1. The Philosophy of Love
1. 愛的哲學

The soul on its way to manifestation passes through four states, Ilm, Ishq, Wujud, Shuhud.

靈魂在走向顯現的途中，會經過四種狀態：Ilm（知）、Ishq（愛）、Wujud（在）、Shuhud（證）。

1. Ilm is the original state of the consciousness, the pure intelligence.
   Ilm（知）是意識最初的狀態，也就是純粹的智性。
2. Ishq is love, the next step of the intelligence towards manifestation; therefore intelligence and love are the same in their essence. Objects, such as rocks and trees, have no intelligence, therefore they have no love, except a little perception of love that exists in plant life, but among beasts and birds intelligence develops; that is why in them love begins to show itself.
   Ishq（愛）是智性朝向顯現所邁出的下一步；因此，智性與愛在本質上是相同的。岩石、樹木之類的事物沒有智性，因此也沒有愛，只有植物生命中存在著些微對愛的感受；到了走獸與鳥類，智性逐漸發展，因此愛也開始在牠們身上顯現。
3. Wujud is the objective world, whose purpose it is to be loved, for love could not manifest unless there were an object to love.
   Wujud（在）是客觀世界，其目的在於成為被愛的對象；因為若沒有一個可以去愛的對象，愛便無從顯現。
4. Shuhud is the realization of love’s experience, in whatever aspect it may be. The word love is derived from the Sanskrit word Lobh, which means desire, wish; the same word is used in the Russian language, Liubov. Love may be called in other words the desire to be conscious of the object of love. Therefore Shuhud, the realization of love, is the only object of every soul. It is love in different aspects which is known by all such names as will, wish, desire, kindness, favor, and so forth.
   Shuhud（證）是對愛之經驗的親證，無論愛以何種面貌顯現。love 這個字源自梵文 Lobh，意思是渴望、願望；俄文中也使用相同的字 Liubov。換句話說，愛可以說是渴望去意識到自己所愛的對象。因此，Shuhud，也就是對愛的親證，是每一個靈魂唯一的目標。愛以不同面貌呈現時，便有了意志、願望、渴望、仁慈、恩惠等等不同的名稱。

In love abides all knowledge. It is mankind’s love and interest in things that in time reveals their secret, to know how to develop, control, and utilize all things. No one can know anybody, however much they may profess to know, except the lover, because in the absence of love the inner eyes are blind; only the outer eyes are open, which are merely the spectacles of the inner eyes. If the sight is not keen, of what use are the spectacles? It is for this reason that we admire all those whom we love, and are blind to the good qualities of those whom we do not love. It is not always that these deserve our neglect, but our eyes, without love, cannot see their goodness. Those whom we love may have bad points too, but as love sees beauty, so we see that alone in them.

一切知識都存在於愛之中。正是人類對事物的愛與興趣，隨著時間揭開了事物的祕密，使人知道如何發展、掌握並運用萬物。一個人無論聲稱自己多麼了解另一個人，真正能夠了解對方的只有愛者；因為沒有愛時，內在的眼睛便是盲的，只有外在的眼睛睜著，而外在的眼睛不過是內在之眼的眼鏡。如果視力本身不敏銳，眼鏡又有什麼用呢？正因如此，我們總會欣賞自己所愛的人，卻看不見那些我們不愛之人的優點。並不總是因為他們真的不值得我們注意，而是沒有愛時，我們的眼睛看不見他們的美好。我們所愛的人或許也有缺點，但愛所看見的是美，因此我們在他們身上也只看見那份美。

Intelligence itself in its next step towards manifestation is love. When the light of love has been lit the heart becomes transparent, so that the intelligence of the soul can see through it, but until the heart is kindled by the flame of love the intelligence, which is constantly yearning to experience life on the surface, is groping in the dark.

智性本身朝向顯現再進一步時，就是愛。當愛的光被點亮，心便變得澄澈透明，使靈魂的智性能夠透過它看見；然而，在心被愛的火焰點燃之前，那不斷渴望在表層經驗生命的智性，只能在黑暗中摸索。

The whole of creation is made for love. Humans are the most capable of it.

