標籤 ： Alchemy
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering
Ben Okri
對於我們最最真切的事情是我們去創造、去克服、去忍受、去轉化、去愛以及去當痛苦時去變得更為優秀的能力。
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Within the first cell resides the genetic lineage of the mother, the genetic lineage of the father and the consciousness that we were before we entered into incarnation. We chose our physical heritage to bestow on us the perfect set of circumstances we needed to challenge us to become ever more conscious of the unnameable beauty residing at the core of our existence - our inner gold.
在第一個屬於母親的遺傳基因細胞，父親的遺傳基因細胞之中，在我們進入投胎之前，我們是這覺知意識。我們選擇我們命運的身體，在我們完美的情境上去運作，我們需要對我們那存在於我們生命角落中，難以說明的美好之處，去挑戰能變得更加的覺知–我們的內在金色。
Gold is a tertiary colour made up of primary yellow (consciousness of self) and secondary orange (dedication to becoming whole) carrying some of the messages of both. There are fourteen bottles with gold as a fraction to support us to dig for the golden wholeness within each of us.
金色是第三級的顏色，是由原色調黃色(自我的意識)與二級顏色橘色(專注於成為一體)製造，帶出了兩者的某些訊息。第14瓶的金色就像是那一小部分，去支持我們去發掘存在於我們每一個人心中那金色的整體。
In the tradition of alchemy, the darkening or blackening process is the starting point for true spiritual transformation: suffering and healing arise from the same profound roots in the soul. As we develop a relationship with our wounds, we also distil some of our essence.
在煉金術的傳統中，這變黑與變暗的過程就是這真正崇高聖潔轉化的起始點。痛苦與療癒同樣是從靈魂深處的根基中提昇。當我們與我們的創傷發展出一個關係，我們同樣也昇華了某些我們的精粹本質。
To transform lead into gold, we need to accept the light and the dark, the yang and the yin, the mountain and the vale.
去轉化引導進入金色，我們需要去接受這光明與黑暗，陰和陽，高山與溪谷。
There are fourteen bottles with gold as one of the fractions that could support us to actualise our potential by finding a balance between evolving into the light with a willingness to descend into the dark abyss. To say 'yes' to life is to let go and face the world without props.
第14號瓶的金色如同這些部份中的一小部份，那能夠支持我們藉由尋找一個以光自願下降進入到黑暗的深淵之間的平衡點，去實現我們的潛力。是的，對生命是一種釋放並且沒有任何後盾面對這個世界，去說”是”。
Each bottle with gold as a fraction could help us to accept that when we experience failure, have our hearts shattered or knocked off our pedestals, we are actually invited to be fully human - to live a sensuous and embodied life. Instead of being lifted above the human condition, we are driven deep into our belly and our humanness. Here we find the wisdom to face and befriend our irrational fear.
每一個金色的瓶子如同一個部分，當我們經驗到失敗，心煩意亂，或是敲碎了我們的底限時，能夠幫助我們，我們真正是被要求去成為完整地人類的–去生活在一個感官的與實體的生活。取代被提高到人類之上的情境，我們被深深地壓迫進入我們的肚子以及我們的人形。在這裡我們發現了去面對的智慧並且與我們無理性的恐懼交朋友。
Bottle 14, Wisdom in the New Aeon, clear/gold, is able to provide the wisdom that everything fades and changes and so suffering (clear) is an integral facet of existence; our ability to radically accept this means we can love the world fiercely and meet the challenges of life with enthusiasm.
第14號瓶，新時代中的智慧，透明/金色，能夠提供一切逐漸凋萎與改變的事物的智慧，因此痛苦(透明色)在這一個層面是一個存在的事實；我們全然接受的能力，這意味著我們能強烈地愛這個世界，並且充滿熱情地接受生活的挑戰。
John Keats wrote: 'Do you not see how necessary a World of pain and troubles is to school an Intelligence and make it a Soul?' Our pain seems unavoidable, yet our wound is also the source of our healing and transformation.
John Keats寫道”你是否了解到一個痛苦與磨難的世界，是如何必要去學習成為一個運用天賦才能的靈魂。”我們的痛苦似乎是在所難免，而我們的創傷同樣也是我們療癒與轉化的來源。
Bottle 90, Wisdom Rescue, gold/deep magenta assists us to make sense of our initiatory experiences so that we are able to apply our wisdom to daily life. There is an unexpected grace of healing at the very moment when we reach the quick of the wound, the most painful place: somewhere in the soul, suffering merges into ecstasy, the joy of becoming ever more whole.
B90，智慧解救瓶，金色/深紫紅色，協助我們對我們最初的經驗有意識，以使我們能在每天的日常生活中提供我們的智慧。當我們到達那個傷痛的敏感處時，在那特殊的片刻中，存有那意想不到的恩典。最痛苦的地方：在靈魂的某個角落中，痛苦正在消解進入狂喜，成為更加完整合一的喜悅。
Gold teaches that there is no promise of paradise and plants us firmly in the present from where we are able to live our life in tune with the rhythms of body, soil and sea.
金色的教導是那裡並沒有天堂的承諾，並且深植於我們的記憶中，從我們能夠生活在以身體、土地與海洋律動的模式的地方。
資料來源: A.S.I.A.C.T.
