Waiting for Fruition 等候

假若你認為 : "世界不需要我, 我也不需要這世界"

你根本不會來到世上.

神不會把自己所寶貴的兒子,

無原無故的帶進艱苦的旅程.

你說 : "我看不出原因來 !"

被造者未能猜想得到造物主的計劃, 有何令人驚訝呢 !

無論如何, 你的勞苦, 最終必會結出果子, 讓所有人得以看見.

雅各書 5:7 

看哪、農夫忍耐等候地裏寶貴的出產、直到得了秋雨春雨。

If the world did not need you 

and you did not need this world,

you would never have come here.

G-d does not cast His precious child

into the pain of this journey without purpose.

You say you cannot see a reason.

Why should it surprise you that 

a creature cannot fathom the plan of its Creator?

Nevertheless, eventually the fruits of your labor 

will blossom for all to see.

Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson  

Fill Your House 充滿房子

一個容器由它裝載的內容所界定：

一壺水是水, 一箱蘋果是蘋果。

同樣的, 一所房子也就是由它所包含的界定。

把經卷的書本填滿你的房子，你的房子便變成了托拉。

在牆壁上掛著慈善箱子，你的房子便成為一個行善的源泉。

讓那些需要一個溫暖家庭的人, 來到你的餐桌前，

你的房子便變成了黑暗中的明燈。

約 1:9 那光是真光、照亮一切生在世上的人。

A container is defined by its contents:

A pitcher of water is water.

A crate of apples is apples.

A house, too, is defined by what it contains.

Fill your house with books of Torah, and your house becomes a Torah.

Affix charity boxes to its walls, and your house becomes a wellspring of charity.

Bring those who need a warm home to your table,

and your house becomes a lamp in the darkness.

Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

The Mandate of Darkness 黑夜的任務

黑夜註定要成為光明,

繁忙混亂的世界, 要找到那獨一的 ...

看來沒可能, 看來很荒謬.

我們是有證據的 :

當黑夜越是厲害, 生命越是碰上極大的混亂,

我們的心靈越能看見那內裡的光輝.

黑夜如何帶出光明 ?

混亂如何顯出真理 ?

只因眼見各式各樣的 "存在", 目的都是要找到那位原創者.

這是一個普世的劇目.

他的主題和場景是 - 萬物都要認識那唯一的.

我們都是這劇中的演員.

約翰福音 17:3

和合本 - 認識你獨一的真　神、並且認識你所差來的

耶穌基督、這就是永生。

NASB - This is eternal life, that they may know You, 

the only true God,

and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

As impossible as it sounds, as absurd as it may seem:

The mandate of darkness is to become light;

the mandate of a busy, messy world is to find oneness.

We have proof: for the greater the darkness becomes,

the greater the confusion of life,

the deeper our souls reach inward to discover their own light.

How could it be that darkness leads us to find a deeper light?

That confusion leads us to find a deeper truth?

Only because the very act of existence is set to know its own author.

That is the cosmic drama, its theme and its plot:

That otherness should come to know oneness.

And we are the players in that drama.

Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

The Night Will Shine 黑夜要發亮

在將來的日子,

狼要和羊羔一起,

黑夜要如白晝,

已經死去的要活過來.

現今 : 狼仍然是狼,

黑夜仍是黑夜,

死亡的經歷仍然對抗著生命.

在這一切中, 神要顯出他的榮耀. 

詩139:17 神阿、你的意念向我何等寶貴‧其數何等眾多。

There will come a time when the wolf will lie with the lamb,

when the night will shine,

when those who have died shall live.

But the wolf will be a wolf, the night will still be night,

and the experience of death shall remain the opposite of life.

For all these G‑d made for His glory.

Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

Morning Meditation 早晨的默想

早上起來的時候, 把世界推開一會, 讓他等待你吧.

讓自己被啟發, 能以靈明, 並且用點時候默想.

然後你充滿光明, 能以投進那黑暗, 並且照亮它.

約 8:12 耶穌又對眾人說、我是世界的光．

跟從我的、就不在黑暗裏走、必要得着生命的光。

When you get up in the morning, let the world wait.

Defy it a little. First learn something to inspire you.

Take a few moments to meditate upon it.

And then you may plunge ahead into the darkness,

full of light with which to illuminate it.

By Tzvi Freeman

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

Your Will 你的意思

你若自以為是合情合理,

因而遵守神的吩咐,

這與他有何關係呢 ?

你只不過在行自己的意思.

你只回到自己的囚牢中.

