T-25.I:The Link to Truth

1. 1It cannot be that it is hard to do the task that Christ appointed you to do, since it is He Who does it. 2And in the doing of it will you learn the body merely seems to be the means to do it. 3For the Mind is His. 4And so it must be yours. 5His Holiness directs the body through the mind at one with Him. 6And you are manifest unto your holy brother, as he to you. 7Here is the meeting of the holy Christ unto Himself; nor any differences perceived to stand between the aspects of His Holiness, which meet and join and raise Him to His Father, whole and pure and worthy of His everlasting Love.

2. 1How can you manifest the Christ in you except to look on holiness and see Him there? 2Perception tells you you are manifest in what you see. 3Behold the body, and you will believe that you are there. 4And every body that you look upon reminds you of yourself; your sinfulness, your evil and, above all, your death. 5And would you not despise the one who tells you this, and seek his death instead? 6The message and the messenger are one. 7And you must see your brother as yourself. 8Framed in his body you will see your sinfulness, wherein you stand condemned. 9Set in his holiness, the Christ in him proclaims Himself as you.

3. 1Perception is a choice of what you want yourself to be; the world you want to live in, and the state in which you think your mind will be content and satisfied. 2It chooses where you think your safety lies, at your decision. 3It reveals yourself to you as you would have you be. 4And always is it faithful to your purpose, from which it never separates, nor gives the slightest witness unto anything the purpose in your mind upholdeth not. 5Perception is a part of what it is your purpose to behold, for means and end are never separate. 6And thus you learn what seems to have a life apart has none.

4. 1You are the means for God; not separate, nor with a life apart from His. 2His life is manifest in you who are His Son. 3Each aspect of Himself is framed in holiness and perfect purity, in love celestial and so complete it wishes only that it may release all that it looks upon unto itself. 4Its radiance shines through each body that it looks upon, and brushes all its darkness into light merely by looking past it to the light. 5The veil is lifted through its gentleness, and nothing hides the face of Christ from its beholders. 6You and your brother stand before Him now, to let Him draw aside the veil that seems to keep you separate and apart.

5. 1Since you believe that you are separate, Heaven presents itself to you as separate, too. 2Not that it is in truth, but that the link that has been given you to join the truth may reach to you through what you understand. 3Father and Son and Holy Spirit are as One, as all your brothers join as one in truth. 4Christ and His Father never have been separate, and Christ abides within your understanding, in the part of you that shares His Father’s Will. 5The Holy Spirit links the other part—the tiny, mad desire to be separate, different and special—to the Christ, to make the oneness clear to what is really one. 6In this world this is not understood, but can be taught.

6. 1The Holy Spirit serves Christ’s purpose in your mind, so that the aim of specialness can be corrected where the error lies. 2Because His purpose still is one with both the Father and the Son, He knows the Will of God and what you really will. 3But this is understood by mind perceived as one, aware that it is one, and so experienced. 4It is the Holy Spirit’s function to teach you how this oneness is experienced, what you must do that it can be experienced, and where you should go to do it.

7. 1All this takes note of time and place as if they were discrete, for while you think that part of you is separate, the concept of a Oneness joined as One is meaningless. 2It is apparent that a mind so split could never be the Teacher of a Oneness which unites all things within Itself. 3And so What is within this mind, and does unite all things together, must be its Teacher. 4Yet must It use the language that this mind can understand, in the condition in which it thinks it is. 5And It must use all learning to transfer illusions to the truth, taking all false ideas of what you are, and leading you beyond them to the truth that is beyond them. 6All this can very simply be reduced to this:

7What is the same can not be different, and what is one can not have separate parts.

