表面上看起來，似乎當下這一刻只是很多很多時刻之一。你生命中的每一天彷彿都是由成千上萬個時刻組成，各種事情在這些時刻中發生。然而，當你更深入地去看，存在的不是只有這一刻嗎？生命難道曾經在這一刻之外存在過？這一刻，當下，是你永遠無法逃離的唯一所在。它是你生命中永恆的要素。無論發生什麼。無論你的生活如何變化。有一件事是肯定的。它總是在當下。既然你無法逃離當下，何不敞開雙臂迎接它，與它交個朋友。
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當你與當下這一刻成為朋友，無論你身處何地，你都會感到在家。而當你在當下這一刻沒有感到在家時，無論你去到哪裡，都會攜帶著不安。
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當下這一刻總是如實存在的。你能否任其自然？
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將生命分割成過去、現在和未來是由頭腦製造出來的，而且，本質上是虛幻的。
過去和未來都只是思維模式，是頭腦裡的抽象概念。過去只能在當下被憶起。你所記得的是一個曾經發生在那個當下的事情，而你也是在當下憶起它。未來，當它來到的時候，也是當下。所以唯一真實的，唯一存在的，只有當下。
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關注當下並不是要否認你的生活需要。而是指要意識到什麼是最重要的。然後你就可以輕鬆自如地處理次要的事情。這並不是說：“我再也不處理事務了，因為只有當下。”不。首先發現那個最重要的，讓當下成為你的朋友而不是敵人。正視它，尊重它。一旦當下成為你生命的基礎和關注的焦點，你的生命將輕鬆展開。
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收拾餐具、制定商業戰略、計劃一趟旅行– 究竟什麼更重要：是這個做的過程還是你想通過這個做達成的結果？是這一刻還是未來的某一刻？
你是否將這一刻看作是要克服的障礙？你是否覺得你想要去未來的某一刻，而它比當下重要？
幾乎所有人大多數時間都是這么生活。既然未來從不到來，除非是作為當下時刻，那麼這就是一種功能失調的生活方式。它導致了一種持續的不安、緊張和不滿的情緒暗流。它不珍視生命，而生命就是當下，除了當下之外別無一物。
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去感受你內在身體的活力。它能錨定你安住於當下。
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從本質上來說，只有當你為當下的這一刻負責，你才算是為生命負責。因為當下是生命所在的唯一之處。為這一刻負責意味著不在內在抗拒當下的“如是”，不與它爭論。它指的是與生命和諧一致。當下就是這樣，因為它不能是其他的樣子。現在，科學家們驗證了佛教徒所知道的：沒有任何東西或事件是獨立存在的。在表層現象底下，所有的事物都互相關聯，它們都是宇宙這個統一體的一部分，在當下這一刻，宇宙衍生出萬物。
當你對當下所是說“是”，你就與生命本身的力量和智性頻率一致。只有這樣你才能成為影響這世界的正面能量的管道。
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一個簡單但極具轉化效果的靈性練習是：接納當下升起的一切– 包括內在和外在。
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當你將注意力移動到當下，你感到一種警覺。就好像你從一個夢境中醒來，那個思考的夢境，那個關於過去和未來的夢境。如此清晰，如此簡單。沒有空間製造問題。只有當下如實的這一刻。
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在你進入當下這一刻，你意識到生命是神聖的。當你臨在時，你發覺每一件你所感知的事物都是神聖的。你越是活在當下，就越是能感到“存在”的簡單而巨大的喜悅，以及萬物所蘊含的神聖。
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大多數人將當下和在當下中發生的事混淆了，但它不是那個。當下比在當下中所發生的更深。它是那個容納它們發生的空間。所以不要將這一刻的內容與當下混在一起。當下比那些在它之內發生的任何內容都更深。
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當你進入當下，你就走出了頭腦的內容。那個持續不斷的思考的續流慢了下來。念頭不再吸引你全部的注意力，不再將你完全拖住。在念頭與空間、寧靜之間，空隙產生了。你開始意識到，與你的念頭相比，真正的你要廣大、深邃得多。
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念頭、情緒、感知，和你所經歷的一切組成了你的生命的內容。你從“我的生命”之中獲取自我感，而且“我的生命”是令人滿意的，或者你以為它是。
你不斷地忽略這個最明顯的事實：你內在最深處關於我是誰的感覺與你生命中發生的事毫無關係，與內容毫無關係。那個我是誰的感覺與當下有關。它總是保持不變。無論是童年還是老年、健康還是患病、成功還是失敗，那個我是– 當下的空間– 在它最深處總是保持不變的。我們常常將它與內容弄混，結果你只能隱約地、間接地，通過你生命中的那些內容，體驗到我是或者當下。換句話說：你對於“存在”的感覺被周圍的環境、你頭腦的續流和這個世界很多其他的東西所遮蔽。當下被時間所遮蔽。
所以你忘記了你在“存在”中的根，你的神聖的實相，你在這世界迷失了自己。當人們忘了他們是誰，疑惑、憤怒、沮喪、暴力和衝突就產生了。
然而，要回憶起真相，要重返家園又是多麼容易啊：
我不是我的念頭、情緒、感知和經歷。我不是我的生命之中的內容。我就是生命。我是那個容納萬物發生的空間。我是意識。我是當下。我是。
翻譯：遊由
~~~原文如下~~~
Chapter 4
The Now
On the surface it seems that the present moment is only one of many, many
moments. Each day of your life appears to consist of thousands of moments where
different things happen. Yet if you look more deeply, is there not only one moment,
ever? Is life ever not this moment? This one moment, now, is the only thing you
can never escape from. The one constant factor in your life. No matter what
happens. No matter how much your life changes. One thing is certain. Its always
now. Since there is no escape from the now, why not welcome it, become friendly
with it.
