圣哲曼系列4 - 扬升大师 Ascension Master Introduction - Discourse 17

Discourse XVII

INVOCATION: Thou "Mighty Majestic I AM Presence"! God in Action-We give praise and thanks for the Fullness of Thy Perfection made manifest everywhere. Out of the fullness of Thy Life is the River of Peace ever flowing to enfold mankind. Make these Thy Children ever abundantly receptive to Thy Presence. Hold their attention fixed upon Thee, for Thou art the only Eternal Happiness.

祈请：祢，“伟大威严的我是临在”！行动中的神 —— 我们赞美并感谢祢那无处不在彰显的完美圆满。在祢生命的圆满中，和平之河不断流淌，庇佑着人类。让祢的这些儿女始终能充分接纳祢的临在。让他们的注意力始终聚焦于祢，因为祢是唯一永恒的幸福。

Let Thy Wisdom ever fill their minds, directing them in the Perfect Way Thou dost wish them to go. Let them feel Thy Majesty in their consciousness. Let them be conscious that Thou art holding them within Thy Magic Circle centered within Thy Heart, that Thy Perfect Stream of Life flows through the minds and bodies of these Thy Children; and hold their attention ever fixed on Thee.

让祢的智慧始终充盈他们的头脑，指引他们沿着祢期望的完美道路前行。让他们在意识中感受到祢的威严。让他们意识到祢将他们置于祢心中以祢为中心的魔法圈之内，祢那完美的生命之流流经你的这些儿女的头脑和身体；并让他们的注意力永远固定在祢身上。

Greetings from the Great Host, the Cherubim, and the Deva. 

致以伟大圣团、智天使和提婆（Deva）的问候。

THE DISCOURSE

Happiness is the great boon every individual is seeking. We find some Orientalists saying that bliss is the ultimate state. It is only another expression for Happiness, but is not nearly so potent to the Western mind. To the Western mind Happiness is God in Ac- tion. To be conscious of seeking Happiness is to be conscious of seeking God.

喜悦是每个人都在追寻的巨大恩赐。我们发现一些东方学者说极乐是终极状态。这只是对喜悦的另一种表述，但对西方人的思维来说，它远没有那么有力。对西方人的思维而言，喜悦就是行动中的神。意识到追寻喜悦，就是意识到追寻神。

No permanent Happiness is ever attained except through the adoration of God, the "Mighty I AM Presence," which is within, above, and around the individual. Happiness is a powerful alchemy. It is one of the most powerful purifiers of the human thought, feeling, mind, body, aura, and world of the individual. If the Student but believed and would experiment with himself or herself, he would find that he can generate Happiness at will.

除非通过对神，即个体内在、之上和周围的 “伟大的我是临在” 的崇敬，否则永远无法获得永恒的喜悦。喜悦是一种强大的炼金术。它是净化人类思想、情感、心智、身体、气场以及个体世界最为强大的力量之一。如果学员相信并亲身尝试，就会发现自己能随心所欲地创造喜悦。

For instance, suppose an outer thing draws the at- tention and causes some phase of unhappiness. Knowing that God, the "Mighty I AM Presence," is the only Source of Happiness, then the Student's first move would be to turn the attention to the Giver of all Happiness; and thereby he would tune into the one Source from which he is certain to receive.

例如，假设某一外在事物吸引了注意力并引发某种程度的不快乐。学员知道神，即 “伟大的我是临在”，是喜悦的唯一源泉，那么他的首要行动就是将注意力转向这所有喜悦的赐予者；从而他将与这一确定能获得喜悦的源泉相协调。

The idea for the individual to follow is that when he feels some kind of disturbance and wants to turn to God, he may do the following and get great help from it: Get up and go through the motions of taking off a garment that one does not want and, as you would hold the discarded garment in your hands, drop it into the Consuming Flame and know that the disturbing element is consumed.