太 26:39 主耶穌俯伏在地、禱告說、我父阿、倘若可行、

求你叫這杯離開我．

然而不要照我的意思、只要照你的意思。

If you do His will only because it makes sense to you,

then what does it have to do with Him?

You are doing your will.

You're back in prison.

By Tzvi Freeman

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

Jealous Angels 嫉妒的天使

天使們都在嫉妒那些在黑暗中掙扎的人.

他們雖在光明之中, 我們卻能觸及那精義. 

林前 4:9 因為我們成了一臺戲、給世人和天使觀看

The angels are jealous of the one who struggles in darkness.

They have light, but we touch the Essence.

By Tzvi Freeman

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

Prayer Packaging 回應的包裝

神必定回應每一個從心而發的禱告, 

只不過那包裝,

不一定符合我們的胃口. 

林前 2:9 神為愛他的人所豫備的、是眼睛未曾看見、耳朵未曾聽見、
人心也未曾想到的。

Every prayer of the heart is answered.

It's the packaging that doesn't always meet our taste.

By Tzvi Freeman

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

Fearless 不要懼怕

痛苦是實在的, 是真實的, 恐懼卻不是.

當我們身處不是自己的地方, 這是痛苦源頭.

如此被放逐, 令我們痛苦. 

這錯位的痛苦, 提升我們, 推動我們, 離開這不屬自己的地方.

恐懼卻不是真的. 無論我們身處甚麼地方, 我們的神仍與我們同在.

要懼怕的是 - 我們不再感到那痛苦. 


約 16:33 在世上你們有苦難．但你們可以放心、我已經勝了世界。

The pain is real. The fear is not.

The pain is real, because we are not in our place.

Nothing is in its place.

It is called exile, and so there is pain.

It is that angst of being in the wrong place that lifts us higher,

beyond this place.

The fear is not real,

because no matter where we are, our G‑d is still with us.

The only thing we have to fear is that we may no longer feel the pain.

Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

Getting Along 相處

當我們難以與人相處的時候, 常喜歡把責任推卸給別人.

認為對方愚蠢, 無能, 還有種種冒犯, 挑釁和侵略的行為,

和其他眾多的不是.

真正的原因卻並不在其中.

因著世界被破壞了, 你和我只是一片一片的碎片.

我們卻以為自己才是完全的, 是完整的 :

這樣, 攔阻了我們重新的合而為一.

腓2:3 只要存心謙卑、各人看別人比自己強。

When we can’t get along with someone,

we like to blame it on that person’s faults: 

Stupidity, incompetence, outrageous actions, aggression or some other evil.

The real reason is none of these.

It is that the world is broken, and we are the shattered fragments.

And all that stops us from coming back together is that

we each imagine ourselves to be whole.

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

Paradox 似非而是

偉大的啟示並非來自默想, 讀經和祈禱,

卻是來自世俗而平凡的生活 - 
一種叫你寧可選擇默想, 讀經和祈禱的生活.

詩 121:1 我要向山舉目. 我的幫助從何而來 ?

It's a paradox: The greatest revelations are to be found

not in meditation, study and prayer,

but in the mundane world --

but only if you would rather be meditating, studying and praying.

By Tzvi Freeman


http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

Punishment 懲罰

有時候我們不知應該懲罰還是擁抱孩子.

我們若懲罰了那需要被擁抱的, 便犯下嚴重的錯誤.

相反的, 若你擁抱那本應要受罰的,

這樣, 你為世界額外帶來了一點點的愛.

可 10:21 耶穌看着他、就愛他 ... 

Sometimes you don't know whether to punish a child or hug him.

If you punish him when he needed a hug, you've made a serious mistake.

But if you hug him when perhaps he should have been punished,

you've just brought some extra love into the world.

By Tzvi Freeman

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm

Reason To Celebrate 讚美的原因

若你做對了, 要發出讚美 : 因你有一位神, 欣賞你所作的美事.
倘若你全然失敗, 弄得一臉灰塵, 也要讚美 : 
你有一位在你跌倒的時候, 不放棄你的神.
你也許可藉此, 讓他把你扶起來. 


徒16:25 約在半夜、保羅和西拉、禱告唱詩讚美　神．

If you did things right, celebrate that you have a G-d 
who appreciates your good work.

And if you fell on your face, celebrate that you have a G-d 
who does not abandon you when you fall.

Perhaps you might even allow Him to pick you up.
By Tzvi Freeman


http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/67324/jewish/Meditations.htm