《终极自由之路》03.灵性成长

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翻译：小粒子儿大天体



IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE BELOW APHORISMS BE ABSORBED ONE AT A TIME. TRY UNDERSTANDING ONE BEFORE GOING ON TO THE NEXT.

建议阅读以下格言时请依次进行，理解了一句后再看下一句。

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The whole object on the path is to let go of the ego. What remains is your Self.

灵性道路的唯一目的就是释放小我。剩下的就是你的真我。

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The only growth there is, is the eliminating of the ego.

只有一种成长，那就是消除小我。


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Ego is the sense of I am an individual separate from the All. In the extreme, it is egotism.

小我就是这样一种感觉：我是与一切万有相分离的个体。到了极致就是自我中心。


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Growth is transcending yourself, your habitual self, which is none other than ego.

成长就是超越你自己-----习惯性的自己，那正是小我。

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Growth is the ego getting out of its misery.

成长就是小我从它的痛苦中解脱出来。


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Recognize that all joy is nothing but your Self, more or less.

认出所有的喜悦都只不过是你的真我。


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There is no happiness except that of experiencing your Self. When you see that, it makes the path very direct. You stop chasing the rainbow and you go for the happiness where you know it is, right within you.

如果你不经验你的真我，就不会有真正的幸福可言。当你明白这一点，道路是非常直接的。你不再追寻海市蜃楼，而是奔幸福而去。你知道了幸福在哪里，它就在你内。



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Everything you are seeking, you are, and very foolishly saying you are not. That's part of the enigma: everything everyone is seeking with such intensity, one has, and much more.
你所追寻的一切，其实你本自具足，却非常愚蠢地说“我不是”。这是个迷。每个人所苦苦求索的，其实本自具足，甚至更多。
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It, is you, when you say, I, that is the Infinite. Great big joke! Here you are infinite looking for your Self, which you are!

这就是你，当你说：“我”，这就是指那无限的本质。有趣的是，作为无限的你，却在寻找你所是的真我。

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When anyone says he is not a master, he is lying.

谁若说他自己不是个大师，他就是在撒谎。

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Your effort should be for proper identity. Identify with your Self!

你的努力应该用在合适的身份认同上，认同你真我的身份。


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Spiritual advancement is determined by how much you identify with your real Self.

灵性成长的衡量标准是你有多认同你真我的身份。

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The ego is very tricky. It often talks us out of this path for a short period of time, sometimes for a longer period of time. But once we've gotten into it, we usually almost always come back to it. So you have to be careful of the trickery of the ego-part of us. It can really take us away. No matter how far we have advanced on the path, the ego is always a treacherous companion that can take us off the path, and sometimes for an entire lifetime.

小我非常狡猾，它经常把我们从灵性道路上拉出去一段时间，有时甚至很久。一旦我们陷入小我的陷阱，我们通常很难逃脱。所以你必须提防小我，它是我们的一部分。不管我们在灵性道路上有多精进，小我总是像个变节的同伴，把我们带离觉醒之路，有时甚至是终生。


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This is something we should be on guard against. The ego- sense latches on and says, I am God. It latches onto the progress and it feels good and it says. I am It and by doing so it sabotages further growth.

以下是我们要提防的：小我始终抓着我们，对我们不离不弃，它会说：我就是上帝。以此来阻碍我们进一步的成长。

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When you recognize the opposition of the ego, you can let go of it. After practice it is easy and after you let go of enough ego, you just naturally feel the peace and joy of your Self.

当你发现小我在抗拒时，你可以释放抗拒的感觉。经过不断的练习，这会变得容易。当你释放掉了足够的小我，就能自然地感觉到真我的平静和喜悦。

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It's actually a path of taking on more and more of your natural state of being infinite. You give up limitation. You give up misery. But you never give up anything worthwhile. You never give up anything good.

这真的是一条能够逐渐呈现你那无限本质的道路。你放下限制、放下痛苦，但你永远不会失去任何有价值的、美好的东西。



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On this path you constantly give up trouble.

在这条路上，你会不断地脱离麻烦。

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The first teacher is misery. It is usually the first thing that causes us to seek the way out.
痛苦是我们的第一位老师。它第一个推动我们去寻找出路。
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First we start on the path to escape misery. Then we taste the Self and want It because It tastes so good.

