圣哲曼系列4 - 扬升大师 Ascension Master Introduction - Discourse 24

Discourse XXIV

September 22, 1932

SAINT GERMAIN

INVOCATION: By the Sign of the Heart and Head, which is Thy Symbol of Love and Light, We greet Thee, O Silent Watcher. In the depths of Thy Great Peace and Silence, We reach forth and receive Thy Mighty Radiance filling Our lives, homes, and worlds with the Conquering Activity of Thy Mighty Presence. Out of the Fullness of Thy Active Presence comes the quickening cooperative action of the outer and Inner Life into Full Expression in the Life of each one.

祈请：静默的守望者啊，我们以心与头的符号 —— 你爱与光的象征 —— 向你致意。在你伟大的祥和与寂静深处，我们伸展身心，接纳你浩瀚的光芒，让你的大能临在以得胜之势充满我们的生命、家园与世界。愿从你满溢的活跃临在中，激发出外在与内在生命的加速协同运作，在每个人的生命中全然彰显。

We offer eternal praise and thanks for that eternal contact with Thee, and that We know that evermore Thy Master Presence is giving of Itself every assistance required in maintaining the Perfect Contact with the Mighty God Self in each, so that We may live, move, and reap the Great Reward of Eternal Peace, Eternal Vigilance — eternally receiving that Great Light more strongly each day in Our lives. 

我们献上永恒的赞美与感恩，因与祢永恒的联结；我们深知，祢大师般的临在始终倾其所有，提供维持每个人与大能神我完美联结所需的一切助益，使我们得以在生命中存活、行动，并收获永恒和平与永恒警醒的伟大奖赏 —— 且每日在生命中愈发强烈地领受那伟大的光芒。

THE DISCOURSE

Within the consciousness of each one is that Eternal Vigilance on guard which warns the outer to refrain from anything that would create destructive activity, if the individual will only listen to its prompting. For any Student to yield and lower himself to vicious gossip is a violent retarding process to his or her growth. It matters not what may seem to be the appearance, no one shall sit in judgment upon another. They who yield to such childishness open their doors wide to forces more destructive than the boa constrictor of the jungle, or the tiger that would tear them to pieces. That would but destroy the outer form, while gossip, criticism, and condemnation build within the mental bodies that destructive element which takes them many embodiments to rid themselves of. 

每个人的意识中都存在着永恒的警觉守护，只要人们愿意聆听它的指引，它就会警示外在自我避免任何可能产生破坏性活动的行为。对任何学生而言，屈服于恶劣的流言蜚语并自降格调，都会严重阻碍其成长。无论表象如何，任何人都无权评判他人。屈服于这种幼稚行为的人，实则是向比丛林中的森蚺或能将人撕碎的猛虎更具破坏性的力量敞开大门。后者只会摧毁人的外在躯体，而言语的流言、批评与谴责却会在心智体中构筑破坏性元素，使人需历经多世才能摆脱。

If Students receiving these Instructions cannot resist the vicious onslaught of these accumulated elements, they should withdraw from the Classes until such time as they can conquer themselves and are able to send love, peace, harmony, and goodwill to one another. Students should understand, in enter- ing into the Conscious Action or Stream of Life, that they are or have entered into the sifting process, wherein they either rise on the Wings of Eternal Love or fall by the wayside and are swallowed up by the dragon of the outer forces.

接受这些教导的学生若无法抵御这些累积负面元素的恶意冲击，则应退出课程，直至能够征服自我，并能向彼此传递爱、和平、和谐与善意。学生需明白，在进入意识行动或生命之流时，他们已然处于筛选进程中 —— 要么乘永恒之爱的翅膀升华，要么半途而废，被外在力量的「恶龙」吞噬。

The Students who have entered upon the Conscious Path and wish to proceed and be blest by that Wondrous and Mighty Light anchored in the Heart of each one, should tum from criticism and judgement as they would from a poisonous serpent that would strike the poison of death into their flesh. The Students should understand that in allowing themselves to fall into this most undesirable habit, they but injure themselves. They cannot harm another who is filled with love toward everyone and all things, because the Consciousness of the Activity of Divine Love in the individual's Life builds a Mighty Armor of Protection that naught of the outer can penetrate — for God is Love and always protects His own.

