探索真理

God has given man the eye of investigation by which he may see and recognize truth. He has endowed man with ears that he may hear the message of reality and conferred upon him the gift of reason by which he may discover things for himself. This is his endowment and equipment for the investigation of reality. Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hear through another’s ears nor comprehend with another’s brain. Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God. Therefore depend upon your own reason and judgment and adhere to the outcome of your own investigation; otherwise you will be utterly submerged in the sea of ignorance and deprived of all the bounties of God. ——Abdu’l-Baha....

上天赋予人一双探索的眼睛，使他得以认知真相；祂也赐予人一对听取真相的耳朵，和一个让人自己发掘真相的礼物——理解力。这是天生的本能和工具，借助它的功能，人可以认识事物的真相。人不是生来要用别人的眼睛去看的，也不是用别人的耳朵去听的，亦不是用别人的头脑去想的。在上天创造的计划里，每一个人都有他独特的恩赐，有他独特的力量和独特的任务，因此他要仰赖自己的理解力和判断，坚持自己探索的成果。否则他将整个地沉溺在无知的海洋，无法得到上天的恩惠。——阿博都-巴哈。

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In order to find truth we must give up our prejudices, our own small, trivial notions; an open receptive mind is essential. If our chalice is full of self, there is no room in it for the water of life. The fact that we imagine ourselves to be right and everybody else wrong is the greatest of all obstacles in the path toward unity, and unity is necessary if we would reach truth, for truth is one…..

It means, also, that we must be willing to clear away all that we have previously learned, all that would clog our steps on the way to truth; we must not shrink if necessary from beginning our education all over again. We must not allow our love for any one religion or any one personality to so blind our yes that we become fettered by superstition. When we are freed from all these bonds, seeking with liberated minds, then shall we be able to arrive at our goal. ——Abdu’l-Baha....

为了获取真理，我们必须抛弃成见和微不足道的个人的观念，要有一颗开放的、接受的头脑。杯里装满了自我的水，就装不进生命之水了。妨碍我们走向团结的最大绊脚石是我们认为自己是对的，其他人都是错的。如果我们要获得真理，就一定要团结。因为真理只有一个……

这意味着，我们必须愿意清除所有学过的东西和妨碍我们走向真理的一切事物。如有需要，不要害怕从头来过，重新教育自己。不要因为偏爱某个宗教或某人而蒙蔽了眼睛，让自己被迷信所束缚。当我们摆脱了这些束缚，用自由的心去探索，我们将可达致目标。——阿博都-巴哈

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