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You need not hesitate about asking largely;
你不需要因為自己的任何愿望或欲望而感到遲疑。
"It is your Father's pleasure to give you the kingdom, " said Jesus.
《圣經》中基督耶穌曾經說過:“將這個王國賜予子民是主的意愿。
Original Substance wants to live all that is possible in you, and wants you to have all that you can or will use for the living of the most abundant life.
源物質會通過一切可能與你同在，并且會讓你得到一切你能夠得到的，或是任何能幫助你獲得真正生活的東西。
If you fix upon your consciousness the fact that the desire you feel for the possession of riches is one with the desire of Omnipotence for more complete expression, your faith becomes invincible.
你必須知道，你對財富的渴望是這世間最自然，也是最崇高的渴望，只要你能夠堅信這一點，你的思想就會變得堅不可摧。
Once I saw a lttle boy sitting at a piano,
我曾經看到過這樣一幅場景:一個小男孩坐在鋼琴邊彈琴，
and vainly trying to bring harmony out of the keys; and I saw that he was grieved and provoked by his inability to play real music.
可無論他如何努力，他就是無法讓琴鍵在他的蔽擊下演獒出和諧的音樂，這不禁讓他感到很懊惱，甚至有些氣憤。
I asked him the cause of his vexation,
我問他為什么會如此沮喪，
and he answered, "I can feel the music in me, but I can't make my hands go right."
他回答說:“我能夠感受到樂譜就在我心中，我甚至可以倒背如流，可我的指法卻老是出錯，無法將它演奏好。”
The music in him was the URGE of Original Substance, containing all the possibilities of all life;
他心中的音樂就是源物質渴望改善生命的強烈欲望，這其中也包含了生活中存在的種種可能性，
all that there is of music was seeking expression through the child.
而那個小男孩所做的一切則是想將其心中的音樂夢想表達出來。
God, the One Substance, is trying to live and do and enjoy things through humanity.
造物主也是世間的一種物質，他試圖通過自己的仁慈和博愛讓世界變得更加和諧美好。
He is saying "I want hands to build wonderful structures, to play divine harmonies, to paint glorious pictures;
他說，“我要用我的雙手建造出壯觀的建筑，演奏出神圣和諧的樂曲，繪制出世聞最美麗的圖畫。
I want feet to run my errands, eyes to see my beauties, tongues to tell mighty truths and to sing marvelous songs," and so on.
我要讓我的雙腿聽憑差遣，讓我的雙眼欣賞我創造的美，讓我親口說出那萬能的真理，放聲歌唱”等等。
All that there is of possibility is seeking expression through men.
等到那時，生活的各種可能性都將通過人類而實現。
God wants those who can play music to have pianos and every other instrument,
在造物主的安排下，那些喜歡音樂的人將會得到鋼琴等各種樂器，并同時獲得學習演奏這些樂器的機會，
and to have the means to cultivate their talents to the fullest extent;
讓自己的音樂才能得以充分的展現;
He wants those who can appreciate beauty to be able to surround themselves with beautiful things;
那些懂得欣賞美的人則會生活在一片美好事物的海洋里，
He wants those who can discern truth to have every opportunity to travel and observe;
那些能夠明辨真理的人將有機會周游世界，讓他們有機會用心去觀察這個世界;
He wants those who can appreciate dress to be beautifully clothed,
而那些對服裝有著高尚品位的人，將會源源不斷地擁有這個世界上最美麗的衣衫;
and those who can appreciate good food to be luxuriously fed.
至于那些對美食情有獨鐘的人，則能夠頓頓鑒餮，盡享天下美食。
He wants all these things because it is Himself that enjoys and appreciates them;
造物主這樣做的原因很簡單，因為歸根結底，欣賞和享受這一切的恰恰就是他，
it is God who wants to play, and sing, and enjoy beauty, and proclaim truth and wear fine clothes, and eat good foods.
他不過是通過人類來表達自已想演奏樂器，想唱歌，想欣賞美，想明辨真理，想穿漂亮衣服，想吃美食的種種愿望。
"It is God that worketh in you to will and to do," said Paul.
