一九０ 寂 滅
「我要在祈禱中與天主同在。」
「你所想要的實在荒謬。」
「為什麼？」
「因為每當你在時，天主就消失；每當天主臨在，你必然消失。所以你怎能與天主同在？」
大師接着又說：
「追尋孤獨吧！不論你與何人同在，你就不是獨處。當你與天主同在，你也不算獨處。想要與天主同在，唯一的方法卽是徹底的獨處。那麼，但願天主臨在而你消融於其中了。」
SOLITUDE
“I want to be with God in prayer.”
“What you want is an absurdity.”
“Why?”
“Because whenever you are, God is not: Whenever God is, you are not. So how could
you be with God?”
Later the Master said:
“Seek aloneness. When you are with someone else you are not alone. When you are
with God ‘you are not alone.
The only way to really be with God is to be utterly alone.
Then, hopefully, God will be and you will not.”