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When you make friends with the present moment, you feel at home no matter
where you are. When you don't feel at home in the now, no matter where you go,
you will carry unease with you.
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The present moment is as it is, always. Can you let it be?
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The division of life into past, present and future is mind made, and, ultimately,
illusory.
The past and future are thought forms, mental abstractions. The past can only be
remembered Now. What you remember is an event that took place in the Now and
you remember it Now. The future, when it comes, is the Now. So the only thing
that is real, the only thing that ever is, is the Now.
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To have your attention in the Now is not a denial of what is needed in your life. It
is recognizing what is primary. Then you can deal with what is secondary with
great ease. It is not saying, “I'm not dealing with things anymore because there is
only the Now.” No. Find what is primary first, and make the Now into your friend,
not your enemy. Acknowledge it, honor it. When the Now is the foundation and
primary focus of your life, then your life unfolds with ease.
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Putting away the dishes, drawing up a business strategy, planning a trip–what is
more important: the doing or the result that you want to achieve through the doing?
This moment or some future moment?
Do you treat this moment as if it were an obstacle to be overcome ? Do you feel you
have a future moment to get to that is more important?
Almost everyone lives like this most of the time. Since the future never arrives,
except as the present, it is a dysfunctional way to live. It generates a constant
undercurrent of unease, tension, and discontent. It does not honor life, which is
Now and never not Now.
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Feel the aliveness within your body. That anchors you in the Now.
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Ultimately you are not taking responsibility for life until you take responsibility for
this moment–Now. This is because Now is the only place where life can be found.
Taking responsibility for this moment means not to oppose internally the
“suchness” of Now, not to argue with what is. It means to be in alignment with life.
The Now is as it is because it cannot be otherwise. What Buddhists have always
known, physicists now confirm: there are no isolated things or events. Underneath
the surface appearance, all things are interconnected, are part of the totality of the
cosmos that has brought about the form that this moment takes.
When you say “yes” to what is, you become aligned with the power and
intelligence of Life itself. Only then can you become an agent for positive change
in the world.
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A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now–
within and without.
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When your attention moves into the Now, there is an alertness. It is as if you were
waking up from a dream, the dream of thought, the dream of past and future. Such
clarity, such simplicity. No room for problem making. Just this moment as it is.
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The moment you enter the Now with your attention, you realize that life is sacred.
There is a sacredness to everything you perceive when you are present. The more
you live in the Now, the more you sense the simple yet profound joy of Being and
the sacredness of all life.
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Most people confuse the Now with what happens in the Now, but that's not what it
is. The Now is deeper than what happens in it. It is the space in which it happens.
So do not confuse the content of this moment with the Now. The Now is deeper
than any content that arises in it.
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When you step into the Now, you step out of the content of your mind. The
incessant stream of thinking slows down. Thoughts don't absorb all your attention
anymore, don't draw you in totally. Gaps arise in between thoughts–spaciousness,
stillness. You begin to realize how much vaster and deeper you are than your
thoughts.
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Thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, and whatever you experience make up the
content of your life. “My life” is what you derive your sense of self from, and “my
life” is content, or so you believe.
You continuously overlook the most obvious fact: your innermost sense of I Am
has nothing to do with what happens in your life, nothing to do with content. That
sense of I Am is one with the Now. It always remains the same. In childhood and
old age, in health or sickness, in success or failure, the I Am–the space of Now–
remains unchanged at its deepest level. It usually gets confused with content, and
so you experience I Am or the Now only faintly and indirectly, through the content
of your life. In other words: your sense of Being becomes obscured by
circumstances, your stream of thinking, and the many things of this world. The
Now becomes obscured by time.
And so you forget your rootedness in Being, your divine reality, and lose yourself
in the world. Confusion, anger, depression, violence, and conflict arise when
humans forget who they are.
Yet how easy it is to remember the truth and thus return home:
I am not my thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, and experiences. I am not the
content of my life. I am Life. I am the space in which all things happen. I am
consciousness. I am the Now. I Am.
摘自： Stillness Speaks
翻譯：遊由
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