【艾克哈特托勒 EckhartTolle】<<Stillness Speaks>> 第一章-靜默與寧靜－來自寂靜的生命指南

靜默與寧靜
當你與內在的寧靜失去連接，你就失去了與你自己的連接。當你與自己失去連接，你就在這世界迷失了自己。
你內在最深處的關於你是誰的自我意識，與寧靜不可分離。這就是“我是”，它更深於你的名字與外在形式。
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寧靜是你最真實的本性。什麼是寧靜？寧靜就是你的內在空間或覺知，在這內在空間裡，這一頁的文字正在被解讀，然後成為思想。沒有那個覺知，就沒有感覺，沒有思想，沒有世界。

你就是那覺知，偽裝成一個人的樣子。
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與外面的噪音相對應的是內在頭腦的噪音。與外面的靜默相對應的是內在的寧靜。

無論何時，當有靜默圍繞著你– 傾聽它。那個意思是留意它。將注意力轉向它。傾聽靜默可以喚醒你內在寧靜的層面，因為只有通過寧靜你才能注意到靜默。

注意這一點，在你留心周圍的靜默的那一刻，你沒有在思考。

你是有意識的，卻沒有在思考。
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當你意識到靜默，立即有一種內在寧靜的警覺升起。你完全臨在。你已經走出了千百年來人類集體的局限。
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看著一棵樹、一朵花、一株植物。讓你的覺知安住在它之上。它們是如此寧靜，如此深植於存在之中。允許大自然教導你寧靜。
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當你看著一棵樹，感覺到它的寧靜時，你自己也變得寧靜。你與這棵樹在一個很深的層面連接上了。通過寧靜，你感到與你覺察的物體合一，無論它是什麼。感受你與萬物的合一，這就是愛。
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靜默會有幫助，但要發現寧靜並不是總需要靜默。即使有噪音，你也能在這噪音之下感受到寧靜- 那個噪音升起的空間。那正是純淨的覺知，純淨的意識的內在空間。

你能夠覺知到你的覺知，它是你所有的感覺、所有的思想的背景。覺知到你的覺知意味著內在寧靜的揚升。
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任何惱人的噪音，都可以像靜默一樣，對我們有幫助。如何做到呢？放下你心裡對那噪音的抗拒，允許它如實存在，這個接納同樣會帶你進入內在的祥和，也就是寧靜之中。

無論何時，當你全然接納此時此刻– 無論它是怎樣的外在形式– 那你就是寧靜的，祥和的。
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留意那空隙– 兩個念頭之間的空隙，談話中詞語之間的短暫的靜默空間，抑或是鋼琴或笛子彈奏的音符之間的停頓，又或者是在出入息之間的止息。

當你留意那些空隙時，原本對於“某件事”的覺知變成了– 純粹的覺知。從你的內在升起了一個純淨意識的無形的向度，它替代了你對形式的認同。
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真正的智性靜靜地運作著。在寧靜中，我們會發現創造力和解決問題的方法。
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寧靜僅僅代表噪音或者內容的消失嗎？不，寧靜正是智性本身– 它是那潛藏於深處的意識，每一個有形之物都來自於那裡。它怎麼可能與你分離呢？你以為你所是的這個外在形式正是來自於那裡，並且一直被它所滋養。

它是萬物的本質，包括各大星系、所有小草、花朵、樹木、鳥兒，和其他一切有形之物。
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寧靜是這世界唯一無形的東西。然而，它並不真正是一件東西，也並不屬於這世界。
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當你在寧靜中看著一棵樹或是一個人，是誰在看？是比你更深的東西在看。是意識在看著它創作的作品。

聖經中寫道，上帝創造了這世界，看著這世界覺得很好。這也正是你心無念時，從寧靜望向這世界所看到的。
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你需要更多的知識嗎？更豐富的信息將會拯救這世界嗎？還是更快速的電腦、更科學或更智能的分析？難道此時此刻人類最需要的不正是智慧嗎？

但是什麼是智慧？在哪裡可以找到智慧？定能生慧。只是看，只是聽。不需要其他。保持寧靜，靜靜地看，靜靜地聽，它會激活你內在非頭腦層面的智性。讓寧靜指導你的話語和行動。

翻譯：遊由

~~~原文如下~~~

Chapter 1
Silence and Stillness
When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you
lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.
Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is
the “I Am” that is deeper than name and form.
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Stillness is your essential nature. What is stillness? The inner space or awareness in
which the words on this page are being perceived and become thoughts. Without
that awareness, there would be no perception, no thoughts, no world.
You are that awareness, disguised as a person.
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The equivalent of external noise is the inner noise of thinking. The equivalent of
external silence is inner stillness.
Whenever there is some silence around you — listen to it. That means just notice it.
Pay attention to it. Listening to silence awakens the dimension of stillness within
yourself, because it is only through stillness that you can be aware of silence.
See that in the moment of noticing the silence around you, you are not thinking.
You are aware, but not thinking.
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When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still
alertness. You are present. You have stepped out of thousands of years of collective
human conditioning.
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Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are,
how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.
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When you look at a tree and perceive its stillness, you become still yourself. You
connect with it at a very deep level. You feel a oneness with whatever you perceive
in and through stillness. Feeling the oneness of yourself with all things is love.
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Silence is helpful, but you don't need it in order to find stillness. Even when there
is noise, you can be aware of the stillness underneath the noise, of the space in
which the noise arises. That is the inner space of pure awareness, consciousness
itself.
You can become aware of awareness as the background to all your sense
perceptions, all your thinking. Becoming aware of awareness is the arising of inner
stillness.
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Any disturbing noise can be as helpful as silence. How? By dropping your inner
resistance to the noise, by allowing it to be as it is, this acceptance also takes you
into that realm of inner peace that is stillness.
Whenever you deeply accept this moment as it is — no matter what form it takes
— you are still, you are at peace.
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Pay attention to the gap — the gap between two thoughts, the brief, silent space
between words in a conversation, between the notes of a piano or flute, or the gap
between the in-breath and out-breath.
When you pay attention to those gaps, awareness of “something” becomes — just
awareness. The formless dimension of pure consciousness arises from within you
and replaces identification with form.
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True intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions to
problems are found.
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Is stillness just the absence of noise and content? No, it is intelligence itself — the
underlying consciousness out of which every form is born. And how could that be
separate from who you are? The form that you think you are came out of that and is
being sustained by it.
It is the essence of all galaxies and blades of grass; of all flowers, trees, birds, and
all other forms.
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Stillness is the only thing in this world that has no form. But then, it is not really a
thing, and it is not of this world.
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When you look at a tree or a human being in stillness, who is looking? Something
deeper than the person. Consciousness is looking at its creation.
In the Bible, it says that God created the world and saw that it was good. That is
what you see when you look from stillness without thought.
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Do you need more knowledge? Is more information going to save the world, or
faster computers, more scientific or intellectual analysis? Is it not wisdom that
humanity needs most at this time?
But what is wisdom and where is it to be found? Wisdom comes with the ability to
be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and
listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct
your words and actions .