个体应遵循的理念是，当他感到某种困扰并想要转向神时，可以采取以下行动并从中获得巨大帮助：起身，做出脱下一件不想要的衣服的动作，就像你会把脱下的衣服拿在手中一样，将其投入净化之火中，并知晓困扰因素已被消除。

Then fix the attention on God, the "Mighty I AM Presence," with the Joyous Consciousness of feeling and receiving the Current of Happiness and Peace filling the mind and body. With a little prac- tice in this manner, the Student will soon be able to come to the point where he or she can draw this great Happiness consciously and at will.

然后，带着喜悦的意识，将注意力集中在神，即 “伟大的我是临在” 上，感受并接纳喜悦与和平的洪流充满身心。通过这样的一些练习，学员很快就能达到可以有意识且随心所欲汲取这种伟大喜悦的程度。

Every time he does.this consciously, he will find that he is gaining strength in the accomplishment and will realize truly that he has the ability to reach into the Heart of Happiness and there absorb Its Fullness. This practice is always followed by an expansion of consciousness which is its natural result. 

每次他有意识地这样做时，都会发现自己在这一过程中不断获得力量，并会真正意识到自己有能力触及喜悦的核心并从中汲取其圆满。这种练习自然会带来意识的扩展。

The Students or individuals who are inclined to allow personalities or conditions that seem unusually close to them, to disturb them, should watch themselves closely and instantly, when they find the attention is being fixed on the outer consciousness, withdraw it and fill the person, place, or condition with God, the "Mighty I AM Presence," and declare to themselves: "I, through my I AM Presence, 'consciously fill this person, place, or condition with God.  Therefore, in my outer consciousness, I positively know that only the right and perfect action is taking place there, toward me and for their success and happiness.”

那些容易被看似与自己关系极为密切的人或事所困扰的学员或个体，应该密切留意自己 —— 一旦发现注意力被外在意识吸引，立即收回注意力，用神，即 “伟大的我是临在”，填满这个人、地方或事物，并对自己宣称：“我，通过我的我是临在，有意识地用神填满这个人、地方或事物。因此，在我的外在意识中，我绝对知道那里只会发生正确且完美的行动，于我而言，也为了他们的成功与喜悦。”

With many individuals the love of family holds their attention entirely too much upon the outer appearances; and when they allow this to be done, they but intensify the things that they do not want. If parents will take this attitude toward their children, “There is no personality acting in that one; there is only God in Action!” then they are doing the greatest thing in their power to help their children. At first, it may require considerable determination on their part to switch the current, but it is really no more difficult than turning the switch of the electric light in your room or pressing the button.

对许多人来说，对家庭的爱使他们的注意力过多地集中在外在表象上；当他们任由这种情况发生时，只会强化他们不想要的东西。如果父母对孩子采取这种态度：“在那个孩子身上，没有个人因素在起作用；只有神在行动！” 那么他们就是在尽自己最大的力量帮助孩子。起初，他们可能需要相当大的决心来转变这种状态，但这实际上并不比转动你房间里电灯的开关或按下按钮更难。

The reason individuals find it difficult to do this is because they do not nip disturbing conditions in the bud. They allow a fierce momentum to get going and then suddenly become aware they are in distress never stopping to consider that they have allowed this thing to build, when by standing guard at the door of conscious creative thought and feeling, they can check it and stop its action in the beginning with little effort.

人们觉得难以做到这一点的原因是，他们没有将困扰的状况扼杀在萌芽状态。他们任由一种强烈的势头发展起来，然后突然意识到自己陷入了困境 —— 从未停下来思考，其实只要在有意识的创造性思维和情感的入口处保持警惕，他们就能在一开始不费多大力气就阻止其发展。

Again let Me refer to the power of Free Will and choice. The individual alone is the governor and chooser of that which he will entertain; and he or she is at all times and forever “master of this condition now, ” because this particular activity requires no special state of growth, but can be done successfully by anyone who will sincerely try. Almost always the admonition to the child starting to school is “If at first you don’t succeed try, try again. ”

再次提及自由意志和选择的力量。个体独自掌控并选择自己所关注的事物；他或她在任何时候都永远是 “当下这种状况的主人”，因为这种特殊的行动并不需要达到某种特殊的成长状态，任何真诚尝试的人都能成功做到。几乎总是会对刚开始上学的孩子这样告诫：“如果一开始你没有成功 —— 那就尝试，再尝试。”

In looking to the Light or toward God, the “Mighty I AM Presence” with sincerity, we cannot fail, because we not only have our own God Power surging forth to our assistance, but there are other Mighty Powers watching all opportunity to help, from whom we do receive unbelievable Assistance.

