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我想要和大家分享这部西方经典作品里的
I'd like to share with you a short passage
一小段话
from Shengjing.
我并不常引用这部经典作品
It doesn't happen very often that I read from the /Sheng/jing
来作为教导的一部分
as part of a teaching.
这段话选自 xinyue
This is from the Xinyue
它是一个寓言
and it is a parable
/ye/su说的寓言
that yesu tells
它的意义深远
that is very profound
并且和我们当前的状况紧密相关
and absolutely relevant to the present time.
那么我开始念了
So, here we go.
“所有听从我的话
"Everyone who listens to these words of mine
且按照我的话做事的人
and does them
将会像一个建造了一栋房子的人
will be like a man building a house
他会向下深挖
who dug deep
把地基建在岩石之上
and laid the foundation on the rock.
下雨、发洪水
The rain fell,the floods came
狂风袭来
and the wind blew
冲击着这栋房子
and beat against the house
但是房子并未倒塌
but it did not collapse.
它一直坚实地矗立在岩石上
It had been set solidly on rock
那些听从了我的这些话的人
and everyone who listens to these words of mine
但是却未按照我的话做事的人
but does not do them
就会成为一个愚人
will be like a fool
他把房子建筑在沙之上
who built his house on sand.
下雨、发洪水
The rain fell,the floods came
狂风袭来
and the wind blew
冲击着这栋房子
and beat against the house.
接着房子倒塌了，彻底被毁掉了。”
And it collapsed and was completely ruined."
所以 让我们来谈谈这个寓言更深层次的含义
So,let's understand the deeper meaning of this.
“每一个听从我的话，并且按照我所说的去做事的人。”
"Everyone who listens to these words and does them."
意思很明显就是说，任何一个听从了他的教导
means obviously anybody who listens to the teaching
并且练习教导的人
and practices the teaching.
当然了，Ye/su的教导就是
And of course ye/su' teaching is
找到存在于你之内的
find the Kingdom of Heaven
天国
that is within you,
不是在其他空间或时间之中
not anywhere else in space or time.
寻找到那个存在于你之内的
Find the transcendent dimension
那个超然维度，那个天国
the Kingdom of Heaven that is within you
那是一个更加深沉的
which is a deeper dimension
或者说更叫高超的意识维度
or higher dimension of consciousness
每个人都能接触到它
accessible to everyone.
那个建造房子的人就是你
And the man that's building the house is you.
那个房子也是你
The house is you.
“洪水爆发，暴雨侵袭
The floods come,the rain comes
冲击着那栋房子。”
beating against the house."
意指的就是你在生命中不可避免地
obviously means some form of adversity you encounter
遭遇到的各种灾难和不幸
as you you inevitably will in your life,
有些极其严重的灾难
some form of fairly extreme adversity
无论是在个人层面上
whether it's at a personal level
还是我们当前在集体层面上正在经历的这件事情
or as we're experiencing now,on a collective level.
现在如果你还没有向内深入地探索过
Now if you haven't gone deep enough
因为要记住你就是那栋房子
because remember you are the house
如果你还没有向内深入地探索过
If you haven't gone deep enough
你还没有发现
you have not found
任何超越头脑观念思考的东西
anything beyond the conceptual thinking mind.
那么这些洪水、雨水、狂风、灾难
Then the floods,the rain,the wind,the adversity,
在这种情况下 无论它可能会是什么
whatever it may be in this case,
我们知道无论它是什么
we know what it is
都将摧毁你
will devastate you.
即使你没有生病
And even if you do not fall ill
或者感染上那个病
or contract the virus,
恐惧也将会耗尽你
the fear will consume you
当下，恐惧也正在
as it's consuming
消耗着数百万人的生命
millions of humans at the present time.
你为何恐惧？
And why do you fear?
恐惧是什么呢？
What is fear?
恐惧是某种思想念头
Fear are certain thought forms.
