september18

Our judgments, even concerning

ordinary things, are frequently clouded

by our emotions. For example, we often

see the actions of our loved ones – even

if they are harmful – as wonderful,

whereas we judge even the positive

actions of a person we dislike as

pretentious and false. We cannot rely

upon our perceptions; it is a fact that

we misapprehend many situations. If

this is a general fact, how can we still

stubbornly maintain that our

perceptions about our own spiritual

masters must be true?

即便是對於日常事物,

我們的判斷力也常會因情緒而混淆不清.

例如, 我們看著自己關愛的人的作為,

就算有害, 也認為是美好的,

反之, 我們不喜歡的人所做的建設性行為,

仍會被我們斷定是狂妄且虛偽的.

我們不能全然倚賴自己片面的看法;

事實上, 我們很容易對許多狀況產生誤解.

若這是普遍的事實, 我們又怎能頑固,

堅持認定我們的精神導師一定是正確的呢?