【作者】Eileen Caddy
【翻譯】熊倩涵
【編輯】顏士寶
What are your values in life? If they are simply the material ones which are here today and gone tomorrow, you can spend your life rushing around like a squirrel in a cage getting nowhere. But if you seek the ways of the Spirit, you need to seek within to find them, and it can only be done by being still and drawing forth those priceless treasures which are deep within you. You will not find them without, for you contain within you all that matters in life. You are free to make your own choice regarding the things that matter. No one is going to try and influence you, for every soul has free will. It is up to you whether you make a mess of your life or a success of it. The light is there; why not follow it? The love is there; why not accept it? Nothing is withheld from you when you seek for it with your whole heart, mind, soul and strength.我在生命中的價值是什麼？如果它們僅僅是那些曇花一現的物質上的價值，那我會漫無目的、徒勞無功地度過我的一生。但如果我追求靈性上的道路，要找到它們，我就需要向內尋求，這只能通過安靜和獲取內在深處的無價之寶來完成。我不會在外界找到它們，因為我的內在包含著人生中真正重要的一切。
對於重要的事情，我可以自由地做出我自己的選擇。沒有人會試圖影響我，因為每一個靈魂都有著自由的意志。是讓我的生活變得一團糟還是成功，這取決於我。光就在那裡；為什麼不跟隨它呢？愛就在那裡；為什麼不接受它呢？沒有任何事會被拒絕給予我，當我全心全意、盡心盡力地去尋求它時。