当我们真诚地仰望光或神，即 “伟大的我是临在” 时，我们不会失败，因为我们不仅有自身的神力汹涌而出给予帮助，还有其他强大的力量关注着一切提供帮助的机会，我们确实能从他们那里得到难以置信的援助。

Octaves of thought: I think it well to again refer to the octaves of thought,  for these exist within the atmosphere the same as the strata exist within the Earth. I think it may be wise to define to some degree these octaves.

思想的八度音阶：我认为再次提及思想的八度音阶是很有必要的，因为它们就像地球内部的地层一样存在于大气之中。我想在某种程度上对这些八度音阶进行定义可能是明智的。

The first We shall mention is the octave of crime, which is the thinnest in spite of all appearances at this time. The second is the octave of anger — much thicker. The fourth is the octave of criticism and condemnation — still much thicker. It is the prevalent octave in which a great number of humanity move unknowingly.

我们首先要提到的是犯罪的八度音阶，尽管目前从表象上看并非如此，但它实际上是最稀薄的。其次是愤怒的八度音阶——要浓稠得多。第四个是批评与谴责的八度音阶 —— 更加浓稠。这是众多人类在不知不觉中所处的普遍八度音阶。

From this on up, we begin to enter the Light; and we find the octave of Toleration, which is the will to give everyone freedom in thought and speech. Then we enter the octave of Joy where we find ourselves rejoicing exceedingly in the recognition of the God Power in us. The next is the octave of Pure Love, from which we feel unmistakably the Presence of God, the “Mighty I AM Presence, “ acting. From this we come into the octave of Perfect Happiness.

从这里往上，我们开始进入光明；我们会发现宽容的八度音阶，即给予每个人思想和言论自由的意愿。然后我们进入喜悦的八度音阶，在其中我们因认识到自身的神力而极度喜悦。接下来是纯爱的八度音阶，从这里我们能真切地感受到神，即 “伟大的我是临在” 的临在在发挥作用。由此我们进入完美喜悦的八度音阶。

Whenever we allow our consciousness — which means our thought, feeling, and spoken word — to dwell on the quality of any one of these octaves, we not only have whatever we have generated of that quality, but we open ourselves to the entire outpouring from that octave upon which we dwell. This exists within the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth, in which all individuals live and move.

每当我们让自己的意识 —— 即我们的思想、情感和言语 —— 停留在这些八度音阶中任何一个的特质上时，我们不仅会产生与之相应的特质，还会让自己敞开心扉，迎接来自我们所专注的那个八度音阶的全部倾注。这存在于地球表面上方的大气中，所有人都在其中生活和活动。

This simple illustration will show how necessary it is to govern the thought, feeling, and spoken word and make determined effort to enter into the higher octaves of consciousness. When we do so, we find that through these octaves — from Tolerance on up — there is a condition just like a funnel with the small point down, direct from the Godhead which is constantly pouring Its Presence, Energy, and Substance into these octaves. 

这个简单的例子表明，控制思想、情感和言语，并下定决心努力进入更高层次的意识八度音阶是多么必要。当我们这样做时，会发现从宽容往上的这些八度音阶，存在一种类似漏斗的状态，尖端朝下，直接与神之源头相连，神之源头不断将其存在、能量和物质注入这些八度音阶。

All octaves below that of Love are the creations of mankind — not God, the “Mighty I AM Presence.” Mankind is the only one who attempts to divide God. God, the “Mighty I AM Presence, ” never attempts to divide Itself. God is ALL — everywhere present — to everyone who will accept this Fullness of the “Mighty I AM Presence.”

