上週五的事件，引起很多人的憤怒、哀傷、焦慮、與恐懼，卡希拉醫師也不例外。但以「心之道」裡心律冥想專注在「呼吸與心」的冥想方法來安頓、陪伴自己，我們每個人便都能夠在自己的心中，找到能賴之以前行的那股安心與穩定。
遠在美國的 Susanna 老師，也剛好在這樣的耶誕時節，發出一封信給全世界的學生們，鼓勵大家安住於內在的神性，並向外實踐為溫暖的關懷。文字內容與我們正在經歷的一切非常共時，因此在這邊翻譯出來，與大家分享。
祝福各位
佳節平安
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Dear Friends of iamHeart,
親愛的 iamHeart 朋友們：
Many of us feel the strain of our times: a sense that dharma, the living alignment between truth, heart and action, is weakening.
我們許多人都感受到這個時代的張力：「道」——真理、心與行動之間那種活生生的一致感——正在變得薄弱。
Violence, confusion and numbing influences pull attention away from what is sacred. In such a moment, it is natural to ask: how do we find the way forward?
那些令人們暴力、混亂，以及麻木的影響，把我們的注意力從神聖事物上拉走。在這樣的時刻，我們自然會問：前路要怎麼走？
Hazrat Inayat Khan’s life offers a profound clue.
Hazrat Inayat Khan（HIK）的一生，提供了一個深刻的線索。
It must have been a great inner breakthrough for Murshid to realize, not as an idea, but as lived truth—that all religions arise from one source.
對 Murshid（老師們的老師，此指 HIK）而言，能夠領悟——不是當作一個觀念，而是作為活出的真實——所有宗教都源自同一源頭，必是一個重大的內在突破。
When one is born into a single tradition, nourished for decades by its mysteries, rituals, scriptures, and prophecies, it becomes a culture. Then culture (from cultivation), forms us, shelters us, and gives meaning. Every human being knows this shaping power, to a greater or lesser degree.
當一個人出生在單一傳統之中，數十年來被其中的奧祕、儀式、經典與預言所滋養，那就會成為一種文化。接著，文化（「文化」的英文字 culture 字源即是 cultivation 養成）塑造我們、庇護我們、並賦予意義。每一個人或多或少都明白這種「被形塑」的力量。
Murshid saw that all great religions cultivate essential human qualities through forms given by a particular master or prophet. Over time, however, those forms are shaped by history, power, and the evolving human spirit. What diverges are the outer expressions; what remains is the one, inner source.
Murshid 看見：所有偉大的宗教，都是藉由某位導師或先知所賜予的形式，來養成人之所以為人的根本品質。然而，隨著時間推移，這些形式也會受到歷史、權力，以及不斷演變的人類精神所形塑。分歧的，是其外在表現；不變的，是那唯一的內在源頭。
“The Universal Worship signifies our adherence and our respect to all different teachers, different religions, and different scriptures… It is a training of our mind to tolerate the religions of different people… A person with a just mind will admit that the followers of the great teachers have not followed the belief or the teachings of the great ones thoroughly.” — Hazrat Inayat Khan
「『普世敬拜』（Universal Worship）象徵我們對所有不同導師、不同宗教、不同經典的皈依與尊敬……它是在訓練我們的頭腦，使之能包容他人的宗教……一位具備公正頭腦的人，會承認：偉大導師的追隨者，並沒有徹底地遵循那些偉人的信念或教導。」——Hazrat Inayat Khan
Before leaving for India in 1926, Murshid pointed the way forward by evolving the Universal Worship into the Worship of the Heart.
在 1926 年前往印度之前，Murshid 透過將「普世敬拜」（Universal Worship）演進為「心之敬拜」（Worship of the Heart），指出了人類前行的方向。
This teaching feels especially urgent now, in a world where violence is increasingly fueled by numbing forces that deaden sensitivity and conscience.
