以守基•阿芬第名义致信徒书简摘录
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF SHOGHI EFFENDI
有关你的涉及身体痛苦的意义及其同心灵与精神疗法的关系问题:身体痛苦必然伴随着人的整个生存过程,这是难以避免的。只要地球上存在生命,就会有各种形式、各种程度的痛苦。尽管痛苦是一种不可回避的现实,但它却可以被用作一种获得快乐的手段。这是所有先知与圣徒们对它的解释。当他们处于严酷的考验和磨难时,感觉的却是幸福和快乐,体会到生命中最美好、最神圣的东西。痛苦是提醒和指南,促使人们更好地适应自己周围的环境,达到自我完善。人在任何苦难中都能发现某种意义和智慧,但并不总是能够轻易找到那种智慧的奥秘。只有当痛苦消除之后,我们有时才能觉察到它的益处。人们视为邪恶的东西,常常变成无比幸福的源泉。这是由于人试图超越其能力而获得更高的认识。对我们每个人来说,上苍的智慧确实高深莫测。过分地竭力探求对我们的心智来说永远是奥秘的东西是徒劳无益的。(1935年5月29日)
As to your question concerning the meaning of physical suffering and its relation to mental and spiritual healing. Physical pain is a necessary accompaniment of all human existence, and as such is unavoidable. As long as there will be life on earth, there will be also suffering, in various forms and degrees. But suffering, although an inescapable reality, can nevertheless be utilized as a means for the attainment of happiness. This is the interpretation given to it by all the prophets and saints who, in the midst of severe tests and trials, felt happy and joyous and experienced what is best and holiest in life. Suffering is both a reminder and a guide. It stimulates us to better adapt ourselves to our environmental conditions, and thus leads the way to self- improvement. In every suffering one can find a meaning and a wisdom. But it is not always easy to find the secret of that wisdom. It is sometimes only when all our suffering has passed that we become aware of its usefulness. What man considers to be evil turns often to be a cause of infinite blessings. And this is due to his desire to know more than he can. God’s wisdom is, indeed, inscrutable to us all, and it is no use pushing too far trying to discover that which shall always remain a mystery to our mind. (29 May 1935)
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