你把你自己投射到未来的某个时刻
You project yourself into some future moment
并且你没有临在
and you're not present.
因为如果你临在的话
Because if you were present
你会意识到
you would realize
在此刻没有什么恐惧的
that in this moment there's nothing to fear.
只有当你离开当下此刻的时候
Only when you leave this moment,
恐惧就会以思想念头的形式出现
fear arises as a thought form
那个思想念头接着会制造一种情绪
which then creates an emotion.
所以它意指的是什么呢
So what does it mean then
“去向下深挖，
"to dig deep,
并且在岩石上建造地基”
and to find the foundation on the rock?"
那块岩石是什么？
What is that rock?
就是那栋房子的地基 而那栋房子就是你
The foundation for the house that you are.
你就是那栋房子
You are that house.
现在我想要你们做一个简单的冥想
And I'd like you to take into a little meditation now.
为了阐明
In order to illustrate
为了能让你们
and to enable you
去亲自体会它所说的“去向下深挖”的意思
to experience it first hand what it means to dig deep.
只需一小会儿 仅仅去觉察 你正在呼吸
For a moment, just become aware that you're breathing.
觉察你自己
Become aware of yourself,
不是观念层面的你
not the conceptual self
不要去觉察你的个人历史
not become aware of your personal history
也不要去觉察一些你想象中的未来时刻
or become aware of some imagined future moment
而是去觉察作为有意识的存在的你自己
but become aware of yourself as the conscious presence,
一个有意识的存在领域
a field of conscious presence.
思考没法在那个领域帮到你
And thinking does not help you there
思考是一种阻碍
thinking is an obstacle.
所以你觉察到比思考更深层次的层面
So you go deeper than thinking
那么你就能完全觉醒、完全临在
and you can be completely awake and present
同时只带着极少的头脑活动
and yet with very little mind activity
那就是觉察到你的深层次的身份的开始
and that is the beginning of the realization of your deep identity
我有时把它叫做你的“本质身份”
What I sometimes call your essence identity
而你的本质身份和当下
and your essence identity is inseparable from
是不可分离的
the present moment.
它是无时间性的、永恒的存在
It is the timeless, eternal present.
它是比你通常所认同的那个意识
It is a deeper dimension of consciousness
更加深层次的意识维度
than the one that you ordinarily identify with.
那就是“向下深挖”
And that is the meaning of "digging deep,
和找到不可撼动的地基的含义
and finding that unshakable foundation."
它深深地存在于你之中 存在于每个人之中
that is deep within you, within everyone.
灾难其实是一个很好的机会
Adversity is a wonderful opportunity
因为灾难会迫使你去向内深入探索
because adversity forces you to go deeper
灾难迫使你觉醒
Adversity forces you to awaken to
回归到你本来的更深层次的维度中
the deeper dimension of who you are.
为什么灾难会迫使你呢？
Why does adversity force you?
因为生活变得几乎难以承受
Because life becomes almost unbearable.
当你只活在表象之上
When you live only on the surface,
活在感官知觉和头脑观念的表象上
the surface of sense perceptions and your conceptual mind
接着你收听那些新闻报道
and then you listen to the newscasts
读到与此相关的所有消息
and you read all kinds of things
每个人都处于恐惧的状态之中
and everybody's in state of fear,
那就是建筑在沙之上的房子
That is the house built on the sand
当洪水暴发、狂风暴雨来袭
that when the floods come, the wind comes
那栋房子就会倒塌
the storms come, the house collapses.
意思是，因为你就是寓言中所说的那栋房子
Meaning, since you are the house in this parable,
你被摧毁了
you are devastated
在一种极度的焦虑之中
in a state of extreme anxiety,
极度的痛苦之中
extreme suffering,
虽然实际上什么事情都还没有发生
although nothing actually has happened yet,
除非你感染上了那个病
unless you contract a disease
而这也是我们下一次会谈到的话题，好吧
and this is something we'll talk about next time, right?