我们走上道途一开始源于躲避痛苦。接着我们尝到了真我的滋味并且想要继续体味，因为它实在太美妙。

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. On the path you never give up anything, you just take on more and more of what you really want until you have the All.
在这条路上你永远不会失去任何东西，你只会拥有越来越多你真正想要的，直到你拥有全部。
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Take it for the sweetness that's in it, not to get out of the bitterness that's out of it.
去品尝你内的甜蜜，而不是逃离你外的痛苦。
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We discover that we never give up anything on the spiritual path but our self-imposed bandages and miseries.

我们发现在灵性道路上永远不会失去什么，除了我们给自己强加的伤痛和绷带。

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If you are weakly for the path, you are strongly for the sense-world.

若你对灵性道路没兴趣，那么只会执着于感官世界（物质世界，译者注）。

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You think you can't, that's why you can't.

为什么你不能？因为你认为你不能。

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It's only the thought I can't do it, that stops you from doing it.

你之所以认为你做不了，仅仅是因为你认为你做不了。

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Those who cant, don't really want to.

那些认为自己做不了的人，实际上是不想做。

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Your growth depends only on you.

你是否能够成长只取决于你自己。

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It will happen as fast as you can do it.
只要你能做，它就会发生。
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The only one who is going to change you, is you.

唯一想要改变你的人，是你自己。

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Wishing won't do it, nor will trying. You have got to do it!

愿望和企图都没用，你必须行动！

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Good intentions are no substitute for right action.

美好的意图抵不上正确的行动。

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To change more rapidly, expect it!
想要改变更快发生，那就想象它发生！
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You must have a very strong desire to change because you are such a victim of habit that you want the world as much as a drowning man wants air. To offset that, you must want to know your Self as much as a drowning man wants air.

若你想改变，意愿必须非常强烈，因为你长期受到习气的控制，以致于就像一个溺水者渴望空气一样。想要摆脱习气的控制，那你必须对体悟真我的渴望就同溺水者渴望空气一样

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Your success is determined by your desire for it. If you get discouraged, you are not really interested.

你的成功取决于你对成功的渴望程度。如果你失去勇气，那意味着你对成功没有了兴趣。

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Your only real friend is you. Your only real enemy is you. You are an enemy to yourself to the degree you limit your Self. You are a friend to yourself to the degree you de-limit yourself.

你唯一的朋友是你自己。你唯一的敌人也是你自己。你越限制你自己，你就越是自己的敌人。相反地，你越放开你自己，你就越是自己的朋友。

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What you do to yourself, is being your own doing, only you can undo it. You did it. You must undo it.

你要做的工作是回归无限的真我。只有你自己才能完成。你限制了自己，你必须亲自解除这个限制。


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This entire path is a do-it-yourself path.

灵性道路就是自助的道路。

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Do what is available to you to do. Do your best.

做能做到的事，并尽力去做。

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Every experience is to bless you, not to hurt you. If you stay in accord with principle, you will come out higher!

每个经历都是为了祝福你，而非伤害你。若能一直遵循（灵性）法则，你将去往更高的境界。

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Every place and every situation in life presents an opportunity for growth.

生命中的每个地方，每种状况，都是成长的契机。

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The best place to grow is right where you are. The best time is now.

成长的最佳地点就是此地，最佳时间就是此时。

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Be thankful for the opportunities to grow.

对成长的各种机会心怀感恩。

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The greatest of all tests are those at home, with your immediate family. Therefore, home is an excellent place to grow.
测试的最佳地点是待在家里，和你的原生家庭一起。因此，家是绝佳的成长地点。
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A lot of spiritual growth can be had by practicing the real selfless love on your mate and family.

通过练习对伴侣和家人无私的爱，可以获得很大的灵性成长。

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It is a good opportunity to grow when people are saying things about you, opposing you. It gives you a chance to practice the real Love. It gives you a chance to practice the real Peace. Because they are making sounds with their mouths is no reason why you should feel bad about it. Opposition is a very healthy thing. It provokes and firms growth.
人们说你坏话，这给了你成长的机会，让你练习如何才能真爱，如何才能真平静。因为他们只是用他们的嘴巴发出声音，你没有任何理由对此感觉不好。被反对是件好事，它激发并巩固成长。


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It is necessary to remember that everyone can be our teacher. If we react to praise or pleasantries, that is developing ego. If we're depressed on criticism, that is ego. When we are our Self, there is no reacting.

