我們繼續來默想耶穌的教導，八福中的第六福：「清心的人有福了！因為他們必得見神。」當中所使用的「清」字，到底有何深意？我在研究這主題時發現，希臘文的「清」，與「淨化」，是源自同一個詞根，淨化的意思是使之得以潔淨或純潔。

在心理學上，「淨化」這詞語，是用來描述一個人在信任的朋友或輔導員面前，傾出很多被壓抑的感受或思想時，那種釋放和潔淨的感覺。在合適的處境和情況下，經常這樣做的人常會感到潔淨、更新和釋放。我在輔導工作中時常見到這種情況。求助的人總是帶著內心很深的傷害到來，當他們能夠確定坐在他們面前的人，是明白他們以及是可以信任的時候，他們便會放開那些壓抑的情緒，然後舒適地坐下來說：「我的感覺完全不同了，就好像進入了我自己內心的深處，把裡面刮得干干淨淨。」

是什麼東西產生這種潔淨和釋放的感覺？這很難解釋。因為個人感到的內在釋放，不是單靠分享就能得到，牠是來自彼此之間一種互相信任的氛圍。當輔導員顯出了不接納或震驚時，接受輔導的人便不會有釋放（淨化）的經驗。如果真的如精神健康專家所說的那樣，隻有當輔導員溫和接納，而不是嚴厲和審判的時候，別人才能有淨化的經歷，那麼很明顯地，在耶穌這位了不起的輔導員面前，我們肯定能夠有可能經歷到內心最深層的淨化了。

We continue meditating on the word "pure" as used by Jesus in His sixth Beatitude. I discovered when researching this theme that the word "catharsis" - meaning to cleanse or make pure - is derived from the same Greek root as the word "pure".

In psychology, the word "catharsis" is used to describe the feeling of release and cleansing a person experiences in the presence of a trusted friend or counsellor when they empty out many of their repressed feelings or ideas. In the right circumstances and under the right conditions, a person who does this often feels purged, renewed and released. I have seen this happen myself on countless occasions when counselling. A person comes with deep hurts, and when they are sure they are in the presence of someone who understands them, someone they can trust, they open up their repressed feelings in such a way that afterwards they sit back and say: "I feel so different. It's like someone has reached deep down inside me and scraped my insides clean."

What produces this feeling of purging and release? It is difficult to explain because the inner release a person feels is not obtained simply by sharing; it comes only in the atmosphere of mutual confidence and trust. When a counsellor shows signs of disapproval or shock, then no release (catharsis) is experienced. If, as mental health experts claim, this only happens when a counsellor is warm and accepting, as opposed to harsh and judgmental, then it becomes immediately obvious that in the presence of Jesus, the Wonderful Counsellor, we have the possibility of experiencing the deepest catharsis it is possible to know