There are very few things I can't speak about, but love is one of them.

我不能談論的事情很少，但愛情是其中之一。

All words come to an end in the face of love.

在愛面前，一切言語都將終結。

Can I ask in a different way?

我能換個方式問嗎？

The conscious awareness that is streaming through each of our fragmented selves is peaceful, fulfilled.

我們每個碎片化的自我中都流淌著平和、充實的意識。

Is it also love?

這也是愛嗎？

Absolutely, yes.

當然，是的。

Why is it also love?

為什麼也是愛？

Because I don't want to just give you a vague notion that consciousness is love.

因為我不想只給你一個意識就是愛的模糊概念。

The way we experience love, it is the absence of separation or the absence of otherness.

我們體驗愛的方式，就是沒有分離或沒有他者。

When we feel we love someone, the distance or the separation between us collapses.

當我們覺得自己愛一個人時，我們之間的距離或隔閡就會消失。

That's what love is, the absence of the sense of separation.

這就是愛，沒有分離感的愛。

In other words, it is the sharing of our being, the absence of otherness.

換句話說，它是我們存在的共享，是他者的缺席。

In pure consciousness, there is just pure consciousness.

在純粹的意識中，只有純粹的意識。

There is no other to be related to.

沒有其他人與之相關。

Pure consciousness knows nothing of duality or otherness.

純粹的意識對二元性或他者性一無所知。

That's what love is.

這就是愛。

It is the absence of otherness.

這就是沒有他性。

Love is another name for consciousness.

愛是意識的另一個名稱。

When consciousness wants to manifest its infinite potential, as we've discussed this weekend, it cannot do so directly.

當意識想要展現其無限潛能時，正如我們本週末所討論的那樣，它無法直接做到這一點。

It has to collapse into a finite mind.

它必須坍塌成一個有限的思想。

In other words, separation is the price consciousness pays for manifestation.

換句話說，分離是意識為顯現所付出的代價。

And that is why we, as finite minds, long for one thing above all else.

正因如此，作為有限的心靈，我們對一件事的渴望高於一切。

Love.

愛

You ask anyone on their deathbed, almost anyone, what is the most important experience in your life?

你在臨終前問任何人，幾乎任何人，你生命中最重要的經歷是什麼？

Nearly everyone will say love.

幾乎每個人都會說愛。

Because we understand, we as finite minds understand that love is the highest experience there is.

因為我們明白，作為有限的心靈，我們明白愛是最高的體驗。

Can anybody imagine an experience higher or more nobler than love?

有誰能想象出比愛更崇高的體驗嗎？

We all know that love is the height of experience.

我們都知道，愛是體驗的最高境界。

From the perspective of the finite mind, we know apparent separation, apparent otherness.

從有限思維的角度來看，我們知道表面上的分離、表面上的他者。

But the one thing the finite mind wants above all else is to be divested of the sense of separation.

但是，有限的心靈最想要的是擺脫分離感。

That's why we love friendship.

這就是我們熱愛友誼的原因。

That's why we love intimate relationship.

這就是我們熱愛親密關係的原因。

Because in friendship, an intimate relationship, the sense of separation, to a greater or lesser extent, dissolves.

因為在友誼和親密關係中，分離感或多或少都會消失。

And reality, pure consciousness, or in this case love, shines.

而現實，純粹的意識，或者在這裡是愛，閃閃發光。

So consciousness, it's not that love is an attribute of consciousness.

所以，意識，並不是說愛是意識的屬性。

Love is another name for consciousness.

愛是意識的另一個名稱。

Love, that means the absence of otherness, the absence of two.

愛，意味著無他，意味著無二。

So love is in fact, at the level of the finite mind, we consider love to be a relationship.

是以，在有限思維的層面上，我們認為愛其實是一種關係。

We consider love to be a feeling that takes place between two people.

我們認為愛情是發生在兩個人之間的感情。

Love is not a relationship.

愛不是一種關係。

Love is the dissolution of relationship.

愛是關係的解體。

It is the collapse of relationship.

這是關係的崩潰。

It is not possible to love another person.

愛一個人是不可能的。

In the experience of love, the self and the other dissolve.

在愛的體驗中，自我和他人都會消融。

That's why Rumi said this beautiful thing.

這就是為什麼魯米說過這樣一句美麗的話。

He said, true lovers never really meet one another.

他說，真正的戀人永遠不會真正相見。

They are in each other all along.