整個受造界都是為了愛而存在，而人類最有能力去愛。

• If we have a stone in our house and we like the stone very much, the stone will not be aware of our love to that degree to which a plant would be conscious of it.
• If we have a plant, and care for it and tend it, it will respond to our care and will flourish.
• The animals feel affection. If we keep an animal in the house, how much affection and love it can feel!
• The tame animals in time grow to be as affectionate as one of the family.
• It was Joseph’s dog that fed him while in the well until he was found by travelers passing that way. (Bible story)
• It is said that the horse of an Arab who had fallen on the battlefield kept watch over him for three days, guarding his corpse from the vultures until his comrades came.
• 如果家中有一塊石頭，而我們非常喜愛它，石頭並不能像植物那樣感受到我們的愛。
• 如果我們有一株植物，照顧它、呵護它，它便會回應我們的照料，茁壯生長。
• 動物能感受到情感。如果我們在家中養一隻動物，牠能感受到多麼深的情感與愛！
• 馴養的動物日久之後，也會變得像家中的一員那樣充滿感情。
• 約瑟在井中時，是他的狗餵養他，直到路過的旅人發現他。（聖經故事）
• 據說，有一位阿拉伯人在戰場上倒下後，他的馬守在他身旁三天，護衛他的遺體不受禿鷹侵擾，直到他的同伴前來。

But humans, having the largest share of intelligence, have the most love in their nature.

然而，人類擁有最多的智性，因此在人的本性中也有最多的愛。

All this shows that creation has evolved from mineral to plant life, from plant to animal life, and from the animal to the human being, showing a gradual development of love through every stage.

這一切顯示，受造界從礦物演化到植物生命，從植物到動物生命，再從動物到人類；在每一個階段之中，愛都逐步發展。

The Sufis say that the reason of the whole creation is that the perfect Being wished to know Himself, and did so by awakening the love of His nature and creating out of it His object of love, which is beauty. Dervishes, with this meaning, salute each other by saying, “Ishq Allah, Ma’bud Lillah”, “God is love and God is the beloved.”

蘇菲說，整個創造之所以發生，是因為那完美的存有渴望認識祂自己；祂喚醒自身本性中的愛，並由此創造出祂所愛的對象，也就是美。蘇菲行者帶著這層意義彼此問候：「Ishq Allah, Ma’bud Lillah」——「神是愛，神是摯愛者。」

A Hindustani poet says, “The desire to see the beloved brought me to earth, and the same desire to see the beloved I am taking with me to heaven.”

一位印度斯坦詩人說：「渴望見到摯愛者，使我來到世上；而我帶往天堂的，也正是這份渴望見到摯愛者的心。」

As love is the source of creation and the real sustenance of all beings, so, if man knows how to give it to the world around him as sympathy, as kindness, as service, he supplies to all the food for which every soul hungers. If man knew this secret of life he would win the whole world, without any doubt.

愛既是創造的源頭，也是所有眾生真正的滋養；因此，如果人知道如何以同理、仁慈與服務，把愛給予周遭的世界，他便是在供給所有眾生每一個靈魂都渴望的糧食。人若知道生命的這個祕密，毫無疑問，他便能贏得整個世界。

Love can always be discerned in the thought, speech, and action of the lover, for in his every expression there is a charm which shows as a beauty, tenderness, and delicacy. A heart burning in love’s fire has a tendency to melt every heart with which it comes in contact. Love produces such a charm in the lover that while he loves one all love him.

我們總能從愛者的思想、言語與行動中辨認出愛，因為他的每一種表達都帶著一種魅力，顯現為美、溫柔與細膩。一顆燃燒著愛之火的心，會使每一顆與它相遇的心融化。愛在愛者身上產生如此的魅力，以至於當他愛著一個人時，所有人也都會愛他。

The magnetism of love is thus explained by a Hindustani poet: “Why should not every heart be melted into drops before the flame that my heart has sustained all through my life? As I have all my life shed tears with the pain of love, the lovers make pilgrimage to my mournful grave.”

