當我只會用立可白塗改列印文件上的錯字，每次都這樣度過而不去正視和修正電腦檔案上的錯誤源頭，便會看不懂或會忽視這篇所說的「事情發生的真實順序」的巨大真相...
【人類所有事情發生的真實順序：Being先於行動】
在事情發生的真實順序上（In the true order of things），一個人並非為了要快樂而做某一件事——而是一個人「是」快樂的，所以「做」某件事。
一個人並不是為了要有慈悲心而做某些事，而是一個人「是」慈悲的，所以以某種方 式行事。
就一個高度意識的人（highly conscious person）而言，靈魂的決定先於身體的行動。
只有一個無意識的人， 才企圖經由身體在做的事，來產生一種靈魂的狀態。
這就是我說「你的人生並不是關於你的身體在做什麼」的意思。
然而，你的身體在做什麼，卻真實地是一個關於「你的人生在乎什麼」的反映。
(This is what is meant by the statement, "Your life is not about what your body is doing." Yet it is true that what your body is doing is a reflection of what your life is about.)
摘自《與神對話 I》第12章
The actions of the body were meant to be reflections of a state of being, not attempts to attain a state of being.
In the true order of things one does not do something in order to be happy—one is happy and, hence, does something. One does not do some things in order to be compassionate, one is compassionate and, hence, acts in a certain way.
The soul's decision precedes the body's action in a highly conscious person. Only an unconscious person attempts to produce a state of the soul through something the body is doing.
This is what is meant by the statement, "Your life is not about what your body is doing." Yet it is true that what your body is doing is a reflection of what your life is about.
