聽神談【覺悟「不需要」是通往一切的黃金之門】
第一個幻覺，「需要」的幻覺，可以用來經驗「你是誰」的巨大面向—— 那個你可能把它 概念化為：「不需要任何東西」之面向的你 。
你的存在不需要任何東西，你不需要任何東西以永遠地持續存在。需要的幻覺創造了一個「讓你們得以 在其中那樣體驗」的脈絡場。只有當你們踏出了那幻覺後，你們才能經驗到「終極實相」。幻覺創造出一個在其內終極實相能夠被 瞭解的情境。
終極實相是：你以為你所需要的每樣東西，你都已經 具備了。它存在於你之內。的確，它即是你。你即是你所需要的——所以，在任何一刻你都在給自己「你所需要的每樣東西」。這句話實際上的意思正是「你從不需要任何東西」。要知道這點並從經驗上瞭解它(know it experientially)，你必須視需要的幻覺為一個幻覺。你必須跨出它之外。
跨出「需要的幻覺」的方法，就是看看你認為你現在需要的是什麼——也就是說，你認為你現在沒有，而你覺得你必須有的東西——然後，注意那些東西，即使你沒有那些東西，你仍然活著。
這件事的隱喻是非常大的。如果沒有「你認為你必須擁有」的那些東西，你現在仍活在這裡，那麼你又為什麼認為你一定必須要有它們呢？
這是個關鍵性的問題。它會打開一道黃金之門，通往一切的黃金之門。
下次當你認為自己需要什麼東西時，問你自己：「為什麼我認為我需要它？」
這是一個非常能讓人重獲自由的自問句。這十個字的問句能幫你獲得自由。
如果你看得很清楚，你會覺悟到：不論什麼情況你都不需要，你從來就不需要這些東西，而這些全都是你自己造出來的。
甚至你所呼吸的空氣，你也不需要。在你死亡的那一刻你會注意到這點。空氣只是你的身體必須的某樣東西，而你並非你的身體。
摘自《與神合一》第15章
The First Illusion, the Illusion of Need, may be used to experience the huge aspect of Who You Are that you might conceptualize as: that which needs nothing.
You need nothing to exist, and you need nothing to continue existing forever. The Illusion of Need creates a contextual field within which you can have the experience of that. It is when you step outside of the Illusion that you experience Ultimate Reality. The Illusion creates a context within which Ultimate Reality may be understood.
The Ultimate Reality is that everything you think you need, you already have. It exists inside of you. Indeed, it is you. You are what you need—and, therefore, you give yourself everything you need in any given moment. This means, in effect, that you need nothing at all. To understand this, and to know it experientially, you must see the Illusion of Need as an illusion. You must step outside of it.
The way to step outside of the Illusion of Need is to look at what you think you need right now—that is, what you think you do not now have that you feel you must have—and then notice that, even though you are without it, you are still here.
The implications of this are enormous. If you are here, right now, without what you think you need, then why do you think you need it?
That is the key question. It will unlock the golden door, the door to everything.
The next time you imagine that you need something, ask yourself: "Why do I think I need this?"
This is a very liberating inquiry. It is freedom in seven words.
If you are seeing clearly, you will realize that you do not need whatever "it" is, that you never did need it, and that you have been making it all up.
Even the air you breathe, you do not need. You will notice this the moment you die. Air is something that only your body needs, and you are not your body.
