄希望，而是堅持到我完全被清空，一切都被抽走了為止。然後我就能在靈的新樣與真理中重新開始。在我漸漸被它填充時，我可以變成一個小孩，全然地享受這新生活中的美好。