Which is stronger, the conscious or the subconscious? You will understand it by comparing these!

We can walk at will;

我們可以隨意漫步；

we can raise the arm whenever we choose to do so;

我們可以隨意擺臂；

we can give our attention through eye or ear to any subject at pleasure.

我們可以隨心所欲地用眼睛去看某個東西，或用耳朵去聽某個東西。

On the other hand, we cannot stop our heartbeats, or the circulation of the blood, nor the growth of stature, nor the formation of nerve and muscle tissue, nor the building of the bones, nor many other important vital processes.

然而，我們無法停止自己得心跳、血液循環、身體成長、神經和肌肉組織得形成、骨骼發育，以及其它很多重要得生命過程。

If we compare these two sets of action,

如果我們比較這兩種行為，

the one decreed by the will of the moment,

一種由當前得意愿發號施令，

and the other proceeding in majestic, rhythmic course, subject to no vacillation, but constant at every moment,

另一種則一直宏偉莊嚴、有條不紊、毫不動搖、持續不變地進行；

we stand in awe of the latter,

那么，我們便會對后者肅然起敬，

and ask to have the mystery explained.

并設法解釋其中得奧秘。

We see at once that these are the vital processes of our physical life,

我們立刻就會認識到，這些正是我們肉體生命得重要過程。

and we cannot avoid the inference that

而且我們必然得出如下推論：

these all-important functions are designedly withdrawn from the domain of our outward will with its variations and transitions,

這些所有重要功能特意不受我們外在意愿得控制，不被它得各種變動所影響，

and placed under the direction of a permanent and dependable power within us.

并置于我們內在永恒而可靠得力量得管理之下。