所有低于爱的八度音阶都是人类的创造 —— 而非神，即 “伟大的我是临在” 的创造。人类是唯一试图分割神的存在。神，即 “伟大的我是临在”，从不试图分割自身。神是一切 —— 无处不在 —— 对于每一个愿意接受 “伟大的我是临在” 圆满的人而言。

There is no use of Students or individuals feeling that they cannot govern the outer form or the periphery of their thought, feeling, and action, which the body is; for I know positively that theory can and must do it! And the sooner they take the reins, accept their God-given Dominion and use It, the quicker they will find True Happiness.

学员或个体不必觉得自己无法掌控外在形式，即他们思想、情感和行动的边缘部分（身体即属于此类）；因为我确切地知道，理论上可以而且必须做到这一点！他们越早掌控局面，接受神赋予的统治权并加以运用，就会越快找到真正的喜悦。

Already, the human or outer self has too long been the usurper of God’s Power, feeding the individual on husks and weeds when it might hold the attention fixed on God, the “Mighty I AM Presence, ” and receive the Nectar of Eternal Youth and Life and move in that octave of Perfect Happiness, God’s Perfection — the Garden of Paradise.

长久以来，人类或外在自我一直篡夺神的力量，本可以将注意力集中在神，即 “伟大的我是临在” 上，从而获得永恒青春与生命的甘露，生活在完美喜悦的八度音阶，即神的完美 —— 天堂乐园之中，却用残渣和杂草喂养个体。

Regarding children: When children have reached the years of maturity, the greatest thing the parents can do is to consciously place these children in God’s Hands, which means to release them completely into the Protection and Care of each child’s own “Mighty I AM Presence” and enfold them in the Rays of Light and Love from the Heart of the Electronic Body above the child.

关于孩子：当孩子成年后，父母能做的最伟大的事情就是有意识地将这些孩子交到神手中，这意味着将他们完全托付给每个孩子自身 “伟大的我是临在” 的保护与照料，并让他们沐浴在孩子上方电子身体之心发出的光与爱的光束中。

Every time the presence or thought of the child is in evidence, rejoice that God's Full and Perfect Intelligence is acting in his or her thought and feeling, governing perfectly all outer action. This will release the child into the Presence and Power of Divine Action in a marvelous manner. The anxiety of the parent to the child is, in ninety percent of the cases, the cause of a wrong action — and especially so from the mother. 

每当孩子出现或想到孩子时，要为神那完整而完美的智慧在他或她的思想和情感中发挥作用，完美地掌控所有外在行为而感到欣喜。这将以一种奇妙的方式让孩子融入神圣行动的临在与力量之中。在百分之九十的情况下，父母对孩子的焦虑是导致错误行为的原因 —— 母亲的情况尤其如此。

This is a tremendous truth that is little under- stood. The mother, having been the builder of the body of the child — by this I mean furnishing the substance by which the form was built — has made a personal line of contact with the child for that embodiment; and if the mother but knew it, from the enlightened standpoint, she has the power to mold the child into the most wonderful, perfect being or, shall I say, to hold the focus by which the child is molded into the perfect being. 

这是一个极少被理解的重大真理。母亲，作为孩子身体的塑造者 —— 我指的是提供构建身体的物质 —— 在那个化身过程中与孩子建立了一种个人联系；如果母亲能从开明的角度意识到这一点，她就有力量将孩子塑造成最奇妙、完美的存在，或者说，她能掌控将孩子塑造成完美存在的焦点。

On the other hand, if the mother allows anxiety, which is a subtle form of fear, to constantly govern her, her thought cannot help but go out to the child and may disturb it to the extent that it would cause the child to be a complete failure. The above is an extreme instance when the mother has entirely ungoverned thoughts.

