When through rituals and formalities
you create the spiritual space and
atmosphere that you are seeking,
then the process will have a powerful
effect on your experience. When you lack
the inner dimension for that spiritual
experience you are aspiring to,
then rituals become mere formalities,
external elaborations. In that case,
clearly, they lose their meaning
and become unnecessary customs –
just a good excuse for passing time.
若透過儀式與禮節, 你得以創造一個
自己嚮往的神聖空間及氛圍,
這個過程就會對你的經驗
有著莫大的影響. 當你嚮往某種
心靈經驗卻缺乏內在所需的特質時,
儀式就成了公式, 成了表面功夫.
這種狀況, 明顯的喪失了意義,
也成為沒有必要的習俗 –
一個浪費時間的好藉口罷了.