**最后宣言** ——1954年9月30日 我不是來創建任何的新事物，而是把生命注入舊事物。我不是來建立靜修院或修道場。我為了我的宇宙工作而建造它們，一旦目的達到，即刻拆除。? 整個宇宙都是我的修道場，每一顆心都是我的住所；但只有在除我之外不存一物的心中，我才會顯現。? 當我的愛之宇宙宗教日趨式微時，我來給它注入生命，并且結束以宗教的名義玷污它、用儀式教規窒息它的教條鬧劇。? 當前的世界性混亂和騷動使人心愈加渴望權力，貪圖財富和聲名，從而帶來難言的苦難、仇恨、妒嫉、絕望和恐懼。世界的痛苦已達至頂峰，雖然傳播和平繁榮、爭取持久幸福的努力不斷。? 人要想瞥見永恒的幸福，就必須首先認識到神無所不在，無所不知；認識到惟有神在通過萬人做出行動與反應；認識到正是神在無數的有生命和無生命實體的外衣之下，體驗著無數不同的痛苦與幸福現象；認識到正是神本身在經歷著這一切的虛幻發生。因此，把人類痛苦體驗推向頂峰的是神，消滅這種虛幻的痛苦，并把虛幻的幸福推向頂峰的也唯有神。? 無論是顯現為造物界，還是消失于實在之一體中；無論被體驗為真實的存有，還是被視作虛假的非有，幻相自始至終都是幻相。它沒有止境，一如想象沒有止境。? 在幻相里的體驗有兩個方面——“多元性”與“一體性”。多元性成倍地增加，一體性也不斷地擴大自身。多元性是使幻相興盛的幻相之宗教。? 在時間的虛幻開始，幻相中沒有像今天這樣的一團糟。當意識進化開始時，盡管幻相里存在著多元，但也存在著一體性。隨著意識的增長，多元性也不斷地增加，直到現在它即將超限。如同達到頂峰的浪潮一樣，多元性的頂峰也將瓦解自身，并且帶來幻相中一體性的開始。痛苦達至頂點時，將給幻相中的這個多元性高峰帶來毀滅。? 多重的分離性阻止著人類對團結博愛的體驗，它的注定的毀滅時間已到。即將發生的這個毀滅將消滅世界的四分之三。剩余的四分之一將共同過著和諧互愛的生活，并且在全人類中建立一體感，把他們引向永久的幸福。? 在我打破沉默之前或之后不久，世界的四分之三將被毀滅。我將很快開言，以實現即將發生的一切。? 目前人類的生活已完全陷于幻相的多重性里。申明宗教信仰，創辦協會或舉行會議，都絕不會給人類生活帶來一體感。要在多元性中建立一體感，惟有通過觸動心靈的內核才能達到。我就是為此工作而來的。? 我是來把愛的種子播在你們心中，以便通過愛而在世界上所有國家、信條、宗派和種姓之間建立一體感——盡管你們必須在幻相生活中體驗與經歷所有這一切的表面多元。? 為此，我正在為打破沉默做準備。當我打破沉默時，它不會給你們的耳朵灌滿靈性說教。我僅僅將道出一言（Word），這一言將滲透所有人的心靈，甚至連罪人都會感到他本應是圣人，而圣人將知道神在罪人內里，一如在圣人的內里。? 當我道出那一言時，我將為未來七百年間將要發生的一切奠定基礎。當我七百年后再次來時，意識的進化程度將達到一個頂點，以至物質主義傾向將自動轉化為靈性渴望，靈性博愛的大同感將獲勝。這意味著現已達至極限的富裕與貧窮、文化與文盲、嫉妒與仇恨等，都將消融于眾生之間的一體感里。那時繁榮與幸福將達至頂點。? 然而，這并不意味著在幻相中的一體感將永遠地如此保持下去。這是因為所有這一切都是幻相，幻相里的一體和多元意識乃是進化過程的一部分。幻相中的多元性和一體性的開始、發展和終結注定將會重復發生。? 我放棄這個肉身之后，將在七百年之后再次降臨，那將標志著一個周期之周期的結束與開始。幻相中的所有時間周期，都開始并結束于700年到1400年之后。在一個周期之周期中，曾經有過且將會有億萬個這樣的周期；因此幻相是無止境的，并且永遠是幻相。? 自古至今，我來到人類中間，就是為了維持我自己所創造的幻相，并且喚醒人類意識到這一點。幻相的框架總是同一個，但幻相中的圖案卻不可計數且不斷變化。我的降臨不是為了消滅幻相，因為幻相本身絕對什么都不是。我是來讓你們意識到幻相的虛無性。通過你們，我自動地維持著幻相——它只不過是我的無限大我的影子；通過我，你們意識到幻相的虛假性，從而自愿拋棄之。? 作為本時代阿瓦塔，我的顯現將是短時期的。這個短時期將包括我的受辱、我的沉默的打破、我的榮耀與暴死。我永恒地擁有神圣極樂，卻為了一切萬物而永恒地受苦——因而我永恒不斷地在十字架上受難。? 在這個短時期內，我的萬言之言將觸動所有人的心，這個神圣感動將自發地給人類注入一體感。在下一個七百年期間，這種一體感將逐步取代分裂傾向，并將統攝所有人的心，驅走造成痛苦的仇恨、妒嫉與貪婪。幸福將統領人間。 **The?Final?Declaration** ? Given?by?Meher?Baba?on?30?September?1954? I?am?very?happy?to?have?you?all?here.? I?know?that?many?of?you?have?come?to?Meherabad?under?very?difficult?circumstances.?Some?of?you?have?covered?thousands?of?miles,?and?even?crossed?continents?to?be?at?Meherabad?today.?It?is?your?deep?love?for?me?that?has?braved?all?obstacles?and?prompted?you?to?sacrifice?your?comforts?and?conveniences?to?honor?my?call?and?to?be?near?me?today. I?am?deeply?touched?by?your?devotion,?and?I?am?proud?of?the?hearts?that?contain?such?love?and?loyalty. There?are?many?more?devoted?hearts?like?yours?yearning?to?be?present?here,?but?these?are?not?to?be?seen?in?your?midst?today.?I?know?that?in?spite?of?their?intense?desire?to?be?near?