另一方面，如果母亲任由焦虑（这是恐惧的一种微妙形式）持续主导自己，她的思想必然会传递给孩子，可能会对孩子造成极大干扰，甚至导致孩子彻底失败。以上是母亲思想完全失控的极端情况。

This illustrates the great importance of parents knowing and feeling that the child or children whom they love are at all times governed by the Perfect Intelligence of God, the "Mighty I AM Presence." The moment that anxiety or fear attempts to intrude, consume it and replace it with the firm consciousness that there is only God's Perfect Intelligence acting in and about the child.

这说明了父母了解并感觉到他们所爱的孩子始终受到神，即 “伟大的我是临在” 的完美智慧的引导是多么重要。一旦焦虑或恐惧试图侵入，就将其消除，代之以坚定的意识，即只有神的完美智慧在孩子身上及周围发挥作用。

If all the mothers of America could understand this wonderful Truth and live It, a majestic race would be born from that time on. This is a great Natural Law that has not been understood even among Students to but a small degree. I have known many instances where the intense fear in the parent for the child, drew the child into the very thing they feared, and it is one of the things that has delayed humanity's progress so much. Sometimes the child is sufficiently advanced so that, unknown to the outer, it wards off to a large degree the fear and anxiety of the parents. This is fortunate indeed. 

如果美国所有的母亲都能理解并践行这一奇妙的真理，从那时起，一个伟大的种族将会诞生。这是一条伟大的自然法则，即便在学员中，也只有很少一部分人能理解。我知道很多这样的例子，父母对孩子的强烈恐惧，将孩子引向了他们所恐惧的事情，这也是极大阻碍人类进步的因素之一。有时孩子足够成熟，在不知不觉中，能在很大程度上抵御父母的恐惧和焦虑。这确实是幸运的。

Let it be thoroughly understood that I am in nowise criticizing or condemning the mothers, but I do intensely deplore the lack of understanding of this wonderful and vital point. I presume that Emily Cady understood this point more clearly than any other teacher of the outer world today, and she made a powerful sincere effort to convey this to her readers.

要彻底明白，我绝不是在批评或谴责母亲们，但我确实对她们未能理解这一奇妙而关键的要点深感遗憾。我认为艾米丽・卡迪（Emily Cady）比当今外界任何一位教师都更清楚地理解这一点，并且她做出了真诚而有力的努力，向她的读者传达这一点。

Prophecies: There are certain war conditions threatening. Through the Red activity, war would spread all over the World; and Our desire is to avoid the outburst of it before a certain condition can occur. If this can be done, it will do tremendous things to hasten the progress of humanity. Prophecies for centuries have held forth the idea, and it has become racial in the mind of humanity, that the greatest of all wars called the “Armageddon” would take place.

预言：目前存在一些战争威胁。通过红色行动（可能指某种引发战争的因素），战争可能会蔓延至全球；我们希望在某种情况发生之前避免战争爆发。如果能够做到这一点，将极大地加速人类的进步。几个世纪以来的预言都提出了这样的观点，并且在人类的意识中已经形成了一种种族观念，即所谓的 “哈米吉多顿”（Armageddon，即世界末日善恶决战）大战将会发生。

This, We think from the Higher Standpoint, was a great mistake. Humanity has been accepting it, expecting it, and are determined to have it. In the first prophecy of this, it was to convey the thought that it would take place on the invisible plane, without coming into physical action. We hope yet this many be done.

从更高的角度来看，我们认为这是一个巨大的错误。人类一直在接受、期待并决心促成此事。在最初关于此事的预言中，本意是传达它将在无形层面发生，而不会演变为实际行动。我们仍然希望能够如此。

My personal opinion is that a cataclysm, which is inevitable, is preferable to the coming forth into physical action of the so-called Armageddon; for a cataclysm does not release hate, and because of this, it would be much better for humanity. A certain amount of cataclysmic action is inevitable, and it is not desirable that it should be avoided; for it releases certain things and seals certain things — greatly to the benefit and progress of humanity.