有必要记住每个人都是我们的老师。如果我们对赞美起反应，那是在助长小我；同样地，若对批评感到沮丧，那也是小我。当我们成为真我，就不再起反应。

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There isn't anything that happens that can't be used. There's no incident that cannot be used as a teacher.

没有什么事是毫无用处的。每个意外都可以被视为老师。

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Every minute of every day should be used to grow by.

每一天的每一分钟都可以用来成长。


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If we assume that we are there and we are not, circumstances soon awaken us to the fact that we are not.

如果我们想象我们在那里，但我们是在这里。命运很快会把我们拉回此时此地。

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If you tell others of your high experiences, of your gains, because of their jealousy, they say, Ah, who does she think she is? And that works against you and tends to pull you down.

如果你告诉其他人有关你的高峰体验，有关你的成长收获，人们会因为嫉妒而说“你以为你是谁”。这往往很容易把你拖回来。

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Anytime you brag about anything, you're inviting a test of it. So, I warn you, if you are growing into these things, when they start coming, unless you're so sure you know by experience you can't lose it, its better not to tell anyone.

每当你吹牛时，你都是在邀请考验。所以，我警告你，除非你确定你自己是知道借由吹牛的体验你不会失去什么，否则就不要吹牛。

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Be proud of your spiritual accomplishments. Be happy with them. Be proud of them to yourself.
为你的灵性成果感到骄傲，欢喜。
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When you have false spiritual pride you invite a challenge of the thing that you are proud of.

当你对自己的灵性成长不诚实时，你就是在邀请挑战。

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It is necessary to do away with doubts.

有必要消除疑虑。

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It takes more than faith. It takes knowledge. You start with faith, but you must convert it to knowledge. You must test it out, and then you know it.
灵性成长不仅需要信仰，还需要了解。从信仰开始，但必须转到了解。因为你必须通过检验才能明了。
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In order to really understand, we must experience the knowledge.

为了真正了悟，就必须去了解。

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When you experience, it is no longer intellectual.

当你去经历时，就不再停留在头脑层面。

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You can get understanding without being able to put it into words.

开悟无需阐释的能力。

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The only maturity there is, is spiritual understanding.

灵性开悟是唯一的成熟。

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Stand ye out and be different and don't let the others trick you back into where you were. It's not easy. It takes fortitude.

要站出来，变得与众不同，不要再让他人将你拉回原地。这不容易，需要刚毅。

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We should try to go all the way. To us it is given to do that. We have the possibility of going all the way back home, right to the Absolute.

我们应该努力走完全程，因为我们被赋予这种能力。我们有可能走完全程，直达源头。

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Expect infinity, no more. You cannot expect too much.

期待无限。也只能期待无限。

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Toe the line to the very end. The more you toe the line the sooner the end.

沿着道途走到终点。你越沿着道途走，就能越快到达终点。

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Every gain is an eternal gain. Every step forward you make now is forever.

每个收获都是永恒的。每一个向前的步伐也是永恒的。

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We climb a ladder and each time we get up to another rung we forget about the rungs below. Then, when we get to the top, we kick the ladder a way.

我们爬梯子时，每当上了一个阶梯就会忘了下面的。当我们到达顶端时，干脆踢了梯子。

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The proof of this subject is the result you get.

这门功课修得如何取决于你所获得的结果。

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The more you grow the less you feel the need to grow.

你越成长，就感觉越不需要成长。

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The higher you go the less the incentive to go further.

你越精进，就越不想更精进。

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You never learn anything by disproving; you learn only by proving.

不去亲证就无法学会任何事，想要获得智慧就只能去亲证。

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Studying the illusion helps make it real. If you want to know the Truth, don't study the opposite.
研究幻象会让你误以为真实。如果你想知道真相，就不要研究假象。
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The whole process of growth is letting go of thoughts. When our thoughts are totally eliminated, there is nothing left but the Self.

成长的整个过程就是释放念头。当念头被完全清除，就只剩下真我。

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Don't try to complicate it; it's too simple.
它太简单，所以不要把它搞复杂了。
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We can only expand out of the ego. The Self is.

我们只能超越小我。真我就是超越了小我。

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Growth is letting go of being what you are not.

