Study Group

    Jerry: So, most of what you might call my careers through the years almost never began as a means to earn money. They’ve mostly been things that I enjoyed doing, which ended up earning money.

    Abraham: Well, that truly is the secret to the success that you have enjoyed for so many years. Because you determined early on that feeling good was what mattered most to you, you managed to find a variety of interesting ways to maintain that intention, not realizing at the time that the secret to all success is keeping yourself happy.

    Many of you have been taught your own happiness is a selfish and inappropriate quest, and that your real objectives should revolve around commitment and responsibility and struggle and sacrifice… but we want you to understand that you can be committed and responsible and an uplifter- and happy. In fact, unless you do find a way of connecting to your true happiness, all of those other quests are usually just empty, hollow words not backed up by any true value. You only ever uplift from your position of connection and strength.

    People often say, “I don’t want to work,” meaning:” I don’t want to go someplace where I have to do unwanted things to earn money.” And when we ask why, they say,”Because I want to be free.” But it is not freedom from action that you are seeking, because action can be fun. And it is not freedom from money that you want, because money and freedom are synonymous. You are seeking freedom from negativity, from resistance, from the disallowance of who-you-really-are, and from the disallowance of the abundance that is your birthright. You are seeking freedom from lack.

註解:

1. objective (n.) :目標

2. revolve around (ph.):以...為中心

3. commitment (n.): 承諾，保證

4. uplift (v.): 振奮，鼓舞

5.synonymous (adj.):同義的

6. abundance (n.):豐富的，充足的