他們一直都在對方的身體裡。

Love is not a meeting of two people.

愛情不是兩個人的相遇。

It is the dissolution of the apparent separation between self and other.

它是自我與他人之間表面分離的消解。

And the revelation of the prior unity of these two apparently separate selves.

揭示了這兩個看似獨立的自我之前的統一性。

So love is not an experience that a separate self has.

所以，愛不是一個獨立的自我所擁有的體驗。

It is the dissolution of the self.

它是自我的解體。

The sense of the separate self.

獨立的自我意識

The revelation of reality, the revelation of consciousness.

現實的啟示，意識的啟示。

Consciousness is love.

意識就是愛。

And that is why the separate self, which is of course made of pure consciousness, there is this recognition.

這就是為什麼由純粹意識構成的獨立自我會有這種認識。

So love is the trace that infinite consciousness leaves of itself in the finite mind.

所以，愛是無限意識在有限心靈中留下的痕跡。

Love is a trace of God's presence in the mind.

愛是上帝存在於心靈中的痕跡。

And the mind, although everything it knows is limited, it recognizes that the experience of love is something that is beyond itself.

而心靈，儘管它所知道的一切都是有限的，但它認識到愛的體驗是超越自身的東西。

The finite mind recognizes that the experience of love is like a divine intervention in its life.

有限的心靈認識到，愛的體驗就像是神對其生命的干預。

That is why we value love above all else.

這就是為什麼我們把愛看得比什麼都重要。

Is that the longing that one feels to return to that love?

這就是一個人渴望回到那份愛的感覺嗎？

Yes, the experience of longing is love veiled.

是的，渴望的體驗就是被遮蔽的愛。

There is only consciousness.

只有意識。

There is only love.

只有愛

When that consciousness, for the sake of manifestation, limits itself in the form of each of our minds, it veils its own nature from itself.

當這種意識為了表現自己而以我們每個人的思維形式限制自己時，它就會掩蓋自己的本性。

And therefore love seems to be absent.

是以，愛似乎並不存在。

This absence of love is felt from the perspective of the separate self as the longing for the beloved.

從獨立自我的角度來看，這種愛的缺失是對夫妻的渴望。

So this longing, this sense of lack, this longing is inevitable for the separate self.

是以，這種渴望、這種匱乏感、這種渴望對於分離的自我來說是不可避免的。

It is the core feeling that all separate selves, the wound in the heart of all separate selves, this feeling, this intuition of love, but this feeling that I am cut off.

這是所有獨立自我的核心感覺，是所有獨立自我心中的傷口，是這種感覺，是愛的直覺，但這種感覺是我被割裂了。

I need to be completed.

我需要完成。

I need to be divested of the sense of separation.

我需要擺脫分離感。

The only reason we go towards objects and substances is to briefly merge with the other.

我們走向物體和物質的唯一原因就是短暫地與對方融合。

In that merging, the self and the other collapse.

在這種融合中，自我和他人都會崩潰。

Even if the object is just something insignificant like chocolate.

即使對象只是巧克力這樣微不足道的東西。

Just insignificant.

只是微不足道。

There is this little craving.

有一種小小的渴望。

You visualize the chocolate.

你可以想象巧克力的樣子。

You think the chocolate is going to relieve the sense of longing.

你以為巧克力能緩解你的渴望感。

And sure enough, the first taste of chocolate, it does bring your longing to an end.

果不其然，第一口巧克力的滋味，確實給你的渴望畫上了句號。

In that moment, you and the chocolate merge.

在那一刻，你和巧克力融為一體。

In other words, your sense of separation dissolves.

換句話說，你的分離感會消失。

And your true nature shines.

你的真性情就會閃閃發光。

That is the experience of enjoyment that we were talking about.

這就是我們所說的享受體驗。

You are enjoying not the taste of chocolate.

你享受的不是巧克力的味道。

It is the taste of your true nature that you are enjoying.

這是你正在享受的真實本性的味道。

It is the same with friendship.

友誼也是如此。

The reason why we want to merge with another is not because we want to merge with another person or another body.

我們之所以想與他人融合，並不是因為我們想與另一個人或另一個身體融合。

It is because the separate self longs above all else to be divested of its separation.

這是因為分離的自我最渴望的就是擺脫分離。

And as a result, to stand revealed in its original form, its prior unlimited form, which is love itself.

其結果是，以其最初的形式，即其先前的無限形式--也就是愛本身--顯現出來。

I think I have always felt that longing was somehow divine.

