無論何時，當你可以，請向內看，看看自己是否正在無意識地製造內在與外在的衝突，在你那一刻所處的外在環境– 你所在的地方、與你在一起的人、你正在做的事情– 與你的念頭和感受之間製造衝突。你是否能感受到當你與當下所是對抗時，你是多麼痛苦。
一旦你認出這一點，你也就意識到你擁有放棄這無用的抗爭，停止內在的交戰狀態的自由。
***
每一天有多少次，如果要你將那一刻的內在實相說出口，你是否不得不說：“我不想在這裡”？當你不想在此時此地– 交通堵塞、工作地點、候機廳、與你的同伴在一起– 你有什麼感覺？
當然，你確實應該離開某些地方– 而且有時候那也許是你的最佳選擇。但是，在很多情況下，離開不是可取之道。在這些情況下，那個“我不想呆在這裡”的想法不但毫無用處而且是失常的。它令你和周圍的人都感到不開心。
有句老話：身在哪兒，心就在哪兒。換句話說：你就在此地。總是如此。要接受這一點真的這麼難嗎？
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你真的需要在頭腦里為每一個感受和經歷貼上標籤嗎？當你幾乎一直處於與周圍情境和人們的衝突之中時，你真的需要總是與生命建立一種喜歡或者不喜歡的關係嗎？或者這只是一個根深蒂固的頭腦的習慣，這習慣是可以被打破的？不需要做什麼，只要允許這一刻如實存在。
***
這個“NO”抗拒真實的習性反應強化了自我，而“YES”接納真實的態度會削弱了自我。你的形式的認同，這個自我，無法在臣服中生存。
***
“我有太多事情要做。”是的，但是你的行為的質量如何呢？開車去上班、與客戶商談、在電腦前工作、出去跑腿、處理這些構成你的生活的無數瑣事– 在你做這些事的時候有多投入？你是在臣服地做還是心不甘情不願？這才是決定你生命成功的所在，而不是你付出了多少努力。努力意味著壓力和緊張，需要去未來的某個點，或者達成某個結果。
你是否能夠察覺到哪怕是最輕微的對你正在做的事情的抵抗？這是對生命的否定，如此一來，一個相對真正的成功的結果(完成)是不可能發生的。
如果你可以在內在覺察到這一點，你是否能夠放下這抵抗，全然投入你所做的事情呢？
***
“一次只做一件事。”一位禪師曾經這樣定義禪的精髓。
一次只做一件事意味著全身心投入你所做的，全神貫注。這就是臣服的行動– 被賦予了力量的行動。
***
你對當下所是的接納將你帶入內在的一個更深的層面，同時，你的自我感覺不再依賴頭腦對於“好”與“壞”的判斷。
當你對生命的“如是”說“是”的時候，當你接納此時此刻的本來面目，你可以在內在感受到一種巨大的空間感，和深深的祥和。
在表面上，你也許仍然會在天晴的時候感到快樂，在下雨的時候不那麼快樂；你也許在獲得一百萬美金的時候感到快樂，在失去所有財產的時候感到不快樂。但是，這些快樂或不快樂不再會進入你的深處。它們都只是你的本體表面的小波浪。無論外在是怎樣的情形，你的內在如背景一般的祥和都能保持不被打擾。
這個對當下所是的“是”揭開了你內在一個更深的向度，它既不依賴於外在情境，也不依賴於那個充滿不斷波動的念頭與情緒的內在情境。
***
所有經驗都是短暫易逝的，這個世界無法給你任何永恆不變的東西，當你意識到這一點時，臣服就變得容易多了。然後你繼續與人交往，參與各種體驗和活動，但不再有小我的貪婪與恐懼。這就是說，你不再要求一個情境、一個人、一個地方，或者一件事應該滿足你或者取悅你。生命不斷流動和不完美的本性被如實接納。
而奇蹟就是，當你不再在事實之上加註不切實際的要求，每個情境、每個人、每個地方，或者每一件事都開始變得令人滿意，而且更加和諧，更加寧靜。
***
當你完全接納此時此刻，當你不再與當下所是爭辯，強迫性的思考慢慢減弱，逐漸被一種警覺的寧靜所替代。你完全清醒，然而頭腦不再以任何方式給當下貼標籤。這內在不抗拒的狀態將你帶入無限的意識之中，它比人類的頭腦要偉大得多。接著，這廣大的智性就可以通過你表達它自己，而且同時在內在與外在支持你。這就是為什麼，藉著放下內在的抗拒，你總是會發現周圍的環境變得更好了。
***
我是不是在說：“享受此時此刻。要快樂？” 不
允許當下的“如是”存在。這就足夠了。
***
臣服是指對當下時刻臣服，而不是對一個你為了詮釋這一刻所杜撰的故事，然後你還試圖說服自己相信這故事。
比如，你也許有了殘疾，再也不能行走。情況就是這樣。
也許你的頭腦正在杜撰一個故事：“我的生命走到這步田地。我在輪椅上了結了此生。生命待我如此殘忍不公。我命不該此。”
你是否能夠接納此時此刻的實相，而不將它與頭腦圍繞這實相編造的故事混為一談？
***
當你不再問：“為什麼這種事會發生在我身上？”，臣服才會真的來臨。
***
即使是在看上去最難以接受，最痛苦的情形裡，也隱藏著一個更深的善，在每一個災難之中都包含著恩典的種子。
縱觀歷史，曾經有一些男人或女人，在面臨巨大的損失、疾病、牢獄、或突如其來的死亡時，接納了那個看起來無法接納的，從而發現“那超越一切理解的寧靜”。
接納那個無法接納的是這世上的恩典的最大來源。
***
有些時候所有的回答和解釋都不起作用。生命變得難以理解。或者有位身處痛苦之中的人來找你尋求幫助，而你不知道該做些什麼，說些什麼。
當你完全接納自己不知道，你放棄使用有限的思考的頭腦來苦苦尋找答案，正是在這個時候，一個更偉大的智性能夠通過你運作。即使是思維也能從中獲益，因為這偉大智性可以流入思維，啟發思維。
有時臣服意味著放棄總是試圖理解的努力，變得對不知道感到舒服自在。
***
你是否認識某個人，他生命中的主要功能彷彿就是使他們自己和別人感到痛苦，到處散佈不快樂？原諒他們吧，因為他們同樣也是人類覺醒過程的一部分。他們扮演的角色代表著小我意識的噩夢的加劇，代表著不臣服的狀態的加劇。這一切之中沒有什麼與個人有關。這不是他們的本來面目。
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臣服可以說是內在轉變，從抗拒到接納，從“不(NO)”到“是(YES)”。當你臣服，你的自我感覺發生了轉變，從對一個反應或是頭腦的評判的認同，轉變為成為這反應或評判的周圍的空間。這是從對外在形式– 思維或情緒– 的認同，轉變為意識到你自己作為一個無形的– 廣大的覺知– 的存在。
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無論你完全接納的是什麼，它都將帶你進入寧靜，包括接納你的不接納，接納你正在抗拒。
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任憑生命如實存在。順其自然。
翻譯：遊由
~~~原文如下~~~
Chapter 6
Acceptance and Surrender
Whenever you are able, have a “look” inside yourself to see whether you are
unconsciously creating conflict between the inner and the outer, between your
external circumstances at that moment–where you are, who you are with, or what
you are doing–and your thoughts and feelings. Can you feel how painful it is to
internally stand in opposition to what is?
When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this
futile conflict, this inner state of war.
***
How often each day, if you were to verbalize your inner reality at that moment,
would you have to say, “I don't want to be where I am?” What does it feel like
when you don 't want to be where you are–the traffic jam, your place of work, the
airport lounge, the people you are with?
It is true, of course, that some places are good places to walk out of–and sometimes
that may well be the most appropriate thing for you to do. In many cases, however,
walking out is not an option. In all those cases, the “I don't want to be here” is not
only useless but also dysfunctional. It makes you and others unhappy.
It has been said: wherever you go, there you are. In other words: you are here.
Always. Is it so hard to accept that?
***
Do you really need to mentally label every sense perception and experience? Do
you really need to have a reactive like/dislike relationship with life where you are