一位印度斯坦詩人如此說明愛的磁力：「在我的心一生所承受的這團火焰之前，為什麼每一顆心不該融化成滴滴淚水？我一生都因愛的痛苦而流淚，因此愛者們前來我哀傷的墓前朝聖。」

It was to teach this lesson of love that Christ said, “I will make you fishers of men.”

基督說：「我要使你們成為得人的漁夫。」正是為了教導這愛的功課。

“Everyone is drawn to me, to become my friend, but none divines what it is in my heart that draws”, said Jelal-ud-Din Rumi.

賈拉魯丁・魯米（Jelal-ud-Din Rumi）說：「每個人都受我吸引，想成為我的朋友，卻沒有人察覺，我心中究竟是什麼吸引著他們。」

Love is inherent in every soul. All the occupations of life, however important or unimportant, in some way or other tend towards love; therefore no one in the world can be called entirely loveless. Love is the only thing that every soul brings to earth with it; yet after coming to earth man partakes of all the qualities of lovelessness. If it were not so, we would have been as bitter, as callous, as angry, as full of hatred when we were born as we are now. The infant has no hatred. A little child that we have scolded will in a few minutes time come and embrace us.

愛本來就存在於每一個靈魂之中。生命中的一切活動，無論重要或不重要，都以某種方式朝向愛；因此，世上沒有人能被稱為完全沒有愛。愛是每一個靈魂來到世上時唯一隨身帶來的東西；然而來到世上之後，人卻逐漸沾染了種種無愛的性質。若非如此，我們出生時就會像現在一樣苦澀、冷酷、憤怒而充滿仇恨。嬰兒沒有仇恨。一個剛被我們責罵的小孩，幾分鐘後便會回來擁抱我們。

To love, to adore, to worship someone with whom we are connected neither by birth, race, creed, nor in any worldly connection, comes from the love of the soul. Sometimes people fall in love at first sight, sometimes the presence of someone draws a person like a magnet, sometimes one sees a person and feels, “I might have known him all my life”, sometimes one speaks with another person and finds an intimacy of understanding as if the souls understood each other; all this is accounted for by the idea of soul-mates.

我們與一個人既沒有血緣、種族、信仰上的關係，也沒有任何世俗的連結，卻會愛他、敬愛他，甚至崇敬他，這份愛來自靈魂。有時人會一見鍾情；有時某個人的存在會像磁鐵一般吸引另一個人；有時我們看見一個人，便感到：「我彷彿一生都認識他。」有時我們與另一個人交談，發現彼此有一種親密的理解，彷彿兩個靈魂早已互相明白。所有這些，都可以用靈魂伴侶的觀念來解釋。

A heart lightened by love is more precious than all the gems and jewels of the world. There are as many different kinds of hearts as there are different substances in the world.

一顆被愛點亮的心，比世間一切寶石珠玉都更加珍貴。世間有多少種不同的物質，就有多少種不同的心。

• There are hearts of metal which take a long time and much fire of love to heat, and when once heated will melt and may be molded as you wish for the moment, but soon afterwards turn cold.
• There are hearts of wax which melt instantly at the sight of the fire, and if there is a wick of ideal, they will keep their flame until they become non-existent.
• There are hearts of paper which are set alight by a slight touch of the fire and turn into ashes in one moment.
• 有些心如金屬，需要很長的時間，也需要大量愛的火焰才能燒熱；一旦燒熱，就會融化，暫時能照你的意思塑形，但不久之後又會冷卻。
• 有些心如蠟，一見火便立刻融化；如果其中有一根理想的燈芯，它便會一直維持火焰，直到自己不復存在。
• 有些心如紙，只要稍稍接觸火焰便會燃起，轉瞬之間化為灰燼。

Love is like the fire; its glow is devotion, its flame is wisdom, its smoke is attachment, and its ashes detachment. Flame rises from glow, so it is with wisdom, which rises from devotion. When love’s fire produces its flame it illuminates the devotee’s path in life like a torch, and all darkness vanishes.

