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