双语阅读｜What is true love spiritually? 真爱应该是怎样的？

A true act of love is when I do something good for someone I love only because I want to delight that person, even without their knowing that I’m the one who did this good thing, and even if I do not derive any direct pleasure from it. Love would be my only motivation to act.

真正的爱是我为我所爱的人做某事的时候，只是因为我想取悦那个人，即使他们不知道我是做这件好事的那个人，即使我没有从中得到任何直接的快乐。爱是我行动的唯一动力。

The Torah explains that a true act of altruism (love of others) is when one party does not know about the other party, whether or not the party is giving.there is pleasure derived from it.

圣经旧约中说，真正的利他主义行为（对他人的爱）是为对方付出，让自己满足。

altruism 英[ltruzm] 美[ltruzm] n. 利他主义;利他;无私;

[例句]Altruism can be distinguished from feelings of loyalty and duty. 利他主义可以区分感情的忠诚和责任。

If the Creator knows about a person’s act, this is already a reward. But for true giving, there need not be any kind of reward. We always speak from the perspective of the person with real feelings and not of abstract creatures.

如果造物主知道某人的行为，这已经是一种奖励。但真正的奉献是不需要任何回报的。我们是从具有真实感受的一般人来说，而不是个别特殊的人。

perspective 英[pspektv] 美[prspektv] n. 态度； 观点； 思考方法； 客观判断力； 权衡轻重的能力； 透视法；

One must come to that sensation of genuine giving step by step, meaning one must attain the spiritual level of giving, while in the meantime performing it only mechanically.

一个人要感受到这种真正的奉献感必须得一步一步来，这意味着必须达到精神上和行动上奉献的一致性。