我个人的观点是，一场不可避免的大灾难，比所谓的 “哈米吉多顿” 演变为实际行动更为可取；因为大灾难不会释放仇恨，正因如此，它对人类来说要好得多。一定程度的大灾难行动是不可避免的，也不应避免；因为它能释放某些东西并封印某些东西 —— 对人类的利益和进步大有裨益。

It is possible under secured Dispensations, for the channel of the cataclysm to be changed or governed. If mankind could understand that God forever and forever acts through His Messengers who are attuned to step down His Mighty Current of Force and Activity, then they would know that all cataclysmic or Cosmic conditions may be to some degree, more or less regulated and directed.

在既定的天命之下，大灾难的发生途径有可能被改变或控制。如果人类能够明白，神永远通过那些与他协调一致、能引导他强大力量和活动之流的使者行动，那么他们就会知道，所有大灾难或宇宙状况在某种程度上或多或少都可以被调节和引导。

Warning: Here again let Me express a very sincere warning to the Student. Even knowing the inevitable, he should in nowise dwell upon it, but should every time the thought of such an occurrence comes to the mind, declare, “There is only God, the ‘Mighty I AM Presence,’ in action everywhere present.” This becomes his own Armor of Protection.

警告：在此我要再次向学员发出非常诚挚的警告。即便知道某些事情不可避免，也绝不要过多纠结于此，而是每次当这类事情的念头出现在脑海中时，都要宣称：“只有神，即‘伟大的我是临在’，在各处行动。” 这将成为他自己的保护盔甲。

If certain conditions can be consumed in Chicago in time, much of the progress here may be sustained and preserved. In calling forth the "Mighty I AM Presence" to consume these wrong conditions, know that you are using the Majestic Forces of the Cherubim and Deva, which are anchored over Chicago to give protection. This enables the force to pour whenever the thought recurs.

如果芝加哥的某些状况能够及时消除，这里的许多进步可能会得以维持和保存。在召唤 “伟大的我是临在” 来消除这些错误状况时，要知道你正在运用智天使和提婆的威严力量，这些力量驻守在芝加哥上方提供保护。这使得每当这个念头出现时，力量就能倾泻而出。

Notes: The principle thing in financial demonstration is to be determined in refusing to accept the idea that money or help is not present. Do not let yourself accept that the thing which you wish to use is absent. It only has an appearance of absence. You can just as easily find ten thousand dollars in your pocket as ten cents.

注释：在财务示范（可能指在财务方面展示某种能力或实现某种目标）中，关键在于坚决拒绝接受资金或帮助不存在的想法。不要让自己认为你想用的东西不存在。它只是看起来不存在。你能像在口袋里轻易找到十美分一样，找到一万美元。

Sending and receiving thought: In the case of two individuals becoming attuned, in reality they simply both tune into a Cosmic Force and It acts.

思想的发送与接收：当两个人相互协调时，实际上他们只是同时调谐到一种宇宙力量，然后这种力量发挥作用。

There will come a time when a manifestation of the Ascended Masters will be appreciated and great benefit derived from It. It can then be used with splendid effect and in that case would be justifiable.

将会有这么一个时期，扬升大师的显现将受到重视并从中获得巨大益处。届时它能产生极好的效果，在这种情况下，它将是合理的。

The intense element of smoking is what we would shun the most, for it opens the door to things we do not even wish to discuss.

我们最应避免的是吸烟这种强烈的行为，因为它会打开一扇门，引入一些我们甚至不愿提及的东西。

BENEDICTION: "Mighty I AM Presence!" Mighty Cherubim! Gracious Deval We give praise and thanks to Thee and the Almighty Ascended Host for Thy Radiation, Thy Love, Thy Patience in bringing forth the great Inner Light of these Loved Ones to serve with Thee. Let all who come under this Instruction receive Thy Great Inner Illumination. 

祝福：“伟大的我是临在”！强大的智天使！仁慈的提婆！我们赞美并感谢你以及全能的扬升圣团，感谢你们的辐射、你们的爱、你们在引导这些亲爱的人们展现伟大内在之光以与你们一同服务时所展现的耐心。愿所有接受此教导的人都能获得你们伟大的内在启迪。