《努力与恩典》

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《LORD  MEHER》

5712   EGO – THE REAL OBSTACLE

The only obstacle on the Path is the ego. Volumes have been written on the nature of the ego. But book knowledge helps very little and by one's own efforts, the ego remains insurmountable. Whether you fast or feast, whether you become aggressive or humble, the ego goes on nourishing itself. Even the natural tendencies of the ego such as "I see, I read, I sleep" create bindings. So night and day in the very act of expending old sanskaras, you create new sanskaras and get bound.

Then if you wear long hair and put on the robe of a sadhu, you thereby are indirectly courting respect. A false sense of advertisement in spirituality is liable to be created when you try to lead a life in some other way than that of the common people. Others begin to look upon you with respect, and you begin to accept homage without the spiritual authority to do so – outwardly in the name of God, but deep within there is nothing but self-gratification. As time passes, the superiority complex is nourished, and the ego craves greater honors. This is a dangerous pitfall!

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《圣经-哥林多前书》


13:1 我若能说万人的方言、并天使的话语、却没有爱、我就成了鸣的锣、响的钹一般。

13:2 我若有先知讲道之能、也明白各样的奥秘、各样的知识。而且有全备的信、叫我能够移山、却没有爱、我就算不得甚么。  

13:3 我若将所有的赒济穷人、又舍己身叫人焚烧、却没有爱、仍然与我无益。
  
13:4 爱是恒久忍耐、又有恩慈。爱是不嫉妒。爱是不自夸。不张狂。

13:5 不作害羞的事。不求自己的益处。不轻易发怒。不计算人的恶。

13:6 不喜欢不义。只喜欢真理。

13:7 凡事包容。凡事相信。凡事盼望。凡事忍耐。  

13:8 爱是永不止息。先知讲道之能、终必归于无有。说方言之能、终必停止、知识也终必归于无有。  

13:9 我们现在所知道的有限、先知所讲的也有限。

13:10 等那完全的来到、这有限的必归于无有了。  

13:11 我作孩子的时候、话语像孩子、心思像孩子、意念像孩子。既成了人、就把孩子的事丢弃了。  

13:12 我们如今彷彿对着镜子观看、模糊不清。〔模糊不清原文作如同猜谜〕到那时、就要面对面了。我如今所知道的有限。到那时就全知道、如同主知道我一样。  

13:13 如今常存的有信、有望、有爱、这三样中最大的是爱。

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至爱上帝祷文


至爱的上帝，帮助我们更加爱您，

更深地爱您，越来越爱您，

直到我们值得与您结合；

帮助我们紧紧地抓住巴巴的衣边，直到最终。

                          美赫巴巴


《至爱上帝祷文》是1959年巴巴专门授给爱者和门徒的祷文。

lisa_lee

《圣经-约翰福音》

14:21 有了我的命令又遵守的、这人就是爱我的。爱我的必蒙我父爱他、我也要爱他、并且要向他显现。

14:23 耶稣回答说、人若爱我、就必遵守我的道。我父也必爱他、并且我们要到他那里去、与他同住。

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《LORD  MEHER》


5750    NAUSEATED BY HYPOCRISY

In response, Baba commented, "The only sin which God does not forgive is hypocrisy. The hypocrite deceives himself and others too.


"These days the hypocritical saints have increased in such numbers that, though I am the Ocean of Compassion, it has become nauseating even to me!"


He also stated, "It is no sin if one does not believe in God, but to be a hypocrite is a sin! If you have no faith, it does not matter.


"By coming to me you do not lower or raise my status. It is immaterial if you do not come to me. But when you come, if you continue being hypocritical, it displeases me. I will not be displeased if you speak against me or do not come to me. But I cannot tolerate hypocrisy because a hypocrite not only harms himself, but also disturbs the faith of others."