me,?they?could?not?possibly?come?for?one?reason?or?another.?Therefore?they?depend?on?you?to?convey?to?them?in?detail?all?that?you?see?and?hear?during?these?two?days?of?unique?opportunity?that?has?fallen?to?your?lot.?I?trust?you?will?not?fail?them. Although?you?are?present?here?with?all?love?and?faith?in?me,?and?though?you?feel?blessed?to?have?my?personal?contact,?yet?I?know?that?you?will?not?realize?today,?as?you?ought?to,?the?true?significance?of?my?call?and?your?presence?here?at?this?juncture.?Time?alone?will?make?most?of?you?realize,?not?many?months?from?now,?the?significant?importance?of?this?assembly. The?time?is?fast?approaching?when?all?that?I?have?repeatedly?stressed,?from?time?to?time,?will?definitely?come?to?pass.?Most?of?you?will?witness?those?events,?and?will?recall?very?vividly?all?that?transpires?during?these?two?days?of?your?stay?at?Meherabad. I?have?not?come?to?establish?anything?new;?I?have?come?to?put?life?into?the?old.?I?have?not?come?to?establish?retreats?or?ashrams.?I?create?them?for?the?purpose?of?my?Universal?work,?only?to?repeatedly?dissolve?them?once?that?purpose?has?been?served. The?universe?is?my?ashram,?and?every?heart?is?my?house,?but?I?manifest?only?in?those?hearts?in?which?all?other?than?me?ceases?to?live. When?my?universal?religion?of?love?is?on?the?verge?of?fading?into?insignificance,?I?come?to?breathe?life?into?it,?and?to?do?away?with?the?farce?of?dogmas?that?defile?it?in?the?name?of?religions,?and?stifle?it?with?ceremonies?and?rituals. The?present?universal?confusion?and?unrest?has?filled?the?heart?of?man?with?greater?lust?for?power?and?a?greed?for?wealth?and?fame,?bringing?in?its?wake?untold?misery,?hatred,?jealousy,?frustration?and?fear.?Suffering?in?the?world?is?at?its?height,?in?spite?of?all?the?striving?to?spread?peace?and?prosperity?to?bring?about?lasting?happiness. For?man?to?have?a?glimpse?of?lasting?happiness,?he?has?first?to?realize?that?God,?being?in?all,?knows?all;?that?God?alone?acts?and?reacts?through?all;?that?God,?in?the?guise?of?countless?animate?and?inanimate?entities,?experiences?the?innumerably?varied?phenomena?of?suffering?and?happiness.?Thus,?it?is?God?who?has?brought?suffering?in?human?experience?to?its?height,?and?God?alone?who?will?efface?this?illusory?suffering?and?bring?the?illusory?happiness?to?its?height. Whether?it?manifests?as?creation?or?disappears?into?Oneness?of?Reality,?whether?it?is?experienced?as?existing?and?real,?or?is?perceived?to?be?false?and?nonexistent,?illusion?throughout?is?illusion.?There?is?no?end?to?it,?just?as?there?is?no?end?to?imagination. There?are?two?aspects?experienced?in?illusion?