那栋房子，你的房子
Is the house, your house,
你所是的那栋房子
the house that you are.
你是活在表象之上吗？
Are you living on the surface?
你的房子是建筑在沙之上吗？
Is your house built on sand?
亦或者你能够去向内深挖
Or are you able to dig
并且发现那个存在于你之中的
and find the foundation within yourself
能让你从恐惧中解脱的“地基”吗？
that frees you from fear?
现在，当事情在慢慢变好
Now, when things are going well
有件事几乎不可能
it's unlikely that
就是大多数人不愿意花精力
most humans can't be bothered
去向内深入探索，为什么呢？
with going deeper, what for?
如果外在的这些事进展顺利
If these things out going okay
“我在期盼我的下一个假期。”
"I'm looking forward to my next vacation."
“或者周末就快到了。”
"Weekend is coming up."
等等这类的
and whatever it is
“一顿美味大餐在等着我。”
"A nice meal is waiting for me."
一切的一切，舒适圈
Everything, comfort zone,
你处在一个舒适圈里
you're in your comfort zone.
我从未听说过任何一个人
I've never heard of anybody who awakens
是在他们的舒适圈里觉醒的
in their comfort zone.
舒适本身没有问题
There's nothing wrong with comfort.
当舒适在那儿的时候，就享受舒适
Enjoy them when they are there.
舒适会持续一段时间
They last for a while
接着有些不幸、灾难会发生
and then some form of adversity arises,
不论是在个人层面还是集体层面上
either on a personal level or on a collective level.
较小的困难形式
Minor forms of adversity
有时也是大型灾难
and occasionally huge forms
潜在的灾难
of adversity, potential calamities.
如果你突然面临着
Whether it's you're suddenly confronted
生命有限的事实
with the fact of mortality,
遭受巨大的损失
some great loss,
严重的疾病
serious illness,
不论是在个人层面还是集体层面上
on a personal level or on a collective level,
战争、国家内乱、内战
War, civil strife, civil war,
金融衰退
financial collapse,
你的国家遭到外侵
invasion of your country,
所有这些事都可能发生
all kinds of things can happen.
而在当下
And at the present time,
我们正在经历
we are experiencing
所谓的大范围蔓延的疫情
the so-called pandemic,
集体灾难
Collective adversity,
它影响的不仅仅是个人
not affecting just one person
而是同时影响着数百万人
now affecting millions at the same time
而这也是一种“邀请”，让我们向内深入探索
and this is an invitation to go deeper
因为你不向内探索
because if you don't
你就会受苦，那本是不必要地
you suffer unnecessarily.
无数人都处在恐惧和焦虑之中
Millions are in a state of fear and anxiety
但是把它当做一个机会
but use this as an opportunity
从头脑中觉醒过来
to either awaken out of the mind
头脑认同于那种意识状态
identified state of consciousness
那种持续不断地把它自身投射到未来
that continuously projects itself into the future
同时你无法控制的意识状态
that you have no control over.
它从来都不是临在的
It is never present
这个认同于意识状态的头脑
this mind identified state of consciousness.
就是建筑在沙之上的那栋房子
It's the house built on the sand.
这是一个机会
It's an opportunity to
你能意识到
come to this realization
你在比你之前所知道的位置
that you are much deeper
更深处
than you had known before.
你被迫去向内探索
You're forced to go deeper
因为你再也无法忍受
because you can't stand
那个痛苦、不幸
the suffering anymore, the unhappiness,
或者说焦虑，无论你把它称作什么
or whatever you want to call it, the anxiety.
所以说，在任何情境下，最重要的就是
And so the most vital thing in any situation
意识的状态
is the state of consciousness
你带着那个意识状态去面对那个情境
with which you meet the situation
而且你应该更多地关注意识状态
and you should pay more attention to that
而不是新闻报道之类的
than to the newscasts and whatever it is
不是你听到或观看到的消息
that you listen to and watch.