愛就像火；它的火光是虔敬，它的火焰是智慧，它的煙是執著，而它的灰燼是超脫。火焰從火光中升起，智慧也是如此，從虔敬之中升起。當愛之火生出火焰，它便如火炬一般照亮虔敬者的生命道路，一切黑暗隨之消失。

When the life-force acts in the soul it is love, when it acts in the heart it is emotion, and when in the body it is passion. Therefore the most loving person is the most emotional, and the most emotional is the most passionate, according to the plane of which he is most conscious. If he is most awake in the soul he is loving, if awakened in the heart he is emotional, if he is conscious of the body he is passionate. These three may be pictured as fire, flame, and smoke. Love is fire when in the soul, it is a flame when the heart is kindled by it, and it is as smoke when it manifests through the body.

當生命力作用於靈魂時，它就是愛；作用於心時，它就是情感；作用於身體時，它就是激情。因此，一個最有愛的人也是最富情感的人，而最富情感的人也是最有激情的人，差別只在於他最清醒地意識到自己存在於哪一個層面。若他在靈魂的層面最為清醒，他便充滿愛；若在心的層面醒著，他便充滿情感；若主要意識到身體，他便充滿激情。這三者可以比作火、火焰與煙。愛在靈魂中是火；當心被它點燃時，它是火焰；當它透過身體顯現時，它便如煙。

1. The first love is for the self. If illuminated, man sees his true benefit and he becomes a saint. In the absence of illumination man becomes so selfish that he becomes a devil.
   第一種愛是對自己的愛。若受到光照，人便會看見自己真正的益處，並成為聖者；若沒有光照，人則會變得如此自私，以至於成為魔鬼。
2. The second love is for the opposite sex. If it is for love’s sake it is heavenly; if it is for passion’s sake it is earthly. This, if it is quite pure, can certainly take away the idea of the self, but the benefit is slight and the danger is great.
   第二種愛是對異性的愛。如果它是為愛本身而愛，便屬於天堂；如果是為激情而愛，便屬於塵世。這種愛若十分純粹，確實能消除自我的觀念，但其益處有限，危險卻很大。
3. The third love is for the children, and this is the first service to God’s creatures. To reserve it for one’s children only is like appropriating to oneself what is given to us as a trust by the Creator, but if this love expands to embrace the whole creation of the Heavenly Father, it raises man to be among the chosen ones of God.
   第三種愛是對孩子的愛，這也是我們第一次服務神的受造物。若把這份愛只保留給自己的孩子，就像把造物主託付給我們的東西據為己有；但若這份愛擴展開來，擁抱天父的一切受造物，它便會使人提升，成為神所揀選的人之一。

The love of the parents for the children is much greater than the love of the children towards them, for while the parents’ thought is all centered in the children, the children’s thought is for themselves first.

父母對孩子的愛，遠比孩子對父母的愛更深；因為父母的心思全放在孩子身上，而孩子首先想到的卻是自己。

Someone asked the Prophet, “Whose love is greater, the children’s love for their parents or the parents’ for their children?” He said, “The parents’ love is greater, for while they do all things with the thought that their children may grow and be happy and will live after them, as if they expect to live in the life of their children after their death. Even worthy children think that some day the parents will die, and with this thought they render them what little service they can.”

有人問先知：「哪一種愛比較深，是孩子對父母的愛，還是父母對孩子的愛？」先知回答：「父母的愛比較深，因為他們所做的一切，都想著讓孩子長大、幸福，並在自己之後繼續活下去，彷彿他們期望自己死後仍能活在孩子的生命之中。即使是孝順的孩子，也會想到父母有一天終究會死，並帶著這個念頭，盡自己所能為父母做一點事。」

The questioner asked, “Of the parents, whose love is greater?” The Prophet said, “The mother’s; the greater respect and service is due to her, for heaven lies at her feet.”

