Q #1380为什么阅读奇迹课程带来的良好的感觉持续时间短暂？

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摘要：正文和练习是相互联系的。它们都包含了奇迹课程的灵性之路。比如，练习的介绍部分解释说：“正文提供的理论基础非常必要，它使你能理解练习部分的意思”。而做练习使得课程的学习目的能够实现。未经训练的心智无法完成任何事情。     （资料来自：
http://www.facimoutreach.org/qa/questions/questions292.htm#Q1341
）   翻译：皮哩哩 （奇迹群学友）2008/7月  这里有一种观点：仅仅对课程理论上的了解（而非实践）有助于沟通和传递这些理念吗？（那是不够的）我最近听说有人把奇迹课程和佛学的思维训练法进行了粗浅的比较。佛教的思维训练和奇迹课程的共同之处在于：都通过反复的实践练习来转变学员对事物的理解。所以，奇迹课程的正文是基础，它有助于学员了解为什么实践上的练习是必要的。换句话说，企图通过研究奇迹课程的文本，或者其它类似的方法来明白课程的字面意思，只有在这样的情况下才有帮助作用：即“课程一旦对你的心灵训练有所触动，你就再一次加深了对课程的感受”。但这种方式本身非开悟之道。我这样说对吗？   正文和练习是相互联系的。它们都包含了奇迹课程的灵性之路。比如，练习的介绍部分解释说：“正文提供的理论基础非常必要，它使你能理解练习部分的意思”。而做练习使得课程的学习目的能够实现。未经训练的心智无法完成任何事情。练习手册的目的就是训练你的心去顺着正文确定的道路而行。因此，你要了解，奇迹课程的理论和原则一直都体现每一课的练习中，以使课程的意义目的能较好的结合在实践中。还有，如果不学习正文，只做练习，即使没有做错，甚至还尝到了一点甜头，但这会误导你对“奇迹课程究竟在讲什么”的理解。   我们承认,仅仅针对正文的研究并不一定导致思想上的开悟，尤其当研究的焦点仅仅停留在文本概念性的思想体系时。   另一方面，奇迹课程的正文并不仅仅致力于体系化的、逻辑性表达它的思想。（意即它也强调和读者的互动）   奇迹课程使用了一种“交响曲”式的写作风格，有表达的主线，也有变化的形式，它鼓励读者在文中对课程理念的详细解释中，用一种非常个性化的方式来获得自己的体验材料，来体验这些抽象的理念。   文中有好多深刻的，富含深意的，令人感动的段落，这些段落促使你的心放开，转变得更有灵性。   当然，不是所有的读者都会以积极的姿态来回应课程所教。因为奇迹课程所教和传统认为的"圣经式"的教学和练习并不一样。   但是，对那些感到自己和书中讯息有所关联的人来说，在他们读奇迹课程，和爱的源头接触时，会经常有“转变”的体验。这即刻会发生的奇妙体验，通常会引发你去应用和普及课程的那些原则，这个过程往往将伴随你一生。这也是练习手册的目标。  Q #1341: Is there a point at which the intellectual comprehension of the Course only has the benefit of aiding in communicating ideas? I recently heard someone make a loose comparison between the Course and Buddhist mind-training, in that both have the main goal of altering the student's perceptions through their repeated practices. So, it would seem the foundation of the Course (or text) is only to help the student understand why such practicing is necessary. In other words, trying to understand the Course intellectually through study of the text and other means only serves to help refresh one's sense of context once they have committed themselves to its mind-training, and doesn't actually further enlightenment in itself. Is that correct?    A: Neither the text nor the workbook stands alone; together they comprise the spiritual path of A Course in Miracles , as the introduction to the workbook explains: “ A theoretical foundation such as the text provides is necessary as a framework to make the exercises in this workbook meaningful. Yet it is doing the exercises that will make the goal of the course possible. An untrained mind can accomplish nothing. It is the purpose of this workbook to train your mind to think along the lines the text sets forth” (W.in.1). Thus, an understanding of the Course's metaphysics and general principles would ground the lessons so that their full meaning could be better integrated in their practice. Moreover, doing the exercises without ever studying the text, although not wrong and not without some benefit, can actually be misleading in terms of knowing what the Course is really about.   We would agree that the study of the text in itself does not lead to enlightenment, if the focus is solely on the text as a conceptual thought system.   On the other hand, however, the text of A Course in Miracles is not the typical text book devoted exclusively to the systematic presentation of theory.。   Written more along the lines of a symphony with themes and variations, the text invites and encourages its readers, in the midst of expounding its theories and ideas, to process the material in a very personal way.   There are many profound, deeply meaningful, and moving passages in the text that can engage the mind open to spiritual transformation   Of course, not all readers would respond positively to its teachings, as they are not compatible with traditional biblical teachings and practices.   Yet, for those who relate to its message, there often are transformative experiences of the loving source of the message they are reading. Such instants usually initiate a life-long process that advances through the application and generalization of the principles, which is the aim of the workbook exercises.