当然 你也可以那么做
Yes, you can do that also
但是你的意识状态是什么呢？
but what is your state of consciousness?
那是一种你能够为之奉献自己绵薄之力的事情
That's something you can do something about.
并没有太多你能做的事
There's not very much that you can do
在外在的情境方面
about the external situation.
你可以采取预防措施
You can take precautions.
你可以帮助他人
You can help other people
力所能及地、尽可能地去做
to the extent which it is possible.
那些事都很好
All that's good.
你做你需要做的一切
You do all the things that you need to do
或许很多人
and perhaps many people are
被迫待在家里
now forced to stay at home
他们不得不
and they have to,
突然间，你不得不
you have to be suddenly
在家独享私人盛宴
on a private retreat at home.
现在，那也是一个机会
Now that's an opportunity, too.
所以利用好眼前这个宝贵的时机
So use this precious time that is here
因为它是
because it is part
人类意识觉醒的一部分
of the awakening consciousness of humanity.
这么说几乎很矛盾
It seems almost paradoxical
即，有些事情
to say that something
表面上看起来很消极
that on the surface looks very negative
对于人类幸福来说
and looks like an obstacle
看起来像是一个阻碍
to the well-being of humanity.
当然，对人类幸福来说
And, yes, it's an obstacle
那是一个阻碍
to the well-being of humanity
单纯从身体层面上来看
on a purely physical level.
也许是暂时的
Perhaps temporarily, yes.
但是有些从常规视角看起来
But something that looks like an obstacle
像是阻碍的事情
from a conventional point of view
对你而言实际上是一次机会
is actually an opportunity for you
觉醒于
to awaken
那个更深层面的，或者说
to a deeper,or we could say higher
更高的意识维度
level of consciousness.
人们不会觉醒
Humans don't awaken
当他们处在他们的舒适圈里的时候
when they're in their comfort zone.
他们会觉醒，当他们被带离
They awaken when they are taken
他们的舒适圈的时候
out of their comfort zone.
并不是每个人都如此
Not everybody does.
这是一个机会
It's an opportunity.
当你没有处在你的舒适圈的时候
If you do not awaken when you're no longer
如果你不觉醒，你就会受苦
in your comfort zone, you suffer.
你不快乐，你感到焦虑，充满恐惧
You're unhappy, you're anxious, you're fearful.
你还没找到那个岩石
You haven't found the rock.
现在，这个寓言
Now, the difference between this parable
和真实生活的区别就是
and actual life
在这个寓言里
is in this parable
那个人已经深挖下去了
the man had already dug deep
并且他已经把房子建筑在了岩石之上
and he had already built his house on the rock
接着洪水暴发
and then the floods came
等等之类的，那栋房子是无法被撼动的
and so on, and the house was unshakable.
在现实生活里，通常在那个情境之下
In real life, often it is the case that
狂风、洪水、暴雨
the wind,the floods, the rains
全都冲击着那栋房子
all beating against the house
意思就是 灾难出现在你的生命之中
which means adversity arising in your life.
那个灾难迫使你
The adversity forces you
如果你还没能向内探索过
if you haven't already gone deeper
灾难会迫使你向内深入探索
it forces you to go deeper.
而现在开始探索永远不会太晚
And so it's not too late to start digging now
面对灾难
in the face of adversity.
你们很多人
Many of you
已经
already
在觉醒的进程之中了
in the process of awakening.
或许就是正在听我说这些话的你们
Probably most of you listening to this
当前正发生于我们身上的事
and what's happening to us now
对你而言是一个很好的机会
is a wonderful opportunity
向内探索地更深入、更深沉
for you to go deeper, a deepening of that
也能加快觉醒
acceleration of the awakening.