在今日這個世界裡，這個教導此刻顯得格外迫切，因為暴力愈發被各種麻木的力量所助長，使敏感與良知變得遲鈍。
The Worship of the Heart is not a belief but a practice of contemplation, lived in three simple yet profound ways:
「心之敬拜」不是一種信念，而是一種靜觀的修持，能以三種簡單卻深刻的方式被活出：
✨✨ First, to contemplate the Divine in every person we encounter, and therefore to be careful in our thought, speech, and action. The human personality is delicate. A living heart is sensitive because love is alive within it—and love is God.
✨✨ 第一，在我們所遇見的每一個人身上靜觀（觀想）神性，這可讓我們在思想、言語與行動上更加謹慎。人類的本質是細緻的。一顆活的心之所以敏銳，是因為愛在其中活著——而愛就是神。
When the heart loses sensitivity, the Divine Spirit is buried beneath self-absorption. To notice and honor another’s feeling is the first essential moral of the Heart.
當心失去敏感時，神聖的靈便被自我沉溺所掩蓋埋藏。「能夠覺察並尊重他人的感受」，是「心之道」的第一條基本道德法則。
✨✨ Second, to extend this care and contemplate those who are not immediately present. It is easy to feel for the one before us; it is greater to feel for the one who is absent, distant, or unseen.
✨✨ 第二，把這份關照延伸出去，去靜觀（觀想）那些並不在眼前的人。對眼前的人有感覺是容易的；對缺席的、遙遠的、或未被看見的人仍能有感覺，則更為可貴。
To speak well of another in their absence, to hold compassion for those far away—this widens the heart beyond convenience.
在他人不在場時仍說他的好話，對遠方的人懷抱慈悲——這會使心超越方便省事的慣性而擴展。
✨✨ Third, to contemplate our own heart and find in our own feeling the feeling of God. Every impulse of love that rises in the heart is a divine spark, a direction given from within. Our task is to protect and nourish that spark until it becomes a flame that illuminates our life.
✨✨ 第三，靜觀（觀想）我們自己的心，並在自身的感受之中，找到神的感受。每一次在心中升起的愛之脈動，都是一道神聖的火花，是由內在的篤定所給予的方向感。我們的任務，是守護並滋養那火花，直到它成為照亮生命的火焰。
This inner work cannot be rushed. Murshid reminds us that assimilation is essential.
這份內在工作無法躁進。Murshid 提醒我們：吸收內化至關重要。
Truth must be digested by the spirit through contemplation and lived practice. When we rush to debate, justify, or fit teachings into our existing opinions, we disturb the inner fire that allows wisdom to become embodied.
真理必須透過保持靜觀與生活實踐的精神，才能被我們消化。當我們急著辯論、合理化，或把教導硬塞進既有觀點時，我們就會擾動那使神性智慧可以整合為己身的內在火光。
Our stated goal is Love, Harmony, and Beauty. The question before us now is not whether we affirm this ideal, but how we live it, especially when outer forms falter and the world feels fractured.
我們所宣示的理想是「愛、和諧與美」。此刻擺在我們面前的問題，不是我們是否認同這個理想，而是我們要如何活出它——尤其當外在形式崩落，而世界顯得破碎的此刻。
Perhaps the way forward is to return again and again to the living heart; to let love refine our perceptions; and to allow the divine spark within the heart to guide our actions toward others.
或許，前行之道是一次又一次回到那活生生的「心」；讓愛淬鍊我們的知覺；並讓心中的神聖火花，引導我們如何與他人共處。
We invite you to stay connected to one another, and to keep returning to your iamHeart community for support in the new year to keep living from your beautiful hearts. The world needs you and so do we.
我們邀請你們彼此保持連結；也在新的一年裡，持續回到你的 iamHeart 社群尋求支持，讓你能一直從那美好的心出發而活。世界需要你，我們也需要你。
With love and blessings,
愛與祝福，
Madeleine Susanna Bair
瑪德琳‧蘇珊娜‧貝爾