提問的人又問：「父母之中，誰的愛比較深？」先知回答：「母親的。她應當受到更多的尊敬與奉侍，因為天堂就在她的足下。」

The love of the parents is most blessed, for this love is clear as crystal.

父母的愛最為有福，因為這份愛如水晶一般清澈。

There is a well-known story of Shirvan Bhagat, who was devoted to his aged parents, who had reached the age when they were helpless and entirely dependent upon the service of their only son. Shirvan was so devoted to them that he sacrificed all freedom and pleasure in life in their service. He gently attended to their calls, and bore with patience all the difficulties that one finds in association with the aged.

有一個著名的故事，說的是希爾凡・巴加特（Shirvan Bhagat）。他十分孝敬年邁的父母。當時他的父母已年老衰弱，無法自理，完全依靠唯一的兒子照料。希爾凡對父母極為盡心，為了服侍他們，犧牲了生命中所有的自由與享樂。他總是溫柔地回應父母的呼喚，並耐心承受與年邁之人相處時會遇到的一切困難。

The parents one day said that they greatly wished they had once in their lives made a pilgrimage to Kashi. This worthy son at once consented to their wish, and, as in those days there was no other means of travelling, he undertook to accomplish the journey on foot. He made baskets in which he placed his old parents and lifted them on to his back, and thus set out on a journey of thousands of miles, through many forests and mountains, crossing rivers on his way.

有一天，父母說，他們一生最大的心願之一，就是能去卡希（Kashi）朝聖一次。這位孝順的兒子立刻答應了他們。由於當時沒有其他交通方式，他決定徒步完成這趟旅程。他做了兩個籃子，把年老的父母安置其中，再將籃子挑負在背上，就這樣踏上數千英里的旅程，一路穿越許多森林與山嶺，也渡過一條又一條河流。

He travelled for months in this way, but before he arrived at their destination a misfortune happened. Shirvan, at his parents’ request, set down his baskets on the ground and went to fetch some water. When he drew near to the river he was stuck by the arrow of Raja Dasheratha, who had aimed at a deer and by accident hit him. Hearing the deep sigh of a man the Raja went to him, and was grieved beyond expression.

他就這樣走了好幾個月，然而在抵達目的地之前，不幸發生了。依父母的請求，希爾凡把籃子放到地上，前去取水。當他走近河邊時，被達舍拉塔王（Raja Dasheratha）的一支箭射中；國王原本瞄準的是一頭鹿，卻意外射中了他。聽見人的沉重呻吟聲，國王趕到他身邊，悲痛得難以言喻。

He said, “Is there anything that I can do for you, O man?” Shirvan said, “I am dying. I have only one desire, and that is to give my parents this water; they are thirsty in the heat of the sun.” “That is all?” the Raja asked. “I will do it with great pleasure as my first duty.” Shirvan said, “If you wish to do anything more then look after them and see that they are carried to Kashi, although I doubt whether they will live any longer after I am gone.”

他問：「我能為你做些什麼嗎？」希爾凡說：「我要死了。我只有一個願望，就是把這水送給我的父母；烈日炎炎，他們正口渴。」國王問：「只有這件事嗎？我非常願意去做，並把它當作我的第一要務。」希爾凡說：「如果你還願意多做一些，就請照顧他們，設法把他們送到卡希；雖然我懷疑，在我離去之後，他們是否還能繼續活下去。」

The Raja went, bearing water in his hands, and gave it to the old parents without saying a word to them, fearing they might not drink it, hearing the voice of a stranger. The parents said, “O worthy son, all our life we have never seen you vexed; this is the first time that you have handed us the bowl of water without your loving word which always gives us new life.” Raja Dasheratha burst into tears, and told them of the death of their son. They, hearing this, could not live to drink the water. They lived only on the love of their son. Each of them heaved a deep sigh, “O, our beloved Shirvan”, and passed away.

