纵横天下(胤礽重生:释放心灵对你的健康是必要的

       我想你以前肯定听人这样说过：“自言自语是疯狂的征兆。”但不停的自我思考是不是也是一种疯狂？

If you’re talking to someone and you never stop to listen, you’ll never hear anything they have to say. In the same way, if you’re talking to yourself all the time (or thinking) you’ll never have anything to think about except thoughts. You’re never in relationship with reality, because you’re living entirely in the world of symbols and concepts.

       如果你一直不停的对某个人谈话，那你永远也听不到他们要对你说什么。同样的道理，如果你一直不停的对自己讲话（或自我思考），除了各种妄念，你永远不会想到别的。你与真性是毫无关系的，因为你完全生活在符号与概念里。

Reality has concepts and symbols in it, of course. But reality itself is not a concept. It is beyond concepts.

      当然，真性有概念与符号，但真性本身不是一个概念，是超越概念之外的。

If we’re thinking all the time, we’re constantly comparing and judging everything. Reality definitely has judgment in it, but like concepts, it is beyond them. Most importantly, reality is beyond labels. In order to be in relationship with reality, we need to stop and listen. We need to go out of our mind.

       如果我们一直不停的思考，我们就会一直在比较和评判一切事情。真性自身肯定能够评判，但就像超越概念一样，真性也是超越评判之外的。最重要的是，真性是超越符号标记之外的。为了不脱离真性，我们要停下来，去聆听。我们要走出自我的心灵世界。

In order to listen, we have to quiet our thoughts. If you’re like me or the other 99.9% of the world, this probably won’t be easy for you at first. We’re used to talking to ourselves constantly. We talk to ourselves in line at the grocery store, at our desks, while we eat. We even talk to ourselves while other people are talking to us.

       为了聆听，我们不得不让我们的思想静下来。如果你像我或者这世上99.9%的其他人一样，那么一开始这可能不容易做到。我们习惯于不停地与自己交谈。我们在杂货店门前一边排队，一边自我交谈，在我们的书桌前，进餐的时候，都在自我交谈。甚至在别人对我们讲话时也在自我交谈。

When I first tried meditating, I tried to silence my thoughts, I tried to shove them out of my mental space. I did this with great effort and determination. Guess what happened? Nothing. Well not nothing, it just made me think even more (this is a common experience). So I tried even harder. I tried to push them out of the way and let no disturbance enter. But the harder I tried, the more disturbed my mind was.

       当我首次尝试着冥想，我试着让自己的思想静下来，我试着把思想从我的心灵空间里赶出去。我费了很大的劲，但我很坚定。你猜接下来发生了什么？什么也没有发生。也并不是什么也没发生, 只是让我想得更多（这是普遍经历）。所以我更加努力。我试着把思想都推出去，拒绝干扰。但我越努力，我的心灵就越受干扰。

It was like trying to smooth water with a flat iron. You just disturb it even more.

        这就像是，试图用一块平整的铁块将水面抚平。你只不过把水面弄得更加不平。

So if mandating your thoughts away doesn’t work, what will? The answer is just to let your thoughts go. Just watch them. Don’t try to stop yourself from thinking, that will just encourage it even more.

       所以如果你强行赶跑思想，但不起作用，怎么办？答案是，让你的思想顺其自然。你只需观察它们就行了。不要试图让自己停止思想，那样只能是使思想变得更多。

In meditation (the art of going out of your mind) there are various props we use to assist us:

       有很多方法，可以帮我们进行冥想（释放心灵的艺术）：

Music. I prefer listening to Japanese flute when I’m listening to music while meditating. Stan Richardson is highly recommended. 

       音乐。我冥想时，喜欢听日本长笛。我极力推荐Stan Richardson的音乐。

Incense. Our sense of smell is our repressed sense. Focusing on the smell can help give your mind “single-pointedness” and relieve you from distraction. 

        点香。嗅觉是我们人体被忽略的一种感觉。把注意力集中在嗅觉上，能帮助你把心专注于一个点上，可以使心不散乱。

Breath. What would this guide be without mentioning our breath? Every meditation guide includes it, and for good reason. By focusing on your breath, you’re making a connection between your body and mind. Notice how your breath can be a both voluntary and involuntary action. 

       呼吸。如果不提呼吸，那这篇文章就没什么指导作用了。所有的冥想指导都提到呼吸，而且都认为呼吸有益于冥想。通过专注于你的呼吸，就把你的身体和你的心联系起来了。你可以自觉或不自觉的关注你的呼吸。

Walking. I usually have the easiest time meditating while I’m walking. When I’m sitting in one place for a long time, my mind gets restless. When I’m walking, I can focus on the scenery around me and let my mind become quiet. 

       行走。我通常在行走时容易进入冥想状态。我坐在一个地方时间久了，就会变得心神不宁。而当我行走时，我可以把注意力放在周边的景色上，这样就能使我的心静下来。

Chanting. This isn’t a method I use a lot, but it can be a very powerful one. Chanting Om has been the most effective method for me. I concentrate on the fact that it represents the entire spectrum of sound and therefore the entire energy of the universe. 

