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澳洲精神  (Karen牧师4月28的部落格: An Australian Spirit)

22/5/2016

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​昨晚的電視節目‘信任我吧,我是一名醫生Trust Me I’m a Doctor’審查過避免痴呆症的方法,從那些小規摸的實驗裏,得到結論為:增加心理和體力的刺激,看來有預防好處的。
我認為這結論具有多方面的空間,但缺乏亦具效果的精神方面的因數。這樣引起我的疑惑:在廣大的群眾中,那裏找到心靈的存在?
 
昨日也是澳紐聯軍節日ANZAC Day, 本地的商場Lane Cove Plaza擠滿了老幼。各社團,諸如扶輪社Rotary Club、學校、童軍和運動俱樂部的成員,他們一同於樂隊伴奏中唱歌, 一同祈禱並一同為亡者默哀。默想逝者的苦難中激發了我們的澳洲精神 -勇毅和超拔的友情連繫bonds of mateship。事後群眾留下來跟朋友交談和認許從軍者的功績。確然那裏流露著堅強的群體精神的。
 
那環繞我們的自然美,它享有本地居民及有關專業人仕密切保護的空間,亦指向一片寶貴的,精神方面的空間。那些正興起的畫家群和知名音樂家,他們深化了我們可以形容為‘增益心靈’的經歷的。
 
在這方面,至今人們依舊經歷難以從科學、理性看法解釋的‘頻臨死亡經驗基金會’http://www.nderf.org/NDERF/NDE_Archives/NDERF_NDEs.htm 所紀錄超過四千個由世界各地收集的個案。澳洲作家Ivan Rudolph 就因此寫了一本名為《死後翻生。解釋頻臨死亡的經驗《Living Beyond.Making Sense of Near Death Experiences》。我們是有精神的生物。讓我們盡量結合心靈和精神罷。
 
(我没有中文版的聖經, 不願强作私人翻譯。故此把引用的詩句省略了.)
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