1. 基督指派给你的任务不可能过于困难，因为祂会为你代劳。
就在祂代你行道之际，你慢慢领悟到，身体确实只是一个暂时虚设的工具。
天心既属于基督，
故也非你莫属。
基督的神圣性会透过与祂一体的心灵，指点身体如何行事，
使你的真相展现于神圣弟兄之前，也让他的真相呈现于你眼前。
神圣的基督就在这一刻与自己重逢了，外在的差异再也无法在祂神圣本体的部分之间作祟，每一部分终于在此相会且重新结合，将祂带回天父那儿，恢复原有的圆满圣洁，不负天父的永恒之爱。
2. 除非你已能由神圣性里认出基督，否则你如何向人显示你内在的基督？
知见这样告诉你：你看到了什么，显示你就是什么。
你看到的若是一具身体，你必然会相信自己活在身体里头。
你所见到的每一具身体，都在提醒你这些真相：你的罪过、你的邪恶，尤其是你的死亡。
你怎能不厌恶向你耳提面命的这个家伙，诅咒他也不得好死！
信息与使者其实是同一回事。
你必会在弟兄身上看到自己的影子。
你若被他的形体限制住，就会看到自己同样一身罪孽，和他一起遭受天谴。
你若加入他的神圣性，他内的基督便会宣告你是基督。
3. 知见其实是一种选择，反映出你自己想要活出的模样、想活在怎样的世界里、哪种环境才能满足你的心灵。
它会选择让你感到安全之物，一切按照你的指令行事。
它还会照你所愿的样子把自己呈现于你眼前，
忠心耿耿地为你选择的目标效命，须臾不敢偏离，也绝不会为任何违反你意愿的事物作证。
知见其实是你志在必“睹”之物的一部分，只因方法与目的必然如影随形。
你会由此慢慢学到，那想要另创生命之物其实毫无生命。
4. 你是上主行道的工具，无法与祂分离；在祂之外，你没有任何生命可言。
祂的生命也必须透过你这位圣子才能彰显出来。
祂生命的每一部分都镶在完美圣洁的框架上；祂的爱如此空灵又圆满，一心只愿释放自己眼中所见的一切，将他们吸引到自己内。
爱的光辉能穿透它眼前的每一具身体，越过身体而朝光明望去，把身体所有的黑暗都带入光明之中。
它会温柔地掀起基督脸上的面纱，不让任何一物遮蔽祂的丰采。
如今，你和弟兄已经来到基督面前，请祂掀开那好似隔离了你们的纱幔吧！
5. 你若相信你们是两个不同的生命，天堂便在你眼前四分五裂了。
只有天赐予你的那道真理连结（而非真理本身），能用你所了解的语言与你相通。
天父、圣子与圣灵乃是那唯一的生命，你与所有的弟兄在真理内也属于那唯一生命。
基督和天父永远无法分离，这个基督只会住在了解这一真相的你内，也就是已经接受天父旨意的那一部分的你。
圣灵会帮你把另一部分，也就是想要分裂、渴望不同又特殊的那个小小疯狂之念，与基督连结，向那原本一体的你显示一体的真相。
这个世界虽然无法了解这一点，幸好你还是可教之徒。
6. 圣灵在你心中为基督的目标效命，如此，你才能在犯错之处把特殊性的意图当下修正过来。
因为圣灵始终以天父及圣子的目的马首是瞻，祂深知上主的旨意，也深晓你真正的意愿。
然而，唯有已经认出心灵的一体性而且亲身体验到一体性的人，才可能了解这一真相。
圣灵的任务就是教你如何去体验这个一体性，祂会指点你如何进行、由何处入手才能获得此一经验。
7. 在学习过程中，你难免会把时间与空间当成两回事；因为只要你还认为自己有一部分能够独立自主，合一与一体的观念便失去了意义。
四分五裂的心灵显然无法充当传授万物一体之理的老师。
只有心灵内维系万物一体的“那一部分”，才堪当心灵的圣师。
祂会使用心灵所能了解的语言，利用它自以为面临的事件。
祂必须借用你所有的学习经验，才能把种种幻相带到真相之前，领你越过所有错误的自我观念，迈向那超越一切错误的真理之境。