所以说，尽可能地
So, as much as possible
尤其是，无论什么时候
especially whenever
当你感觉自己不知不觉陷入
you feel yourself drifting
一种恐惧的意识状态之中
off into a fearful state of consciousness
和一种恐惧的情绪状态之中
and a fearful emotional state,
无论何时你意识到
whenever you realize that
意识到
realize
在当下此时此刻
that in this present moment
没有什么让人恐惧的事
here's nothing to fear.
而且你要为你自己证实这一点
And you have to verify this for yourself,
不论那是真的还是假的
whether this is true or not,
当你对某些事感到恐惧的时候
When you fear something,
那是一种想象出来的未来时刻
it's of some imagined future moment.
“我会染上这种疾病吗？”
"Am I going to catch this disease?"
“我会死吗？”
"Am I going to die?"
“我爱的人会染上这病吗？”
"Is a loved one going to catch it?"
“我爱的人，我的孩子、父母
"Is a loved one, my child, my parent,
他们会死吗？”
are they going to die?"
你在想象它，它可能会发生
You imagine it, it could happen,
但是当下此时此刻，它没有发生
but right now, it's not happening.
所以无论何时你感觉自己
So whenever you feel yourself
不知不觉陷入恐惧之中
drifting off into fear,
要意识到，嗯
realize, okay,
“我丢失了当下此刻
"I have lost the present moment
我迷失在自己的头脑之中
and I lost myself in my mind
迷失在思考的头脑之中。”
in the thinking mind."
然后你的情绪反映出你的头脑活动
And then the emotion reflects that mind activity.
所以当你觉察到它的时候
So the moment you notice it
“嗯，我丢失了当下此刻“
"Okay, I've lost the present moment"
”我迷失在头脑之中了”
"I am lost in the mind"
回到当下来
Come back into the present moment
练习这些小事会有所帮助
A few little things that are helpful.
觉察你的呼吸
Be aware of your breathing.
觉察你的内在身体能量场
Be aware of the inner energy field in your body.
身体充满了活力
The body is alive
这种能量，这种生命能量
and this energy, this life energy
充盈着整个身体
that pervades the body,
去感觉它
feel that.
你正在呼吸，你感觉到身体里的那种活力
You're breathing, you feel the aliveness in the body.
你觉察到感官知觉
You're aware of sense perceptions.
你环顾四周
You look around.
“哇，当下”
"Yeah, present."
接着你觉察到那个临在
And then you become aware of that presence
它和你的本质是不可分离的
that is inseparable from who you are
那个临在
that presence that is
和你的本质是不可分离的
inseparable from who you are.
那是一种美妙的意识觉察
That's an amazing realization.
对你而言，存在着比你这个人更深、更多的事
There's more to you than the person.
那个临在比你这个人更加深
That presence is deeper than the person.
你需要灾难
And you needed the adversity,
无论是去发现那个意识状态
either to find it
还是去加深
or to deepen that which
那个你已经发现的意识状态
you had already found it,
但是它还不是一个深层次的觉察
but it was not yet a deep realization.
所以这是一个很棒的机会
So this is a time of great opportunity.
好好利用这个机会，不要浪费了
Use it, don't waste it.
有句谚语说：
There's a saying that goes:
“当小我为它所失去的东西伤心哭泣的时候
"When the ego weeps for what it has lost
灵性意识会为它所找到的东西欢心雀跃。”
"the spirit rejoices for what it has found"
所以说 表面上看起来不好的事情
So what looks bad on the surface
有一种极其重要的作用
has an essential function.
我不久之后会再次谈到这点
I will speak to you again soon.
同时，存在于此地，存在于当下
In the meantime, be here, be present.
不要让自己迷失在头脑里
Don't lose yourself in the mind.
不要让自己迷失在恐惧里
Don't lose yourself in fear.
寻找到那块岩石并坚实地驻扎在它之上
Find and be rooted in this rock.
那是你的本质身份
That is your essence identity.
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谢谢你们
Thank you.