8死的感觉是内里软弱、虚空、不适、不安、沉闷、枯干、黑暗、痛苦的感觉等—在消极一面(6上)。当你觉得自己里面软弱、虚空、不适、不安、沉闷、枯干、黑暗并且痛苦,这指明死就在那里。死在这里,就是说,你将你的心思置于肉体。将心思置于肉体,意思就是活在肉体里。心思是我们日常生活的钥匙。这钥匙为我们开门,使我们行在路上。将心思置于肉体,意思就是开肉体的门,并走属肉体的路。因此,当你觉得死在这里,就必须领悟,你正在肉体里生活、行事为人。这是生命的感觉消极的功用。
8The feeling of death is the inner feeling of weakness, emptiness, uneasiness, restlessness, depression, dryness, darkness, pain, etc.—on the negative side (v. 6a). When you sense that you are weak, empty, uneasy, restless, depressed, dried up, darkened, and in pain within, this indicates that death is there. When death is present, this means that you have set your mind on the flesh. To set the mind on the flesh simply means to live in the flesh. The mind is the key of our daily walk. The key opens the gate for us to walk on the way. To set the mind on the flesh simply means to open the gate of the flesh and to walk the fleshly way. Thus, when you sense that death is present, you have to realize that you are living, walking, in the flesh. This is the negative function of the sense of life.