成长是释放你所不是的样子。

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Let go of your ego, and be your Self!

释放你的小我，成为你的真我。

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As you grow, the whole world opens wide for you, you experience so much more. However, even if you have this whole world, you've only got a dot. Take the whole cosmos!
随着你成长，整个世界都会向你开放，你将经验更多。但是，即使你拥有全世界，你也只是拥有一个小点。拿下整个宇宙吧！
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Longing for liberation is the key. Once you get that you'll be carried all the way.

对自由的渴望是关键。一旦你得到自由，你就会被它永远带走。

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In our desire to attain liberation or realization we are helped to the degree that we help all others.

在达到自由或开悟的过程中，我们获得多少帮助取决于我们帮助别人多少。

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Grow to the point where your whole attention is off you and on others.

成长吧，把你的注意力从自己身上移开，转到其他人身上。

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Why shouldn't we all be masters, all of us, here and now?

为什么不应该是此时此地所有人都成大师，我们所有人？

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The moment we decide to be the Self,-really decide,-it is so!

当我们下定决心成为真我的那一刻，我们就是真我！

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The higher you go, the more non-difference comes. You accept the leaders of all religions alike.
你的境界越高，就越无分别心。你接纳所有宗教。
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Having peace under ideal conditions isn't indicative of spiritual growth, it is escape.
在顺境中感到平静，并不表明你的境界有多高，这只是逃避。
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When people are not growing they are going in the opposite direction.

如果不成长，就只会退转。

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You should thank those who oppose you because they give you an unusual opportunity for growth.

你应该感谢那些反对你的人，因为他们给了你不寻常的成长机会。

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When we start concerning ourselves with what they are doing, we're turning away from what we are doing.

当我们关注其他人在做什么时，我们就得以把注意力从自己身上移开。

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You need constant confirmation until you dont need it anymore.

你需要不断确认，直到你不再需要确认为止。

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Perseverance is necessary.

坚持不懈是必需的。

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Adversity is a prod to growth.

逆境促使成长。

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The more intense the crises in this world, the more we have an opportunity to grow.

这个世界越陷入危机，我们就越有机会成长。

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It would be so fast if people would, with constant, intense effort ask: What am I?
如果人们不断强烈地质问“我是什么”，成长就会非常迅速。


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When you get the answer to What am I?, then you have control over your body and mind.

当你找到“我是什么”的答案时，你就能控制自己的身体和心智。

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If there is anything you don't like out there, there is a need to change yourself.

如果你不喜欢什么，那就改变你自己。

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You may see fully who you are and not be able to maintain it. What happens is that, being the infinite Self, we can get a glimpse of the infinite, hold it for a while, and then suddenly feel as though we've lost it. The reason for that is that the mind has not been eliminated. The subconscious thoughts of limitation are submerged for the moment. You may go completely into your Self and let go of the mind temporarily. You haven't eliminated the mind, you just momentarily let go of it. So there you are, for the moment, totally the infinite Self. However, the mind that has been submerged, re-emerges and then the ego takes over and you just can't understand what happened to you, what brought you back into the heaviness of the world again. What is required is that we re-establish that state of the Self again and again until it becomes permanent. Each time we do it, we scorch more of the mind, until finally we have scorched the entire mind. Then we are permanently established in the Self. Then you sit back and the mind is out there and the body is out there and you are not the mind, you are not the body. As long as you know you are not the mind and the body, both of them can go on to their heart's content, and you know that they cannot touch you.

你可能已经看到你是谁，但却无法持住。我们可以瞥见无限的真我，在那待一会儿，但突然间感觉我们已经失去了它。因为头脑还未被清除。全然地进入真我时，头脑在那一刻退居幕后，但是潜意识里的那些限制性念头依然还在。你尚未清除头脑，只是暂时释放了它。它会再次出现，小我再次接管，你都不明白刚刚（进入真我）发生了什么，然后再次被带回沉重的现实。我们要做的就是重新进入真我，一次又一次地，直到能永久地待在那里。每次我们这么做时，都能烧掉更多的头脑，直到头脑彻底灰飞烟灭。此时我们便能永久地待在真我中。你只是旁观着，头脑依然还在，但你已不是那头脑；身体依然还在，你也不再是那身体。只要你知道你既非那头脑，亦非那身体，它们便无法再触碰你。