保羅說過，“你所有的意志、欲望乃至行動皆源自于宇宙。”
The desire you feel for riches is the infinite,
你身體里對財富的欲望就好比一道永遠無法填滿的溝渠，
seeking to express Himself in you as He sought to find expression in the little boy at the piano.
對此，你無須感到絲毫的愧疚或不安，因為這是造物主在借助于你來表達其自身的愿望，就好像他通過那個小男孩來表達他對音樂的渴望一樣。
So you need not hesitate to ask largely.
所以，在面對自己的渴望時，你根本無須有任何顧忌或遲疑。
Your part is to focalize and express the desire to God.
你需要做的就是大膽地將自己的各種愿望和欲望告訴造物主。
This is a difficult point with most people;
對絕大多數人而言，這樣做的確有些困難，
they retain something of the old idea that poverty and self-sacrifice are pleasing to God.
因為他們仍然無法擺脫過去那些舊思想對他們的影響，依然認為貧窮與自我犧牲才能夠取悅造物主。
They look upon poverty as a part of the plan, a necessity of nature.
他們將貧窮視為生活中必不可少的組成部分。
They have the idea that God has finished His work, and made all that He can make,
他們認為造物主已經完成了自己的工作，竭盡全力做到了他能夠做到的一切，
and that the majority of men must stay poor because there is not enough to go around.
但仍然無法讓人類可利用的資源變得更豐富，正因為如此大多數人才不得不停留在貧窮的階段。
They hold to so much of this erroneous thought that they feel ashamed to ask for wealth;
他們如此堅信這一古老的信念，以至于常常會為自已想得到更多財富的念頭感到羞愧。
they try not to want more than a very modest competence, just enough to make them fairly comfortable.
他們嘗試著不讓自己有更多的欲望，努力說服自已安于現狀。
I recall now the case of one student who as told that he must get in mind a clear picture of the things he desired,
說到這兒，我想起曾經有一個學生對我說，他必須時刻保持清醒的頭腦，清楚地知道自己究競想要什么，并把這一切深深地刻在腦海里，
so that the creative thought of them might be impressed on Formless Substance.
這樣，這些事物的那些極具創造力的思想就有可能能夠作用于無形的物質。
He was a very poor man, living in a rented house, and having only what he earned from day to day;
說這些話的時候，他還很窮，住在一間租來的房子里，家里所有的一切都是他靠微薄的薪水慢慢積攢起來的。
and he could not grasp the fact that all wealth was his.
那時候，他還根本不知道那些他想得到的財富原本就是屬于他的。
So, after thinking the matter over, he decided that he might reasonably ask for a new rug for the floor of his best room,
有一天，經過反復的考慮之后，他決定為家中最好的房間添置一張新地毯，
and an anthracite coal stove to heat the house during the cold weather.
同時再買一個無煙煤爐以抵御寒冷的天氣。
Following the instructions given in this book, he obtained these things in a few months;
按照書中所示，幾個月之后，他如愿以償地得到了地毯和無煙爐。
and then it dawned upon him that he had not asked enough.
這不禁讓他明白了一個道理:他要求的還遠遠不夠。
He went through the house in which he lived, and planned all the improvements he would like to make in it;
于是，他環視了一遍自己居住的房間，然后列出了所有可以提升其生活品質的物品名稱。
he mentaly added a bay window here and a room there, until it was complete in his mind as his ideal home;
在他的腦海里，一幅全新的生活場景逐漸成型。
and then he planned its furnishings.
然后，他開始設計各種家具的擺設。
Holding the whole picture in his mind, he began living in the Certain Way, and moving toward what he wanted;
這幅場景徹底改變了他的生活方式，他開始逐漸地向自己向往的生活靠近。
and he owns the house now, and is rebuilding it after the form of his mental image.
現在，他不僅買下了這間房子，而且還按照自己腦海中的場景對它進行了改造。
And now, with still larger faith, he is going on to get greater things.
不過，他并未因此而停止信念的腳步。
It has been unto him according to his faith,
一切都正按照他所設想的那樣一點一點地實現。
and it is so with you and with all of us.
其實，你，乃至這世上所有的人都能像他那樣，得到自己想要的東西。
