CHAPTER IX　VIBRATION
第九章 振动

"Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."--The Kybalion.
没有事物静止；万物都在移动；一切皆在振动。--The Kybalion

The great Third Hermetic Principle--the Principle of Vibration--embodies the truth that Motion is manifest in everything in the Universe--that nothing is at rest--that everything moves, vibrates, and circles.
伟大的赫尔墨斯第三法则
——振动法则
——揭示的真理是，运动显化于宇宙中的万物中
——没有事物处于静止
——万物都在移动、振动，和循环着。

This Hermetic Principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems.
这个赫尔墨斯法则被早期的希腊哲学家所认识，在他们的系统中有所表达。

But, then, for centuries it was lost sight of by the thinkers outside of the Hermetic ranks.
但是在之后的岁月里，赫尔墨斯行列之外的思想者们丧失了对它的洞见。

But in the Nineteenth Century physical science re-discovered the truth and the Twentieth Century scientific discoveries have added additional proof of the correctness and truth of this centuries-old Hermetic doctrine.
但到十九世纪的物理科学才再次发现这个真理，二十世纪的科学发现为这个有数千年之久的赫尔墨斯教导的真理性和正确性加添了更多的证据。

The Hermetic Teachings are that not only is everything in constant movement and vibration, but that the "differences" between the various manifestations of the universal power are due entirely to the varying rate and mode of vibrations.
赫尔墨斯教导所说的，不仅是每一事物在持续运动和振动着，而且在宇宙力量的各种显化之间的差别，也完全是由于振动的速率和形态的不同而显化出的差异。

Not only this, but that even THE ALL, in itself, manifests a constant vibration of such an infinite degree of intensity and rapid motion that it may be practically considered as at rest,
不仅这些，甚至就是全能者，在自身中，显化持续的振动，那是在强度和速率的无限等级上的运动，事实上那可以被认为是静止的，

the teachers directing the attention of the students to the fact that even on the physical plane a rapidly moving object (such as a revolving wheel) seems to be at rest.

老师要求学生们注意这样一个事实，就是在物理层面上，一个快速运动的物体（比如一个旋转的车轮）看上去也是静止的。

The Teachings are to the effect that Spirit is at one end of the Pole of Vibration, the other Pole being certain extremely gross forms of Matter.
教导是说在效果上，精神是在振动极性的一端，还有一个极性，是极端粗陋的物质形态。

Between these two poles are millions upon millions of different rates and modes of vibration.
在这两个极性之间，有振动的亿万种不同的速率和模式。

Modern Science has proven that all that we call Matter and Energy are but "modes of vibratory motion,"

and some of the more advanced scientists are rapidly moving toward the positions of the occultists who hold that the phenomena of Mind are likewise modes of vibration or motion.
Let us see what science has to say regarding the question of vibrations in matter and energy.
现代科学已经证明，我们所称的物质和能量只是振动运动的形态。

有些更为优秀的科学家，快速认同：奥秘学家们坚持思想现象是振动或者运动的模式。
让我们来看一下关于物质和能量中的的问题上科学家会说什么。

In the first place, science teaches that all matter manifests, in some degree, the vibrations arising from temperature or heat.
首先，科学教导说，所有物质在某种程度上显化由温度或者热引起的振动。
Be an object cold or hot
--both being but degrees of the same things
--it manifests certain heat vibrations, and in that sense is in motion and vibration.
一个物体是冷的或者热的
——两者都是也只是同样事物的不同等级而已
——它显化某种热的振动，从这个观点看去，它是在运动和振动中。

Then all particles of Matter are in circular movement, from corpuscle to suns.
那么，从微粒到恒星们，所有物质的粒子是在旋转运动中。

The planets revolve around suns, and many of them turn on their axes.
行星围绕太阳们旋转，它们也围着自己的轴自转。
The suns move around greater central points, and these are believed to move around still greater, and so on, ad infinitum.
太阳们围绕更大的中心点运动，这些中心还会围绕更大的，这样以致无穷。

The molecules of which the particular kinds of Matter are composed are in a state of constant vibration and movement around each other and against each other.
分子，是由具体的物质粒子组成，粒子彼此间在围绕和对抗中持续振动和运动着。

The molecules are composed of Atoms, which, likewise, are in a state of constant movement and vibration.
分子由原子构成，同样由运动和振动组成。

The atoms are composed of Corpuscles, sometimes called "electrons," "ions," etc., which also are in a state of rapid motion, revolving around each other, and which manifest a very rapid state and mode of vibration.
原子是由微粒组成，有些被称为电子，有些被称为离子，等等，这些都是在快速运动的状态中，彼此围绕旋转，显化着振动和感应的快速状态和模式。

And, so we see that all forms of Matter manifest Vibration, in accordance with the Hermetic Principle of Vibration.
这样我们看到，所有形式的物质都显化为振动，都是遵守赫尔墨斯振动法则的。

And so it is with the various forms of Energy.
所以它是不同的能量形式。
Science teaches that Light, Heat, Magnetism and Electricity are but forms of vibratory motion connected in some way with, and probably emanating from the Ether.
科学上的讲说是，光、热、磁和电，只是振动运动的形式，可能以某种方式连接着来自以太的喷射。

Science does not as yet attempt to explain the nature of the phenomena known as Cohesion, which is the principle of Molecular Attraction;
科学还没有试图去解释这些现象的本质，所知的凝聚力（Cohesion），是分子间的吸引力法则；

nor Chemical Affinity, which is the principle of Atomic Attraction;
还有化学亲和力（ChemicalAffinity），是原子间的吸引力法则；

nor Gravitation (the greatest mystery of the three), which is the principle of attraction by which every particle or mass of Matter is bound to every other particle or mass.
还有引力（Gravitation）（这三者中的最大的奥秘），是每一个粒子或者物质团块彼此间互相束缚的吸引力法则。

These three forms of Energy are not as yet understood by science, yet the writers incline to the opinion that these too are manifestations of some form of vibratory energy, a fact which the Hermetists have held and taught for ages past.
这三种能量的形式还没有在科学上被理解，著述者们还是倾向于，这些是振动能量的某种形式的显化的观点上。事实上，赫尔墨斯者们对此已经掌握和教导了许多的世代。

The Universal Ether, which is postulated by science without its nature being understood clearly, is held by the Hermetists to be but a higher manifestation of that which is erroneously called matter--that is to say, Matter at a higher degree of vibration--and is called by them "The Ethereal Substance."
宇宙以太，科学上假设是没有它的本质存在的，这已经明确了，而赫尔墨斯们掌握的是，它们是一种较高的显化，被错误地称为了物质——那等于是说，在振动的较高等级上的物质——而赫尔墨斯们称为以太实质。

The Hermetists teach that this Ethereal Substance is of extreme tenuity and elasticity, and pervades universal space, serving as a medium of transmission of waves of vibratory energy, such as heat, light, electricity, magnetism, etc.
赫尔墨斯者们说这个以太实质是极度稀薄和有极端弹性的，遍布宇宙空间，作为振动能量的波的传送媒介，比如热、光、电、磁，等等。
The Teachings are that The Ethereal Substance is a connecting link between the forms of vibratory energy known as "Matter" on the one hand, and "Energy or Force" on the other; and also that it manifests a degree of vibration, in rate and mode, entirely its own.
教导说，以太实质是在振动能量形式之间的联接，一面是所知的物质，另一面是能量或者力量；并且它也是在显示它自己全然的速率和模式上的一个振动等级。