1. Magnetism
1. 吸引力（磁力）

1. One of the aspects of personal magnetism is physical magnetism, which has three kinds of attraction.
   
   個人吸引力的一個面向，是身體的吸引力，而這種吸引力有三個來源。

• One kind comes because the mechanism of the body is working properly, regularly, when the circulation of the blood is right and when proper care is taken of the body.
  
  第一種來自身體機能正常而規律地運作，血液循環順暢，身體也受到適當的照顧。

• The next depends on the attractiveness of the form and features with which a person is born.
  
  第二種取決於一個人天生的體態與容貌所具有的吸引力。

• The third is caused by harmonious movement.
  
  第三種則來自和諧的舉止動作。

The person who lacks any of these three things will naturally lack magnetism. As there is the blossoming of the trees, so there is the time in a person’s life when he blossoms, a time which is called youth, when this magnetism expresses itself in its fullness. It comes as a season and it goes as a season.

一個人若缺少這三者中的任何一項，吸引力自然也會有所欠缺。正如樹木有開花的時節，人的一生也有綻放的時期，那就是青春。在這段時光裡，身體的吸引力會充分展現。它如同季節一般到來，也如同季節一般離去。

2. The second aspect of magnetism is the magnetism of mind. A person of thought and wit, one who is quick to grasp something and apt in expressing his ideas to others, naturally has magnetic power.
   
   磁力的第二個面向，是頭腦的吸引力。善於思考、機智敏捷，能迅速理解事物，又擅長向他人表達想法的人，自然具有吸引人的力量。

3. The third aspect of magnetism is the magnetism of heart. It is more powerful than the magnetism of mind, for the latter touches the surface whereas the magnetism of heart touches the depths of a person. The heart can be best described as a glowing fire if it is living, but when it is dead it is like frozen snow. Magnetism of heart needs no expression, for a person with a loving heart is indubitably magnetic. Therefore no one should profess to love, for love speaks for itself; it needs no words. The fire does not cry out, “I am burning!” The heat of the glow is felt without words.
   
   磁力的第三個面向，是心的磁力。它比頭腦的吸引力更為強大，因為後者只能觸及表面，而心的磁力能夠觸及一個人的深處。一顆充滿生命的心，宛如一團熾熱的火；失去生命的心，則如冰封的雪。心的磁力不需要言語來表達，因為一顆充滿愛的心，必然具有吸引力。因此，我們不必宣稱自己有愛，因為愛會自行顯露，無須言語。火不會大聲喊著：「我正在燃燒！」即使沒有言語，我們仍能感受到它散發的熱。
   
   The magnetism of the heart can also be divided into three kinds.
   
   心的磁力也可以分為三種。

• One is the heart that receives love. It has the magnetism of the moon; the cooling effect of the moon is seen in the beloved soul.
  
  第一種是接受愛的心。它具有月亮般的磁力；在被愛的靈魂身上，可以感受到月亮所帶來的清涼。

• Then there is the heart that loves, and this has a more powerful magnetism, a magnetism which can be likened to the sun, which is powerful and which shines.
  
  第二種是付出愛的心，它具有更強大的磁力，如同太陽一般，充滿力量，散發光芒。

• And the third kind of love is greater, finer, and more subtle than the two mentioned above: it is developed when the love becomes a continually springing fountain, which rises as a stream and falls as many drops. It is the love of souls who cannot help but love, the love of souls who only know love, not hate; the love of souls who are no longer the possessors of love but who have become love itself. Their magnetism spreads in a wider horizon and lasts longer than one could ever imagine.
  
  第三種愛比前兩種更偉大、更細緻，也更為微妙。當愛成為一座不斷湧出的泉源，泉水向上湧起，形成水流，再化作無數水滴落下時，這種愛便逐漸發展出來。這是那些無法不去愛的靈魂所具有的愛；他們只知愛，不知恨。他們不再是愛的擁有者，而是自己已成為愛。他們的磁力傳得更廣，存續得更久，遠遠超乎我們所能想像。

3. The fourth and highest aspect of magnetism is the magnetism of the soul. The soul that is born again, the soul that has begun to live, the soul that has opened its eyes to the world, that soul not only attracts the wise and the virtuous, but also those who are devoid of wisdom and who lack virtue.
   
   磁力的第四個面向，也是最高的面向，就是靈魂的磁力。那重新誕生、開始活過來、向世界睜開雙眼的靈魂，不僅能吸引有智慧、有德行的人，也能吸引那些欠缺智慧與德行的人。

• The presence of souls who have awakened is itself a magnetism; it draws people walking on the earth and it draws souls that are not seen on the earth. It not only draws the living beings, the lower creation, but also the trees and plants are drawn to it.
  
  覺醒靈魂的臨在，本身就是一股磁力。它吸引行走在世上的人，也吸引那些在世間看不見的靈魂。它不僅吸引其他生靈與較低等的造物，就連樹木與植物，也會受到吸引。

• The atmosphere that an awakened soul produces lives for centuries in this world, unbroken and unpolluted. The sky takes care of it and preserves it for generations, in order to experience and enjoy this atmosphere produced by the illuminated souls.
  
  覺醒的靈魂所散發的氛圍，能在這個世界上存續數百年，不曾中斷，也不受污染。天空守護著它，使它一代代保存下來，讓後世仍能感受並享有這些光啟之靈魂所留下的氛圍。

• And the third way in which the illuminated soul shows its magnetism is in words and acts, so that every word becomes dynamic, in Biblical terms a tongue of flame; and everything this soul gives to the world remains; it lives and never dies.
  
  光啟之靈魂展現磁力的第三種方式，是透過言語與行動。他所說的每一句話都充滿力量，在《聖經》中，稱之為「如火焰般的舌頭」。而這樣的靈魂所給予世界的一切，都會留存，繼續活著，永不消逝。

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