已踏上意识之道并渴望前行、蒙受驻于各自心中的奇妙浩瀚之光祝福的学生，应当如同躲避会向肉身注入死亡毒液的毒蛇般，远离批评与评判。学生需明白，纵容自己陷入这种最不可取的习惯，实则是在伤害自身。他们无法伤害一个对万物充满爱的人，因为个体生命中神圣之爱运作的意识，会构筑一道强大的防护甲胄，令任何外在之物都无法穿透 —— 因为神即是爱，必永远护佑属己之人。

The Students who have had difficulty in controlling their thought and feeling harmoniously should understand that when they have entered This Radiation every faculty of their beings is quickened tremendously. Therefore, they are more sensitive to the undesirable as well as to the good and desirable. But I cannot stress too strongly that everyone, having Free Will, has the power to govern and control how they shall think and feel. They should at all times keep this Truth before themselves. 

那些在协调控制自身思想与情感方面存在困难的学生应当明白，当他们进入这一辐射场时，其存在的每一种官能都会被极大地加速激活。因此，他们对不良事物与美好合意之物都会变得更加敏感。但有一点必须着重强调：每个人都拥有自由意志，因而有能力支配和控制自己的思想与情感。他们应当始终将这一真理铭记于心。

The one who spreads gossip, true or untrue, not only injures him or herself, but often shuts the door for those who unfortunately accept the gossip and dwell upon it. So, anyone who yields to it should understand how far — reaching it is in the injury they do themselves and their acquaintances. The conscious pouring forth of Divine Love into all situations will enable anyone who is addicted to such a habit, to find quick and complete release from all such conditions.

传播流言者，无论内容属实与否，不仅伤害自身，还常为不幸接受并沉溺于流言的人关闭心智之门。因此，任何屈服于流言的人都应明白，这种行为对自身及他人的伤害影响深远。有意识地向所有情境倾注神圣之爱，能让任何沉溺于此类习惯的人迅速、彻底地从这些状态中解脱。

I rejoice exceedingly when one with great Inner Strength is able to resist and refuse the acceptance of subtly destructive suggestions, and to stand firmly with and in the Mighty Presence of his or her Glorious God Self. Keep it up, Dear Ones, and you shall hear the Bells of Freedom, of Liberty, chiming to you in the Great Rhythm of Eternal Light.

当看到拥有强大内在力量的人能够抗拒并拒绝接受隐蔽的破坏性暗示，坚定地与自身荣耀的神我临在合一共处时，我满心欢喜。亲爱的朋友们，坚持下去吧！你们终将听见自由与解放的钟声，在永恒之光的伟大韵律中为你们鸣响。

The Classes: We see and know the beauty of Soul of everyone in your Classes. They have been brought to you through the Mighty Presence of their own Divine Selves. It makes the Heart ache to think that anyone might shut the Door to the Great Blessings and Light on their threshold. However: 

关于课程：我们看见并深知你们课程中每个人灵魂的美好。他们因自身神圣本我的大能临在而汇聚于此。一想到有人可能在门槛处为这伟大的祝福与光关闭大门，便令人心痛。然而：

God alone is Great

And holds within His Hands Eternal Grace.

And as we stand strong and firm,

We will see God face to face.

唯有神至大

祂手中握持永恒恩典。

当我们坚定站立之时，

终将得见神的圣颜。

A volume is really in these four lines. When it is said that “ We see God Face to face,” it is an actual fact that hundreds of staunch ones have experienced; for the God governing the Universe is One and the same as your own Mighty Master God Self.

这四行诗实则蕴含万千深意。当言及「我们得见神的圣颜」时，这是数百位坚定者曾亲历的真实图景 —— 因为统御宇宙的神，与你自身大能的伟大的神我本为一体。

It is time that sincere Students should understand that their own Mighty God Self, ever pouring Its Energy into their use, is the “He” who created all Worlds and brought all Substance into form. I admit that this is a stupendous thought, but it is true; and they who will meditate upon this simple yet Mighty Truth will find the Highest Door of their Consciousness opened, and they will be able to accept and utilize this Eternal Truth. It is the unfortunate teaching through the centuries that has caused mankind to look away into some distant place for this Mighty Presence of God. 

真诚的学生应当明白，你自身强大的神我始终在倾注能量供你使用，这位 “祂” 正是创造所有世界并将一切物质化为有形的存在。我承认这一认知令人震撼，但千真万确；但凡愿意冥想这一简单而伟大真理的人，都会发现自己意识的至高之门已开启，并能够接纳和运用这一永恒真相。数百年来的错误教导，正是人类将神的强大临在追寻到某个遥远他方的根源。

It is a misstatement that no one may look upon the Face of God and live; for I know hundreds of Students of the Light who have seen their own God Self with the same clearness and assurance with which you look upon each other in your outer experience. The God Self in you is the same God that is at the Heart, at the Helm of the Universe. The pity is that Students think or feel this too stupendous a Truth to be realized in their individual lives; but I assure you that according to the intensity with which they recognize this Truth, anyone with unwavering determination may see the Radiant Face of that Mighty ·"God Presence." These statements are neither myth nor imagination, but tremendous Truths that the Students can grasp, comprehend, and utilize with Everlasting Blessings in their outer experience.