我想我一直覺得這種渴望是神聖的。

And maybe a higher desire.

也許還有更高的願望。

It is divine.

它是神聖的。

All desires are the desires for God.

所有的慾望都是對上帝的慾望。

All desires.

所有願望

Whatever the apparent object of our desire is.

無論我們慾望的表面對象是什麼。

The only reason we want that object.

我們想要那個物體的唯一原因。

Would any of us here desire an intimate relationship if we were convinced that that relationship would bring us misery?

如果我們確信親密關係會給我們帶來痛苦，我們中會有人渴望親密關係嗎？

Would any of us who are sick desire health if we were convinced that health would bring us misery?

如果我們深信健康會給我們帶來痛苦，我們這些生病的人會渴望健康嗎？

No, we would rather stay unhealthy.

不，我們寧願保持不健康。

The only reason we want to be healthy is because we think that health will bring us happiness.

我們想要健康的唯一原因是，我們認為健康會給我們帶來幸福。

All desires are ultimately the desires for God.

所有的慾望最終都是對上帝的慾望。

They are the desires to be divested of the sense of limitation.

它們是擺脫侷限感的渴望。

And to be not returned to because we are already that.

我們不會再回到過去，因為我們已經是過去。

But divested of the sense of separation, enabling our essential being to shine as it is, unlimited.

但剝離了分離感，使我們的本質得以閃耀，無限閃耀。

All desires are a desire for that in disguise.

所有的慾望都是一種變相的渴望。

So yes, your intuition that your longing is divine is absolutely right.

所以，是的，你的直覺是絕對正確的，你的渴望是神聖的。

It is divine.

它是神聖的。

And in fact, from the perspective of the separate self, the separate self feels that I long for happiness or I long for the divine.

事實上，從分別我的角度來看，分別我覺得我渴望幸福，或者我渴望神聖。

Because the separate self believes that it is a separate, independent, the existing self.

因為分離的自我認為自己是一個獨立的、存在的自我。

The separate self feels I am going towards happiness, towards God, towards the divine.

分離的自我覺得我在走向幸福，走向上帝，走向神聖。

But remember, all there is to the separate self is an apparent limitation.

但請記住，分離的自我只是表面上的侷限。

Of infinite consciousness.

無限的意識

All there is to King Lear is John Smith.

李爾王》中只有約翰-史密斯。

So in fact, our longing is not the separate self going towards happiness.

是以，事實上，我們的渴望並不是走向幸福的獨立自我。

It is the divine calling us back to itself.

這是神聖在召喚我們迴歸自身。

That having contracted itself into a finite mind, infinite consciousness just wants to go back to its natural state.

無限的意識在將自己收縮為有限的思維後，只想回到自己的自然狀態。

That impulse in consciousness to go back to its natural state of expansion is felt from the level of the finite mind as the desire for happiness or the longing for God.

意識中那種想要回到其自然擴展狀態的衝動，在有限的心靈層面上表現為對幸福的渴望或對上帝的渴求。

It is not really the separate self that desires happiness or longings for God.

其實，渴望幸福或渴望上帝的並不是獨立的自我。

There is no separate self to long for God or to desire for happiness.

沒有單獨的自我去憧憬上帝或渴望幸福。

There is just consciousness with its nature of love and unconditional joy and imperturbable peace that contracts itself.

只有具有愛的本性、無條件的喜悅和平靜的意識才會自我收縮。

And as a result of this contraction, there is this natural impulse in it to go back to its state of equilibrium.

這種收縮的結果是，它有一種自然的衝動，想要回到平衡狀態。

That impulse in consciousness to go back to its natural state is felt from the point of view of the individual as the desire for happiness.

從個人的角度來看，意識中那種想要回到自然狀態的衝動被視為對幸福的渴望。

I desire happiness.

我渴望幸福。

It is never the separate self that desires happiness.

渴望幸福的從來都不是獨立的自我。

It is consciousness that veils itself with its own activity.

是意識用自己的活動掩蓋了自己。

As a result, seems to cut itself off from its innate peace and love and fulfillment.

是以，它似乎切斷了自己與生俱來的和平、愛和滿足感。

And as a result, unveils itself and returns to itself again.

結果，它揭開了自己的面紗，並再次迴歸自身。

So yes, your longing is divine.

所以，是的，你的渴望是神聖的。

It is God calling us back to itself.

這是上帝在召喚我們迴歸自身。

Great.

好極了

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