國王用雙手捧著水走到年邁的父母身邊，把水遞給他們，卻一句話也不敢說，因為怕他們聽見陌生人的聲音之後便不肯喝。父母說：「啊，我們孝順的兒子，這一生我們從未見過你心情不悅；這是第一次，你把水碗遞給我們，卻沒有說出那總能帶給我們新生命的慈愛話語。」達舍拉塔王再也忍不住，放聲哭泣，告訴他們兒子已經死去。兩位老人聽到這個消息，連水都來不及喝，便無法再活下去。他們所依靠的，原本就是兒子的愛。兩人各自深深嘆息一聲：「啊，我們摯愛的希爾凡。」隨即離世。

This story has since become a tradition in India, and there are followers of this tradition who carry baskets on their shoulders and travel about, teaching the virtue of devotion and service to parents.

從此，這個故事在印度成為一種傳統；至今仍有人遵循這項傳統，肩負籃子四處行走，教導人們孝敬與奉侍父母的美德。

When love is centered in one object it is love. When it is for several objects it is named affection. When it is like a cloud it is called infatuation. When its trend is moral it is devotion. When it is for God, the omnipresent and omnipotent, in fact, the whole Being, then it is called divine love, the lover becomes holy.

當愛集中於一個對象時，它叫做愛；當它朝向數個對象時，便稱為情愛；當它像雲一般籠罩時，便稱為迷戀；當它朝向道德的方向時，便是虔敬；當它朝向無所不在、全能的神，也就是整個存有時，它便稱為神聖之愛，而愛者也因而成為神聖的。

There is no greater power than love. All strength comes with the awakening of love in the heart. People say, “He is tenderhearted, he is weak,” but there are many who do not know what strength springs from the heart that becomes tender in love. A soldier fights on the battle-field for love of his people. Every work that one does in love is done with all strength and power. Fear and reason, which limit power, cannot stand against love. A hen, timid as she is, can withstand a lion for the love of her young ones. There is nothing too strong, too powerful for a loving heart.

沒有任何力量比愛更大。一切力量，都隨著愛在心中的甦醒而生起。人們常說：「他心太軟，他很軟弱。」然而許多人並不知道，一顆因愛而變得柔軟的心，能湧現何等強大的力量。士兵為了對自己人民的愛而在戰場上作戰。凡是在愛中完成的事，都會投入全部的力量。恐懼與理性會限制力量，但它們在愛的面前站立不住。一隻母雞即使再膽小，也能為了愛護幼雛而挺身面對獅子。對一顆充滿愛的心而言，沒有什麼會強大到無法面對。

The power of love accomplishes all things in life as does the power of dynamite that conquers the world. But when dynamite explodes it sets everything on fire, and so it is with love: when it is too intense it becomes a wheel of destruction, and everything goes amiss in the life of the lover. That is the mystery that accounts for all the pain and misery in the life of a lover. Still, the lover is the gainer in both cases. If he has mastered the situation he is a master; if he has lost everything he is a saint.

愛的力量能成就生命中的一切，就像炸藥的力量能征服世界。然而炸藥一旦爆炸，便會使一切陷入火中；愛也是如此：當它過於強烈時，就會變成毀滅之輪，使愛者生命中的一切都走向失序。這正是愛者的生命中會有如此多痛苦與悲慘的奧祕。然而無論哪一種情況，愛者終究都有所得。如果他掌握了局面，他便成為主人；如果他失去了一切，他便成為聖者。

Love is above law, and law is beneath love. There is no comparison between them; one is from heaven and the other from earth. Where love dies law begins. Therefore law can never find a place for love, nor can love ever limit itself within law, one being limited, the other being as unlimited as life. The lover can give no reason why he loves a certain one, for there is a reason for everything except love.

