親愛的朋友：
什麼是誘惑？凡是能讓你頓失所據、身不由己地反應的，就是誘惑。同樣的，凡是你認為有助於你逃避真誠、負責以及尊重真我的任何藉口，也可視為誘惑。
前者能利用你，而後者則被你利用。
誘惑並非什麼邪惡，它只是一種漫不經心，自我放縱的心態，讓你看不清事情的真相，讓你陷於黑暗… 使得無人能認出真實的你。
誘惑乃是一種不誠的人間遊戲，起初雙方都是有意識地參與其中，慢慢地，誘惑者與受誘者在這個所謂「雙贏」的遊戲中，不知不覺地被小我吞噬而忘失了真我，這原是人間遊戲的目的所在。
忘失真我的存在，等於是打擊真我的行為，因此，它可以算是一種邪惡，但這實在太抬舉了那「單純的漫不經心」了，有點兒小題大作，把它當成一場狀似高層次的戰爭，一場實相與幻相的聖戰。於是，個個求勝心切，鬥志高昂，而忘了，這原本只是「漫不經心」的問題，用普通常識(common sense)就能解決的事情。
只要你認清了，你所做的事情其實正是你想要做的事，這一事實便能幫你看透誘惑的真相，原來，它不過是你想迴避真誠、負責以及尊重真我的一個藉口而已。這一認知，便讓這場遊戲再也玩不下去了，於是，你的真我便在眼前現身了，全世界也能看得到禰了。
"Lead us not into temptation."
Dear friends,
Temptation is whatever causes you to act unconsciously, without a grounded reference point. It is, as well, whatever you find useful in avoiding honesty, responsibility and Self-respect.
One you use, the other uses you.
Temptation is not evil. It is carelessness. Indulged in, it obscures the truth from you. It keeps you in the dark . . . or equally, keeps You from being seen.
Temptation is a game of insincerity which two must play quite consciously, a win/win game wherein the tempter and the tempted both become unconscious - self-absorbed and Self-ignored. This is the purpose of the game.
Unconsciousness of Self might well be called attack on Self, and therefore "evil." But that elevates the "simple carelessness" - which prompted self-absorption - artificially and makes it seem as though there might just be a war of grand dimensions . . . one between Illusion and Reality. And thus a quest to win the war takes precedence, distracting those involved from simple common sense - addressing carelessness!
The simple fact, if you acknowledged it, that you are always doing just exactly what you choose to do, would put temptation in its place. It would be seen as an excuse for irresponsibility, dishonesty and lack of Self-respect. And such acknowledgment would halt the game, uncover You to you, and You to all the world.
Rajpur
Kingston, Washington
January 15, 2002
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