一九０ 寂 灭
「我要在祈祷中与天主同在。」
「你所想要的实在荒谬。」
「为什么？」
「因为每当你在时，天主就消失；每当天主临在，你必然消失。所以你怎能与天主同在？」
大师接着又说：
「追寻孤独吧！不论你与何人同在，你就不是独处。当你与天主同在，你也不算独处。想要与天主同在，唯一的方法即是彻底的独处。那么，但愿天主临在而你消融于其中了。」
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.”