愛在律法之上，律法在愛之下。兩者無從相比；一個來自天上，另一個來自地上。愛死去的地方，律法便開始。因此，律法永遠無法為愛找到位置，而愛也永遠無法把自己限制在律法之內；一個是有限的，另一個則如生命一般無限。愛者無法說明自己為什麼愛某一個人，因為世間萬事都有理由，唯獨愛沒有。

Time and space are in the hands of love. A journey of miles will become a few yards in the presence of the beloved, and yards become miles in his absence. A day of separation in love is equal to a thousand years, and a thousand years of the beloved’s presence are not even as long as a day.

時間與空間都在愛的掌中。摯愛者在身旁時，數英里的旅程會變得像幾碼那麼短；摯愛者不在時，幾碼卻會變成數英里。愛中的一天離別，彷彿千年；而與摯愛者相伴千年，卻連一天都算不上。

If there is any protecting influence in the world, it is no other than love. In all aspects of life, wherever we find protection, its motive is always love, and no one can have trust in any protection, however great, except the protection that love offers. If a giant were to frighten a child, the child would say, “I will tell my mother.” The strength and power of any man is too small in comparison with love’s protection which the mother affords her child.

如果世上真有一種守護的力量，那就是愛。在生命的各個層面，凡是我們看見保護之處，其背後的動機總是愛；而無論其他保護看來多麼強大，真正值得信賴的，唯有愛所給予的保護。如果有一個巨人嚇唬孩子，孩子會說：「我要告訴媽媽。」任何人的力量與威勢，與一位母親以愛守護孩子的力量相比，都顯得太小。

Love can heal better than anything in the world. There is nothing like a mother’s touch when a child is in pain. There can be no greater cure than the presence of the beloved in the illness of the lover. Even cats and dogs are healed by a little pat of love.

愛比世上任何事物都更能療癒。當孩子痛苦時，沒有什麼比得上母親的撫觸。當愛者生病時，也沒有比摯愛者陪伴在身旁更好的療方。甚至貓狗，也能因為一個帶著愛的輕撫而得到療癒。

For thought-reading, for sending and receiving telepathic messages, people try psychical processes in vain. If they only knew that the secret of all occult and psychical phenomena lies in love! The lover knows all: the pleasure, the displeasure, the happiness and unhappiness, the thoughts and imaginations, of the beloved. No time, no space, stands in his way, for a telepathic current is naturally established between the lover and the beloved. The lover’s imagination, thought, dream, and vision, everything tells him all about the object of his love.

為了讀取思想，為了傳送與接收心靈感應的訊息，人們徒然嘗試各種心靈方法。若他們知道，一切神祕與心靈現象的祕密都在愛之中，那該多好！愛者知道摯愛者的一切：他的喜歡與不喜歡、幸福與不幸、思想與想像。時間與空間都無法阻隔他，因為在愛者與摯愛者之間，自然而然會建立起一股心靈感應的流動。愛者的想像、思想、夢境與異象，一切都向他訴說著他所愛之人的一切。

Concentration, which is the secret of every attainment in life, and the chief thing in all aspects of life, especially in the path of religion and mysticism, is a natural thing in love. The loveless will strive for years in this path, and will always fail to center their minds on one object; but love compels the lover, holding before his admiring view the vision of the beloved. Therefore the lover need not concentrate his mind; his love itself is his concentration which gives him mastery over all things in the world. The lover attains the object of his love by the power of concentration; and if he does not attain the object, then he rises beyond it. In either case the lover has his reward.

專注是生命中一切成就的祕密，也是生命各個層面最重要的事，尤其是在宗教與祕學的道路上；而在愛之中，專注卻是一件自然的事。沒有愛的人即使在這條路上努力多年，仍總是無法把頭腦集中於一個對象；但愛會自然而然地牽引愛者，使摯愛者的形象始終呈現在他充滿欣賞的目光之前。因此，愛者不必刻意集中自己的頭腦；他的愛本身就是他的專注，而這份專注使他得以掌握世上的一切。愛者藉由專注的力量得到他所愛的對象；若他沒有得到那個對象，他便超越那個對象而上升。無論是哪一種情況，愛者都得到了他的回報。

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