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《圣经-马太福音》

13:36 当下耶稣离开众人、进了房子。他的门徒进前来说、请把田间稗子的比喻、讲给我们听。  

13:37 他回答说、那撒好种的、就是人子。

13:38 田地、就是世界。好种、就是天国之子。稗子、就是那恶者之子。

13:39 撒稗子的仇敌、就是魔鬼。收割的时候就、是世界的末了。收割的人就、是天使。
  
13:40 将稗子薅出来、用火焚烧。世界的末了、也要如此。  

13:41 人子要差遣使者、把一切叫人跌倒的、和作恶的、从他国里挑出来、  

13:42 丢在火炉里。在那里必要哀哭切齿了。

13:43 那时义人在他们父的国里、要发出光来、像太阳一样。有耳可听的、就应当听。

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《圣经-马太福音》

22:1 耶稣又用比喻对他们说、

22:2 天国好比一个王、为他儿子摆设娶亲的筵席。  

22:3 就打发仆人去、请那些被召的人来赴席．他们却不肯来。  

22:4 王又打发别的仆人说、你们告诉那被召的人、我的筵席已经预备好了、牛和肥畜已经宰了、各样都齐备。 请你们来赴席。

22:5 那些人不理就走了。一个到自己田里去。一个作买卖去。  

22:6 其余的拿住仆人、凌辱他们、把他们杀了。  

22:7 王就大怒、发兵除灭那些凶手、烧毁他们的城。

22:8 于是对仆人说、喜筵已经齐备、只是所召的人不配。

22:9 所以你们要往岔路口上去、凡遇见的、都召来赴席。  

22:10 那些仆人就出去到大路上、凡遇见的、不论善恶都召聚了来。筵席上就坐满了客。  

22:11 王进来观看宾客、见那里有一个没有穿礼服的。

22:12 就对他说、朋友、你到这里来、怎么不穿礼服呢。那人无言可答。
  
22:13 于是王对使唤的人说、捆起他的手脚来、把他丢在外边的黑暗里。在那里必要哀哭切齿了。

22:14 因为被召的人多、选上的人少。  

田心

丽莎妹妹你好，辛苦。谢谢你的分享。

你看这样好不好：有关美赫巴巴的英文，你先翻译个草稿，寄给我修改，然后我们令开一个专题。以便给《努力与恩典》的专题翻译和讨论留下空间，又能方便不懂英文的读者。

跟巴巴没有直接关系的内容，比如上面我也很喜欢的《新约》，放在《爱街上的路灯》版块，让不同的版块各司其职。

在巴巴的爱里，谢谢你的合作。

田心

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甜姐姐好：）

燕子鼓励我（Welcome continue to publish Baba’s messages, so that we can concentrate on Baba more than anything else. Also it is a reminder so that we could not become the sinner who Baba can never forgive.）

我听谁的呢？听巴巴的！
如果不是美赫巴巴，我们也没空间聚集在客栈参与《努力与恩典》的专题翻译和讨论。

非常怀念我们三人09年一月底在MPR的那段日子，巴巴的工作方法就是左手洗右手，我们都很熟悉。

喜欢你和燕子翻译的曼萨丽的分享《控制头脑》
http://www.meherbaba.cn/view.php?tid=52&id=614
让奴隶（头脑）爬梯子去吧！


胜利属于至爱阿瓦塔美赫巴巴

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《LORD  MEHER》   5809 WILL & WORRY

They went for their lunch, and in the afternoon, Baba had a few recent unpublished discourses read to them. One was on his "Will And Worry:"

Duality signifies separateness. Separateness implies fear. Fear causes worry.

The way of Oneness is the way to happiness; the way of manyness is the way to worry. I am the One who has no second, so I am eternally happy. You are separate from your Self, so you always worry. To you, what you see is absolutely real; to me, it is absolutely false.

I alone am real, and my Will governs the cosmic illusion. It is the truth when I say that the waves do not roll and the leaves do not move without my Will.

The moment the intensity of your faith in my Will reaches its height, you say goodbye to worry forever. Then all that you suffered and enjoyed in the past, together with all that you may experience in the future, will be to you the most loving and spontaneous expression of my Will; and nothing will ever be able to cause you worry again.

Live more and more in the Present, which is ever beautiful and stretches away beyond the limits of the past and the future.

If you must worry at all, let your only worry be how to remember me constantly. This is worthwhile worry because it will bring about the end of worry.

Think of me more and more, and all your worries will disappear into the nothing they really are. My Will works out to awaken you to this.

37意志与烦恼    http://www.meherbaba.cn/view.php?tid=48&id=229


二元意味着分别。分别引起恐惧。恐惧造成烦恼。
“一”之路是通向幸福之路；“多”之路是通向烦恼之路。
我是独一无二者，因此我永恒地幸福。你与你的大我相分离，因此你总是烦恼。
对于你，你所看见的是绝对真实的；对于我，它则是绝对虚假的。
唯有我是真实的，我的意志支配着宇宙幻相。当我说海浪无不因我的意志而翻滚，树叶无不因我的意志而摇动时，那是千真万确的。
你对我的意志的信心达至顶点之时，即是你永远告别烦恼之日。那时，你在过去曾经经历的一切苦乐，连同你在将来可能体验的一切，对于你，都将成为我的意志的最慈爱与自发的表现；任何事情都不能够再让你烦恼。

要越来越多地生活在“当下”，它永远地美好且无限地延伸，超越过去和未来的局限。

你若是一定要烦恼的话，那就让它成为应该怎样不停地想念我。这是值得的烦恼，因为它将带来烦恼的终结。

要越来越多地想我，你的一切烦恼都将消失于乌有——烦恼的真面目。我的意志的运作将让你醒悟到这一点。
田心译自The Everything and The Nothing by Meher Baba，1963.