11-9

11-9

Sit quietly with me, letting all your fears and worries bubble up to the surface of your consciousness. There, in the light of my presence, the bubbles pop and disappear. However, some fears surface over and over again. Especially fear of the future. You tend to project yourself mentally into the next day, week, month, year decade; and you visualize yourself coping badly in those times. What you are seeing is a false image, because it doesn't include me. Those gloomy times that you imagine will not come to pass, since my presence will be with you at all times.

 

When a future oriented worry assails you, capture it and disarm it by suffusing the light of my presence into that mental image. Say to yourself, "Jesus will be with me then and there. With His help, I can cope!" Then, come home to the present moment, where you can enjoy peace in my presence.

 

與我一起靜靜地坐著，讓所有的恐懼和憂慮浮現在你意識的表麵。在我的光照中，氣泡會爆裂消失。然而，有些恐懼一次又一次地浮現。特別是對未來的恐懼。你傾向於在腦海中將自己投射到接下來的一天、一周、一個月、一年、十年，並且設想自己在那些時刻無法應對。你所看到的是一個錯誤的圖像，因為它沒有把我包括在內。你想象的那些陰暗時刻將不會發生，因為我的同在將時刻伴隨你。

 

當未來導向的擔憂襲擊你時，抓住它，通過將我的同在之光滲透到那個心理形象中來使其消解。對自己說：“耶穌將與我同在。在祂的幫助下，我能夠應對！”然後，回到當前的時刻，在這裏你可以在我的同在中享受平安。