这一领悟可以简单归纳为这一句话：
凡是相同之物，不可能相异；凡是一体的生命，就不可能各自为政。
1.基督指派給你的任務絕不會難以完成，畢竟完成此事的是祂。
在此過程中，身體似是完成任務的工具，但你會發覺這只是表像。
因為天心非祂莫屬。
所以它也非你莫屬。
祂的神聖性會藉著和祂一體的心靈來指引身體。
於是，你會被展露給你神聖的弟兄，反之亦然。
神聖的基督在此遇上了自己；在你眼裡，祂那神聖性的各個面向無二無別，它們會合力將祂提昇到天父那兒去，並使祂圓滿、純潔，當得起天父的永恆聖愛。
2.你若不著眼於神聖性，並看見你內的基督，又怎能將祂展露？
感知會告訴你，你看見了什麼，就會展露出什麼。
一旦著眼於身體，你就會以為自己身在其中。
而每一具你所見到的身體都會令你想起自己；自己的罪與惡，和那重中之重的，自己的死。
你難道不會鄙視告訴了你這點的人，並命他去死？
訊息與訊息的傳遞者乃是一個。
而你必會把弟兄視為是自己。
你會見到自己的罪框在了他的身體裏，而你將在那兒受到天譴。
他內的基督則安住在他的神聖性中，並宣告祂就是你。
3.感知即是選擇你想成為的模樣；你想居住的世界，以及你自認能使你心滿意足的狀態。
你相信哪兒能使你安全，它就會按你的決定做出選擇。
你想成為什麼，它也會把如此的你透露給你。
它一向忠於你的目的，且從不與之悖離，若非你內心的目的與堅持，它給不出一星半點的見證。
感知即是你著意去看的事物的一部分，畢竟手段與目的從未分離。
而你也會由此學到那好似擁有個別生命的其實什麼也沒有。
4.你就是上主的手段；未曾分離，也不曾在祂之外另有生命。
作為祂的聖子，祂的生命就在你內展露。
祂的每個面向都鑲在了神聖性與完美的純潔之中，乃至無比完滿的天堂之愛，因而只願把眼裏的一切都釋放給自己。
它們見到的每一具身體都散放出它們的光芒，只需讓自己的目光穿越過去、直抵光明，便能把身體的黑暗一舉帶入光明。
它們的溫柔揭起了那道薄紗，而基督的容顏在其觀者眼中則顯得昭然若揭。
此刻，你和你的弟兄就佇立在祂面前，準備讓祂揭起那好似阻隔了你們倆的薄紗。
5.既然你相信你們已然分裂，天堂便會呈現出分裂的狀態。
這並非事實，但上天賜你的聯結卻足以接通真理，並藉著你的了知和你連接。
聖父、聖子、與聖靈皆是一個，一如你所有的弟兄都在真理中合而為一。
基督與祂的天父從未分離，而祂就安住在你的了知中，也就是閃耀著天父旨意的那個部分。
聖靈則把另一部分，也就是渴求分裂、特殊、和與眾不同的小小瘋狂一念與基督聯在了一起，好讓那原是一個的足以認清一體性。
在這世上，人們無法了解這點，但卻可被教會。
6.你內的聖靈一向服務於基督的目的，好讓特殊性的目標得以修正，而那正是錯誤所在。
祂的目的與聖父、聖子一體不分，所以祂了知天父的旨意和你的真實意願。
但心靈只有被視為一體，且已覺知並體驗到此一體性後，才會了解這點。
聖靈的任務就是要教你該怎麼體會心靈的一體，該怎麼做才能有此體會，以及該上哪兒去做這件事。
7.此處所說的時間與空間好似有所分別，畢竟你若相信部分的你已然分裂，一體不二的概念便不具意義。
分崩離析的心靈顯然不可能教人明白融合了萬物的一體之境。
為此，真正在它內融合了萬物的那個存在才是它的老師。
但它必須在心靈自認所處的狀態下運用它聽得懂的語言。
而它也必須運用一切學習來把幻相轉為真理，並接收你對自身本質的所有錯誤觀感，從而領你超越這一切，直抵超越了這一切的真理。
上述一切則可簡要歸結如下：
凡是相同的就不可能相異，一體的就不可能分崩離析。