【你會試圖去征服那些支持你生命的東西嗎？】
關於人類「不足」的幻覺，神的觀察指出：
你認為的「別的東西」也是生命的東西（the stuff of Life）。你們即生命，而那生命 ——也就是神—— 所是的，即生命本身。
不過，只要你仍以為你與神是分離的，你就會認為你與神之所是（即生命本身）有所不同。你也許認為自己是 活著的東西，但你不會認為自己就是生命本身。
你們甚至能想像你們在與鳥、與蜜蜂、與每種其他的生物，以及與所有其他的人競爭。
你可以創造出一個夢魔，在其中，所有支持你的生命的東西都好像在限制它。故此，你會實際上試圖去征服那些支持你的東西。
你們被告以要有主權（dominion），但你們卻認為那意味著統治（domination）。所以你們真的開始了一個與自然的戰爭，以及與萬物的自然秩序的戰事。
你們利用科技去扭曲和操縱自然，以使它屈從於你們的意志。在你們企圖經驗自己如你們自然已是的樣子的過程裡，你們也正在緩慢地毀滅大自然如它自然已是的樣子。
你們已然是你們所尋求成為的——永恆、無限，並且與一切是一體的，然而你不記得這一點。所以，為了擁有更豐饒的人生，你努力地去征服人生，而你甚至看不見你在做的事。
摘自《與神合一》第4章
This "other thing" that you think there is, is the stuff of Life. Yet you are Life, and that which Life is—which is God, Itself.
Still, as long as you imagine that you are separate from God, you will imagine that you are something other than what God is—which is Life itself. You may think that you are that which lives, but you will not imagine yourself to be Life Itself.
You can even imagine that you are in competition—with the birds, with the bees, with every other living thing and all other human beings.
You can create a nightmare in which all that supports your life seems to limit it. Thus, you will actually attempt to subdue that which supports you.
You were told to have dominion, but you have decided that this means domination. So you have actually begun a war with nature, and with the natural order of things.
You have used science and technology to twist and turn and manipulate nature so that it bends to your will. You are slowly destroying nature as it naturally is in an attempt to experience yourself as you already naturally are.
You already are what you seek to be—eternal, unlimited, and one with all—yet you do not remember this. And so, you seek to subdue Life in order that you may have more abundant Life. And you do not even see what you are doing.
