我很喜歡Snatam Kaur 的《Servant of Peace 和平的僕人》,歌詞中有著轉化、愛與慈悲。
做和平的僕人,乍聽之下好像是一個太遙遠的期許,但其實這個和平構築在我們人生的每個當下。當一個衝突來臨,我們能不能在這個衝突時,轉化一個層次並且將這樣神聖的品質帶到當下。
於是當恨存在時,我開始播種愛,並且守護種子,等待萌芽。
於是當我哭泣,我哭泣,但我會知道這個哭泣之後的洗禮將是喜悅,我不怕自己也不怕別人哭泣,陪著那個哭泣,帶著祈禱的品質,等待喜悅的降臨。
於是當我進入黑暗,我與黑暗同在,不怕被黑暗吞沒,因為我知道,我的光將消融黑暗,從裡到外開始透著光。
附上完整歌詞,與您一起進入這首歌,並且學習當和平的僕人。
Lyrics:
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born into Eternal Life.