Paul Ferrini 著， 周玲莹 译 ，若水修订

When you know that the spiritual journey is not an external one, you stop losing yourself in the world. You see that the world is not causing your suffering. You are causing it.

当你明白心灵之旅并非外在的旅程，就不致于迷失于这个世界里。你将看到害你受苦的，并非这个世界，而是你自己。

So you look at yourself. You understand that suffering cannot be ended in the world until it is ended in your heart. It cannot be ended in your brother or sister until it is ended in you.

因此，你开始反观自身。你了解到：除非你的内心结束这个痛苦，否则世界的痛苦永无止日；除非你自己结束这个痛苦，否则你弟兄姐妹的痛苦永无止日。

Authentic spirituality is the path to your own heart. It leads through all your fears and self-deceptions. It is not a journey of escape. It is a journey through your pain to end the pain of separation.

真正的灵修是走向内心深处之路，它引领你穿越所有的恐惧和自欺，不再压抑逃避。这是走过恐惧，结束分裂之苦的旅程。

转自:奇迹课程中文部 Paul Ferrini 专栏 2006/4/6