You must do your own work in this spiritual life. I AM always here to help those souls who help themselves, but you have to take the first step. You will never learn lessons if everything is done for you. You cannot train a child by doing everything for it. You have to let it do things for itself. No matter how slow or fumbling its actions are to begin with, you have to stand back and be very patient. Very patiently and very lovingly I have to stand back and see you do your own work and make mistakes. But always remember, you will benefit by your mistakes; nothing is in vain. All the time you are learning new lessons and advancing along the spiritual path. Every step, no matter how small, takes you nearer the goal, your realisation of oneness with me; until eventually you realise there is no separation, and all is one, and you are part of that one glorious life.
在这灵性生活中，我必须得做自己的工作。上天一直在这里去帮助那些自助的灵魂，但我必须得先跨出第一步。如果一切都为我做完了，我永远都不会有任何学习。我无法通过为一个小孩把事情都做了，来训练他／她。我必须得让他／她为自己去做。无论一开始他／她的行动是多么得迟钝与笨拙，我都必须得靠后站，并且很有耐心。
上天需要非常有耐心地，非常关爱地，靠后站，看着我完成我自己的工作，和犯错。但是总是记住，我会因我的错误而受益；没有什么事是徒劳的。所有的时间，我都在学习新的功课，并在灵性道路上更为精进。每一步，无论多么微小，都将我向目标带得更近，那就是，我对与上天合一的觉察；直到最终，我意识到，没有任何隔离，一切都是合一的，和我就是那个荣耀的生命的一部分。
