30. There are two Kinds Among the Souls
30. 靈魂之中有兩種類型

There are two kinds among the souls who belong to the spiritual hierarchy, God-man and man-God. The former is the God enveloped in man, and the latter man veiled by God. That is really speaking the difference between the two Biblical terms the “son of God” and the “son of man.” For in one there is a descent of God from Heaven to the earth, in the other there is ascent of man, from earth to heaven.

在屬於靈性階序的靈魂之中，有兩種類型：神-人與人-神。前者是神被人的形態包覆，後者則是人被神性所遮覆。實際上，這正是《聖經》中「神之子」與「人子」這兩個詞的差別：一者是神從天上降臨人間，另一者則是人從地上升向天上。

• [man-God] In the former God directly comes on the earth in the time of need in the form of man. In this case from infancy the soul shows God-hood, which no doubt develops with years.
  
  [人-神] 在第一種類型中，當有需要之時，神直接以人的形態來到世上。在這種情形下，這個靈魂從幼年便展現出神性，而這神性無疑會隨著年歲逐漸發展。

• [God-man] In the latter man rises toward divine perfection more strongly drawn by it, and attracts to himself others also to raise them upwards; he is the guide. He may be a guru, a teacher, a master, or even a prophet. But the God-man, who in India is called Ishwara Awatara, the incarnation of God, or the Godhead, begins as a healer of souls and culminates in a savior. May he appear as a king, as a beggar, as a preacher, as a wanderer, as a priest, as a teacher, as a poet, as a warner, he begins his life as a Nabi, even in a small way, which culminates in Rasul, whose influence spreads throughout the world.
  
  [神-人] 在後一種類型中，人受到神聖圓滿更強烈的吸引而向它提升，同時也吸引其他人來到自己身邊，使他們一同向上提升；他是一位引導者。他可能是一位古魯、一位老師、一位聖師，甚至是一位先知。然而，神人在印度被稱為 Ishwara Awatara「神之化身」，即神的降世化身，或神格；他起初是靈魂的療癒者，最終成為救主。無論他以君王、乞者、傳道者、遊方者、祭司、老師、詩人或警醒世人者的身分出現，他一生開始時是一位納比（Nabi），即使起初只是在較小的範圍之中，最終則成為拉蘇爾（Rasul），其影響遍及全世界。

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