七月二十日，星期六
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中文
（由弟子S·E·沃尔多小姐记录）
一八九五年七月二十日，星期六。
感知是我们唯一真实的知识或宗教。谈论它千百年也永远不能使我们认识自己的灵魂。理论与无神论之间没有区别。事实上，无神论者是更真诚的人。我在光明中所迈出的每一步都永远属于我。当你前往一个国家并亲眼看见它，它便属于你了。我们每个人都必须亲自去看；导师（Guru）只能"端上食物"，我们必须自己去吃才能得到滋养。论证永远无法证明神的存在，除了作为一个逻辑结论。
在我们自身之外找到神是不可能的。我们自己的灵魂贡献了外在世界中一切的神性。我们就是最伟大的殿堂。外在的客体化不过是我们内在所见之物的一个微弱模仿。
心意力量的专注是帮助我们见到神的唯一工具。如果你认识了一个灵魂（你自己的灵魂），你就认识了一切灵魂——过去的、现在的和未来的。意志使心意专注，某些事物激发和控制这种意志，诸如理性、爱、虔信（Bhakti）、呼吸。专注的心意是一盏灯，照亮我们灵魂的每一个角落。
没有一种方法能够适合所有人。这些不同的方法并非必须一个接一个依次走过的阶梯。仪式是最低的形式；其次是外在的神，之后是内在的神。在某些情况下可能需要循序渐进，但在许多情况下只需要一条道路。对每个人都说"你必须先经过业瑜伽和虔信瑜伽，才能达到智慧瑜伽（Jnana）"，那将是最大的愚蠢。
坚守你的理性，直到你触及更高的境界；你将知道那是更高的，因为它不会与理性相冲突。超越意识的阶段是灵感（三摩地）；但切勿将歇斯底里的恍惚误认为真正的三摩地。虚假地宣称拥有灵感、将本能误当作灵感，是一件可怕的事情。灵感没有外在的检验标准，只有我们自己知道；我们防止错误的守护者是否定性的——理性之声。一切宗教都在超越理性，但理性是抵达那里的唯一向导。本能如冰，理性如水，灵感则是最精微的形态——蒸气；一者从另一者中产生。到处都是这永恒的序列——无意识、意识、超意识——物质、身体、心意——而在我们看来，这条链似乎是从我们最初抓住的那个环节开始的。正反两方面的论证具有同等的分量，两者都是正确的。我们必须超越两者，到达既无此亦无彼之处。这些相续都是幻。
宗教在理性之上，是超自然的。信仰不是信念，它是对终极实在的把握，是一种开悟。首先聆听，然后推理，找出理性所能给予的关于真我的一切；让理性之洪流漫过真我，然后取其所余。如果什么都没有剩下，感谢神你已经逃脱了一种迷信。当你确认没有任何事物能够夺走真我，确认它经受住了每一项考验，就紧紧把握住它，并将其传授给所有人。真理不可能是片面的；它是为一切众生的福祉而存在的。最后，在圆满的安宁与平静中冥想真我，将你的心意专注于它，使自己与它合一。然后无需言语；沉默将传递真理。不要将你的能量耗费在言谈中，而要在沉默中冥想；不要让外在世界的喧嚣扰乱你。当你的心意处于最高的境界时，你对此是无意识的。在沉默中积蓄力量，成为灵性的发电机。乞丐能给予什么？唯有国王能够给予，而且唯有当他自己一无所求之时。
持有你的钱财，仅仅作为神之所有的保管者。不要对它有任何执着。让名声、荣誉和金钱都离去吧；它们是可怕的束缚。感受自由那美妙的氛围。你是自由的，自由的，自由的！啊，我何其有福！自由即是我！我就是无限！在我的灵魂中，我找不到起点，也找不到终点。一切皆是我的真我。要不停地如此宣说。
English
(RECORDED BY MISS S. E. WALDO, A DISCIPLE)
SATURDAY, July 20, 1895.
Perception is our only real knowledge or religion. Talking about it for ages will never make us know our soul. There is no difference between theories and atheism. In fact, the atheist is the truer man. Every step I take in the light is mine for ever. When you go to a country and see it, then it is yours. We have each to see for ourselves; teachers can only "bring the food", we must eat it to be nourished. Argument can never prove God save as a logical conclusion.
It is impossible to find God outside of ourselves. Our own souls contribute all the divinity that is outside of us. We are the greatest temple. The objectification is only a faint imitation of what we see within ourselves.
Concentration of the powers of the mind is our only instrument to help us see God. If you know one soul (your own), you know all souls, past, present, and to come. The will concentrates the mind, certain things excite and control this will, such as reason, love, devotion, breathing. The concentrated mind is a lamp that shows us every corner of the soul.
No one method can suit all. These different methods are not steps necessary to be taken one after another. Ceremonials are the lowest form; next God external, and after that God internal. In some cases gradation may be needed, but in many only one way is required. It would be the height of folly to say to everyone, "You must pass through Karma and Bhakti before you can reach Jnana."
Stick to your reason until you reach something higher; and you will know it to be higher, because it will not jar with reason. The stage beyond consciousness is inspiration (Samâdhi); but never mistake hysterical trances for the real thing. It is a terrible thing to claim this inspiration falsely, to mistake instinct for inspiration. There is no external test for inspiration, we know it ourselves; our guardian against mistake is negative — the voice of reason. All religion is going beyond reason, but reason is the only guide to get there. Instinct is like ice, reason is the water, and inspiration is the subtlest form or vapour; one follows the other. Everywhere is this eternal sequence — unconsciousness, consciousness, intelligence — matter, body, mind — and to us it seems as if the chain began with the particular link we first lay hold of. Arguments on both sides are of equal weight, and both are true. We must reach beyond both, to where there is neither the one nor the other. These successions are all Maya.
Religion is above reason, supernatural. Faith is not belief, it is the grasp on the Ultimate, an illumination. First hear, then reason and find out all that reason can give about the Atman; let the flood of reason flow over It, then take what remains. If nothing remains, thank God you have escaped a superstition. When you have determined that nothing can take away the Atman, that It stands every test, hold fast to this and teach it to all. Truth cannot be partial; it is for the good of all. Finally, in perfect rest and peace meditate upon It, concentrate your mind upon It, make yourself one with It. Then no speech is needed; silence will carry the truth. Do not spend your energy in talking, but meditate in silence; and do not let the rush of the outside world disturb you. When your mind is in the highest state, you are unconscious of it. Accumulate power in silence and become a dynamo of spirituality. What can a beggar give? Only a king can give, and he only when he wants nothing himself.
Hold your money merely as custodian for what is God's. Have no attachment for it. Let name and fame and money go; they are a terrible bondage. Feel the wonderful atmosphere of freedom. You are free, free, free! Oh, blessed am I! Freedom am I! I am the Infinite! In my soul I can find no beginning and no end. All is my Self. Say this unceasingly.
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