在《與神對話 II》尼爾告訴神:「有趣的是,跟你(神)談話,你留給我的問題總是比答案多」。
相信許多讀與神對話信息的朋友也有同感,神留給讀者們的問題,總是比答案多。也許,在你讀這篇對話後,你會更明白為何如此的原因:
聽神談【為何「問題」比「答案」好?】
尼爾:所謂的新靈性或今日之神留下這麼多「未解答的問題」。 昨日之神則答覆了我們所有的問題。那就是祂很棒的地方。雖然,說真的,祂對不同的人給予不同的回答。但至少祂有給他們答案。但 今日之神似乎只留給我們更多問題,而非答案 。
那很好。問題比答案要好。 (Questions are better than answers.)
尼爾:我不懂,我 想我只是想相信一位「知道每件事的神」。你明白嗎, 所有智慧之源那類的。
智慧並不是擁有所有「對的答案」,它是擁有所有「對的問題」。 (Wisdom is not having all the right answers. It is having all the right questions.)
尼爾:甚至對神而言也是這樣嗎?
甚至對神而言,也是這樣。
尼爾:那怎麼可能?我以為神是「源頭」。然而,如果神是源頭,那祂怎麼可能沒有所有的答案呢?
神是所有創意的源頭。答案並不是創意。一旦你認為你有了答案,你便停止創造。答案殺死創意 (Answers kill creation) 。
你最後考慮的,是任何問題的最終答案。一個「可能的答案」,也許吧。一個「過渡期的答案」,或許吧。但若是一個「最終的答案」呢?永遠不要先考慮。
在人生裡,最終只有一個問題───「 我是誰?」。這是一個你從不想要有最後答案的問題。
跟問題一起共事。永遠留在問題的探索裡。因為,「留在探索裡」是創造的力量、動機與熱情 (within the inquiry is the power and the motivation and the passion to create)。而創造是神的榮耀,以永遠新奇且永不確定的方式,透過所謂 生命本身的過程,不斷反覆地彰顯。(Creation is the glory of God, made manifest over and over again in the ever new and never-final way, through the process called Life Itself.)
摘自《重新定義神》第15章
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尼爾:有趣的是,跟神談話,神留給我的問題總是比答案多。
(The interesting thing about talking with You is that You always leave me with more questions than answers.)
(讀與神對話也一樣,神留給讀者們的問題,總是比答案多。)
摘自《與神對話 II》第8章
Neale: But the so-called New Spirituality or Tomorrow's God leaves so many ques-tions unanswered. Yesterday's God answered all our questions. That was the beauty of Him. Now it's true, He answered them differently for different people, but at least He answered them. Tomorrow's God seems to leave us with more questions than answers.
That is good. Questions are better than answers.
Neale: I don't know, I guess I just wanted to believe in a God who knows everything. You know, the Source of All Wisdom, that sort of thing.
Wisdom is not having all the right answers, it is having all the right questions.
Neale: Even for God?
Even for God.
Neale: How can that be? I thought that God was "the Source." Yet, if God is the Source, how can He not have all the answers?
God is the Source of all that is creative. Answers are not creative. As soon as you think you have an answer, you stop creating. Answers kill creation.
The last thing you want is the final answer to anything. A "possible answer," maybe. An "interim answer," perhaps. But a "final answer"? Never.
Ultimately, there is only one question in life. That question is, "Who am I?" It is a question to which you never want a final answer.
Stay within the question. Remain always with the inquiry. For within the inquiry is the power and the motivation and the passion to create. And creation is the glory of God, made manifest over and over again in ever new and never-final ways, through the process called Life Itself.