–?manyness?and?oneness.?While?manyness?multiplies?manyness,?oneness?goes?on?magnifying?itself.?Manyness?is?the?"religion"?of?illusion?on?which?illusion?thrives. In?the?illusory?beginning?of?Time,?there?was?no?such?state?of?mess?in?illusion?as?there?is?today.?When?the?evolution?of?consciousness?began,?there?was?oneness,?in?spite?of?the?diversity?in?illusion.?With?the?growth?of?consciousness,?manyness?also?went?on?increasing,?until?now?it?is?about?to?overlap?the?limit.?Like?the?wave?that?reaches?its?crest,?this?height?of?manyness?will?dissolve?itself?and?bring?about?the?beginning?of?oneness?in?illusion.?Suffering?at?its?height?will?cause?the?destruction?of?this?climax?of?manyness?in?illusion. The?time?has?come?for?the?preordained?destruction?of?multiple?separateness?which?keeps?man?from?experiencing?the?feeling?of?unity?and?brotherhood.?This?destruction,?which?will?take?place?very?soon,?will?cause?three-fourths?of?the?world?to?be?destroyed.?The?remaining?one-fourth?will?be?brought?together?to?live?a?life?of?concord?and?mutual?understanding,?thus?establishing?a?feeling?of?oneness?in?all?fellow?beings,?leading?them?toward?lasting?happiness. Before?I?break?my?silence,?or?immediately?after?it,?three-fourths?of?the?world?will?be?destroyed.?I?shall?speak?soon?to?fulfill?all?that?is?shortly?to?come?to?pass. To?affirm?religious?faiths,?to?establish?societies,?or?to?hold?conferences?will?never?bring?about?the?feeling?of?unity?and?oneness?in?the?life?of?mankind,?now?completely?absorbed?in?the?manyness?of?illusion.?Unity?in?the?midst?of?diversity?can?be?made?to?be?felt?only?by?touching?the?very?core?of?the?heart.?This?is?the?work?for?which?I?have?come. I?have?come?to?sow?the?seed?of?love?in?your?hearts?so?that,?in?spite?of?all?superficial?diversity?which?your?life?in?illusion?must?experience?and?endure,?the?feeling?of?oneness?through?love?is?brought?about?amongst?all?the?nations,?creeds,?sects?and?castes?of?the?world. In?order?to?bring?this?about,?I?am?preparing?to?break?my?silence.?When?I?break?my?silence,?it?will?not?be?to?fill?your?ears?with?spiritual?lectures.?I?shall?speak?only?one?Word,?and?this?Word?will?penetrate?the?hearts?of?all?men,?and?make?even?the?sinner?feel?that?he?is?meant?to?be?a?saint,?while?the?saint?will?know?that?God?is?in?the?sinner?as?much?as?He?is?in?himself. When?I?speak?the?Word,?I?shall?lay?the?foundation?for?that?which?is?to?take?place?during?the?next?seven?hundred?years.?When?I?come?again?after?seven?hundred?years,?the?evolution?of?consciousness?will?have?reached?such?an?apex?that?materialistic?tendencies?will?be?automatically?transmuted?into?spiritual?longing,?and?the?feeling?of?equality?in?spiritual?brotherhood?will?prevail.?This?means?that?opulence?and?poverty,?literacy?and?illiteracy,?jealousy?and?hatred,?which?are?in?evidence?today?in?their?full?measure,?will?then?be?dissolved?through?the?feelings?of?the?oneness?of?all?men.?Prosperity?and?happiness?will?then?be?at?their?zenith. This?does?not?mean?that?oneness?in?illusion?shall?remain?so?eternally.?This?is?because?all?this?that?is,?is?illusion.?The?consciousness?of?oneness,?as?well?as?manyness?in?illusion,?is?part?of?the?process?of?evolution.?The?time?is?bound?to?recur?when?there?will?be?again?the?same?beginning,?growth?and?culmination?of?the?heights?of?manyness?and?oneness?in?illusion. My?next?advent,?after?I?drop?this?body,?will?be?after?seven?hundred?years,?and?that?will?mark?the?end?and?the?beginning?of?a?cycle?of?cycles.?All?cycles?of?time?in?illusion?end?and?begin?after?seven?hundred?to?fourteen?hundred?years.?There?have?been?and?will?be?millions?and?billions?of?such?cycles?in?a?cycle?of?cycles.?Thus,?there?is?no?end?to?illusion,?which?always?remains?illusion. Age?after?age,?I?come?amidst?mankind?to?maintain?my?own?creation?of?illusion,?thereby?also?awakening?humanity?to?become?aware?of?it.?The?framework?of?illusion?is?always?one?and?the?same,?but?the?designs?in?illusion?are?innumerable?and?ever-changing.?My?advent?is?not?to?destroy?illusion?because?illusion,?as?it?is,?is?absolutely?nothing.?I?come?to?make?you?become?aware?of?the?nothingness?of?illusion.?Through?you?I?automatically?maintain?illusion,?which?is?nothing?but?the?shadow?of?my?Infinite?Self,?and?through?me?you?automatically?discard?illusion,?when?you?are?made?aware?of?its?falseness. My?manifestation?as?the?Avatar?of?the?time?will?be?of?short?duration.?This?short?period?will,?in?quick?succession,?cover?my?humiliation,?the?breaking?of?my?silence,?my?glorification?and?my?violent?physical?end.?Everlastingly,?with?all?the?divine?bliss?within?me,?I?eternally?suffer?for?one?and?all?–?thus?I?am?crucified?eternally?and?continually?for?all. During?this?short?period,?my?Word?of?words?will?touch?the?hearts?of?all?mankind,?and?spontaneously?this?divine?touch?will?instill?in?man?the?feeling?of?the?oneness?of?all?fellow?beings.?Gradually,?in?the?course?of?the?next?seven?hundred?years,?this?feeling?will?supersede?the?tendency?of?separateness?and?rule?over?the?hearts?of?all,?driving?away?hatred,?jealousy?and?greed?that?breed?suffering,?and?happiness?will?reign. 《最后宣言》錄像：[http://www.meherbabaavatar.com/threeweeks/finald.htm](http://www.meherbabaavatar.com/threeweeks/finald.htm)