       吟唱。我不常用这种方法，但这却是一个很有效的方法。吟唱“嗡”，对我曾是最有效的办法。这个嗡代表着整个的声谱，也因此代表着整个宇宙的能量。

There are a lot of other methods, or props that can help you meditate and go out of your mind. Laughing is another very powerful one. Simply laugh hysterically. You don’t need a reason, although I recommend doing it when you’re alone, otherwise you might get some interesting looks. This is guaranteed to make you go out of your mind.

       还有许多其他的方法，能够帮助你冥想，释放心灵。笑是另一种很有效的方法。歇斯底里的简单的大笑。你不需要任何理由，我建议你在没人的时候这样做，不然你会招来奇怪的目光。这肯定能帮你释放心灵。

There are plenty of resources online that will tell you about the benefits of meditation. Better focus, a more peaceful mind, and the ability to handle negative emotions more easily. I won’t belabor you with all the benefits of going out of your mind, they’re thoroughly covered elsewhere. There is, however, one benefit that I think doesn’t get the attention it deserves.

       网上有很多信息资源，告诉你冥想有很多益处。注意力更容易集中，心灵更加安宁，更容易应付负面情绪。我不想喋喋不休的向你介绍走出释放心灵的益处，这些益处无处不在。但是，我认为有一个益处没有引起足够的重视。

The Inescapable Feeling of Total Contentment

        随之而来的完全满足感

There’s two different kinds of contentment, little contentment and big contentment. Little contentment is the type of satisfaction you get when you buy that new computer you’ve been saving for. It’s the feeling you get when you accomplish a goal, finish college and get your drivers license for the first time. While this type of contentment is certainly important, there’s a bigger contentment you simply can’t get through any accomplishment.

       有两种不同的满足感，小的满足感和大的满足感。小的满足感，就像你攒钱买到了新电脑后，给你带来的满足感。那是一种当你的某个目标达到了，刚完成了学业和刚获得了驾照时，得到的满足感。这种满足感固然重要，但还有一种更大的满足感，是任何成就都不能给予你的。

Total contentment is the feeling you get when your mind is completely empty. You’ve released all thoughts, labels and judgment and you simply are. When you do this, there’s a subtle feeling that there’s no longer a difference between you and everyone else, between what in here and what’s out there.

       当你的心完全空了的时候，你就能得到彻底的满足感。你已将所有的思想、标记和评判都释放了，你只是简单的你。当你能这样做时，你会有一种微妙的感觉，觉得与所有人不再有区别的，万事万物也不再有区别。

When you realize this, you realize that everything is already accomplished. Everything that’s strived for has been won, everything that’s been longed for has been attained and everything that’s been desired has been satisfied.

       当你意识到这一点，你会觉得到所有的事情都已完成。为之奋斗的已赢得，渴望达到的已达到，欲求都已得到满足。

Beyond Your Mind

       超越你的心灵世界

You feel complete peace, because you don’t identify with anything, you’re simply witnessing without passing judgment (it takes a lot of energy to pass judgment all the time, sometimes you just need a break)

       你感到完全的宁静，是因为你不需要去识别任何事物，你只是不带任何评判的简单的看到（一直不停的评判会消耗很多能量，有时你需要休息）。

When we silence our minds, we are able to just be; without judgment, without identification, without pining over the past and worrying about the future. We can completely shed our ego and re-center ourselves.

       当我们的心静下来时，我们就变得很简单，没有评判，没有分别，没有对过去的耿耿于怀和对未来的担忧。我们完全脱胎换骨了。

Most importantly, going out of your mind is about finding peace and perspective. Creating a story, with all the drama, the heartache and struggle is a beautiful thing. But if all we identify with is our story, we forget the complete perfection that exists in the present moment. We’re living somewhere else. Instead of living in relationship (and harmony) with reality, we’re identifying with some small portion of it.

       最重要的是，释放你的心灵，是寻找宁静并对心灵进行透视的过程。编造一个充满戏剧、心痛和挣扎的故事，是很不错的一件事情。但如果我们把一切都看成是我们的故事，就会忽略存在于当下的尽善尽美的意境。我们生活在别的地方。我们的生活与真性，不是有关系（及相和谐），而是我们是真性的一部分。

Going out of your mind is about reconnecting to the source, remembering where you came from and why you’re here. It’s about finding perspective and solace in the insanity of day to day life.

       释放心灵就是寻根溯源，探寻你从那里来及你为什么在这里，就是在日复一日，令人精神错乱的生活中，去透视生活，寻求抚慰。

Going out of your mind might seem insane. It seems like that because you’re not finding an answer within your mind. You’re going beyond it, you’re going to the source.

       释放心灵与疯狂有点相似。之所以如此，是因为，你不是在你的心里寻找答案，你超越了你的心灵世界，你是在追根溯源。

My recommendation: go out of your mind at least once a day (if it helps you bring it into your routine, you can do it while you brush your teeth).

       我的建议是：每天至少释放心灵一次（如果这能成为你日常生活的一部分，那你在刷牙时都能进行）。

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