有人说 “无人得见神之面而存活”，这是错误的表述；因为我认识数百位光之学生，他们曾清晰无疑地看见自己的神我，就如同你们在世俗体验中彼此相见一样。你内在的神我，与居于宇宙核心、执掌宇宙运转的神本为一体。遗憾的是，学生们认为或感觉这一真理过于浩瀚，难以在个人生命中实现；但我向你们保证，只要以坚定的决心、依其对这一真理的认知强度去追寻，任何人都能看见那伟大的 “神之临在” 的光辉之面。这些阐述既非神话亦非想象，而是学生们能够领悟、理解并在世俗体验中运用的伟大真理，且将因此蒙受永恒的祝福。

It seems strange that many Students who have studied, and to a large degree earnestly and sincerely, do not awaken to the fact that self-correction of the outer is the simple, yet Mighty Activity that must be used. The outer self of each one must be conquered, and there is no escaping this fact. This is what Mastery means and there is no Mastery for anyone without it. Those who are earnest and determined will naturally receive Great Assistance, but those who will not make the sincere effort will find the Door shut to their further progress. May God bless them and show them the Way.

说来奇怪，许多学生虽已进行了大量认真且诚挚的学习，却未意识到对外在自我的自我修正虽是简单却必须践行的强大行动。每个人的外在自我都必须被征服，这一事实无可逃避。这便是 “圆满掌控” 的含义 —— 任何人若不经历此过程，便无法实现真正的掌控。真正用心且意志坚定者，自然会获得巨大的助益；但不愿付出真诚努力之人，将发现进一步前行的大门已对其关闭。愿上帝保佑他们，并为其指引道路。

The Help that has been focused upon the Earth of late, through the effort of Cyclopea — the Silent Watcher — the Cherubim and Devas, and the Highest Influence from each of the Seven Planets of this System, has been caused to focus that Power upon the Earth, making the Earth as the hub of a wheel, symbolically. There are those in your Classes who will see this Activity, and I call the attention to it because it will help those who may see it. 

最近，通过赛克洛比亚（Cyclopea）—— 静默守望者、智天使（Cherubim）与自然精灵（Devas）的努力，以及太阳系七颗行星各自的至高影响力，一股助力已聚焦于地球。象征性地说，这股力量使地球成为轮轴般的核心存在。你们课程中会有学生目睹这一运作，我之所以提醒注意，是因为它将助益那些可能见证它的人。

The province of the Students of Light: The real province of the sincere Student of Light is to be able to know of the outer destructive forces generated by mankind, to look into them and see there, active, the Mighty Presence of God, consuming everything un- like that Glorious "Presence." He or she must be absolutely fearless about destructive forces or what seem to be disastrous reports.

光之学生的职责：真诚的光之学生的真正职责，在于能够知晓人类产生的外在破坏力量，审视其中并看见上帝的大能临在正活跃其间，吞噬一切与那荣耀 “临在” 相悖的事物。他 / 她必须对破坏力量或看似灾难性的消息毫无畏惧。

Your visualization: As the sunrise of a brilliant morning absorbs, as it were, the morning dew or mist, so will the visualized Presence of God, held firm within what seem to be destructive conditions, have a similar effect. Thus, it is seen what tremendous Blessings to humanity may be brought out of seeming chaos; for it should be at all times remembered that the outer is but the changing, shifting quicksand of man's outer creation. Therefore it has no permanency, and it is the Privilege of the Students to become wonderful Messengers of the Light. Some will say, "But how do I find time to do this with all the outer activity about me?" I say to you that anyone who will try to, will find day by day more leisure time in which to do this great Service.

观想指引：正如灿烂清晨的朝阳会吸收晨露或薄雾，在看似具有破坏性的情境中坚定持守对神临在的观想，也会产生类似的效果。由此可见，从看似混沌的状态中亦能为人类带来巨大的祝福；因为应当始终铭记，外在世界不过是人类外在创造中不断变化、流动的流沙。因此，它并非永恒不变，而学生们的特权正是成为奇妙的光之信使。有人会说：“但我身边充斥着各种外在事务，如何抽出时间去做这件事呢？” 我要对你们说，任何愿意尝试的人，都会日复一日地发现更多闲暇时间来从事这一伟大的服务。

Newspapers: If every newspaper in the land would start printing in great letters across the first page of their newspaper, "Rejoice! God's Loving Peace and Prosperity are here!" — in  seven to ten days, the Transformation would be complete. However, I believe that the Tribune of Chicago and the Denver Post may be yet inspired to some such fearless activity, and they would be amazed and encouraged how fast humanity would fall in line with the idea.

关于报纸：倘若全国每一份报纸都开始在头版用大字印上 “欢欣吧！上帝的慈爱平安与丰盛已临在！”—— 不出七至十日，转变必将圆满成就。不过，我相信芝加哥《论坛报》和《丹佛邮报》或许仍会受感召展开这般无畏的行动，而当他们看到人类如此迅速地响应这一理念时，定会既惊叹又深受鼓舞。

The All-Seeing Eye: The All-Seeing Eye is the Presence, the Radiance, and Activity of the Mighty God Self and is really the Silent Watcher.

全视之眼：全视之眼是大能神我的临在、光辉与运作，实则为静默守望者。

Learn always to reverse at once everything that is contrary to the Perfect Activity. Nip it in the bud and say, "This is not true; I do have what is Perfect!"

要始终学会立即逆转一切与完美运作相悖的事物。将其扼杀在萌芽状态，并宣告：“这并非真实；我确实拥有完美之物！”

Life, Love, Light, and God are One and the same. These are just different expressions for the same Activity.

生命、爱、光与神本为一体。这些不过是同一运作的不同表达。

There is really never any drawing-down activity onto the physical plane. The only Activity is always a Raising of the physical by the Inner "Presence" to Itself. All activity of the outer comes from the Energy given by the Inner "Presence"; and therefore, the proof stands before you that all is a Raising Process, and what seems to be the activity of the outer is in reality the exact reverse of the Real Process: by the Inner "Presence" projecting down Its Energy, the outer is set into motion in a spiral-like Activity that draws it Upward.

实际上，从未有任何能量 “降临” 到物质层面的运作。唯一的运作始终是内在 “临在” 将物质层面提升至其自身的频率。外在的一切活动皆源于内在 “临在” 赋予的能量；因此，事实已然明晰 —— 一切皆是提升的过程，而看似属于外在的活动，实则与真实的过程恰恰相反：内在 “临在” 向下投射其能量时，外在会以螺旋状的运作被启动，而这种运作终将牵引外在向上提升。

As the atoms form the body or outer form of the individual, so do individuals form the atoms in the Great Body of America or of the Christ. Individuals are atoms in the body of a government or empire.

正如原子构成个体的身体或外在形态，个体亦构成美国或基督之伟大本体中的原子。个体是政府或帝国机体中的原子。

Gandhi: Gandhi is entirely on the Love Ray.

甘地：甘地完全处于爱的光束之中。

Encouragement: There are times when encouragement is absolutely necessary and imperative, for it lifts and carries over in certain activities. At other times all is withdrawn, and the Soul is left alone to prove its own strength and reveal the impulses still within it. Know always in all trials, "There is only God in Action in me, and 'I AM' sustained by that through all trials." Know also, "There is only God in Action in all my affairs, and 'I AM' abundantly supplied and sustained by that!"

鼓励：有些时刻，鼓励绝对必要且刻不容缓，因为它能在某些行动中使人振作并坚持到底。而另一些时候，一切支持都会隐退，灵魂需独自证明自身的力量，并揭示其内在依旧存在的动力。在所有考验中始终铭记：“唯有神在我之中运作，‘我是’借此在一切考验中得以维系。” 亦要知晓：“在我所有事务中唯有神在运作，‘我是’由此获得丰足的供给与维系！”

BENEDICTION: Thou Mighty Radiance of the Crystal Light! As Thou hast manifested through Thy Wondrous Messengers, so do We give praise and thanks for Thy Eternally Sustaining Power, ever pouring Its Radiance and Presence into Our lives, world, homes, and experience. Into the Heart of every sincere Student, let Its Sustaining Power flow. 

祝福：祢伟大水晶之光的照耀！祢既已借奇妙的信使彰显自身，我们便为祢永恒的维系之力献上赞美与感恩，这力量正不断将照耀与临在倾注于我们的生命、世界、家园与经历之中。愿这维系之力，流入每一位真诚学生的心中。