in almost continuous conflict with situations and people? Or is that just a deepseated
mental habit that can be broken? Not by doing anything, but by allowing this
moment to be as it is.
***
The habitual and reactive “no” strengthens the ego. “Yes” weakens it. Your form
identity, the ego, cannot survive surrender.
***
“I have so much to do.” Yes, but what is the quality of your doing? Driving to
work, speaking to clients, working on the computer, running errands, dealing with
the countless things that make up your daily life–how total are you in what you do?
Is your doing surrendered or non-surrendered? This is what determines your
success in life, not how much effort you make. Effort implies stress and strain,
needing to reach a certain point in the future or accomplish a certain result.
Can you detect even the slightest element within yourself of not wanting to be
doing what you are doing? That is a denial of life, and so a truly successful
outcome is not possible.
If you can detect this within yourself, can you also drop it and be total in what you
do?
***
“Doing one thing at a time.” This is how one Zen Master defined the essence of
Zen.
Doing one thing at a time means to be total in what you do, to give it your complete
attention. This is surrendered action–empowered action.
***
Your acceptance of what is takes you to a deeper level where your inner state as
well as your sense of self no longer depend on the mind's judgment of “good” or
“bad.”
When you say “yes” to the “isness” of life, when you accept this moment as it is,
you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful.
On the surface, you may still be happy when it's sunny and not so happy when it's
rainy; you may be happy at winning a million dollars and unhappy at losing all
your possessions. Neither happiness nor unhappiness, however, go all that deep
anymore. They are ripples on the surface of your Being. The background peace
within you remains undisturbed regardless of the nature of the outside condition.
The “yes” to what is reveals a dimension of depth within you that is dependent
neither on external conditions nor on the internal conditions of constantly
fluctuating thoughts and emotions.
***
Surrender becomes so much easier when you realize the fleeting nature of all
experiences and that the world cannot give you anything of lasting value. You then
continue to meet people, to be involved in experiences and activities, but without
the wants and fears of the egoic self. That is to say, you no longer demand that a
situation, person, place, or event should satisfy you or make you happy. Its passing
and imperfect nature is allowed to be.
And the miracle is that when you are no longer placing an impossible demand on it,
every situation, person, place, or event becomes not only satisfying but also more
harmonious, more peaceful.
***
When you completely accept this moment, when you no longer argue with what is,
the compulsion to think lessens and is replaced by an alert stillness. You are fully
conscious, yet the mind is not labeling this moment in any way. This state of inner
nonresistance opens you to the unconditioned consciousness that is infinitely
greater than the human mind. This vast intelligence can then express itself through
you and assist you, both from within and from without. That is why, by letting go
of inner resistance, you often find circumstances change for the better.
***
Am I saying, “Enjoy this moment. Be happy?” No.
Allow the “suchness” of this moment. That's enough.
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Surrender is surrender to this moment, not to a story through which you interpret
this moment and then try to resign yourself to it.
For instance, you may have a disability and can't walk anymore. The condition is as
it is.
Perhaps your mind is now creating a story that says, “This is what my life has come
to. I have ended up in a wheelchair. Life has treated me harshly and unfairly. I don't
deserve this.”
Can you accept the isness of this moment and not confuse it with a story the mind
has created around it?
***
Surrender comes when you no longer ask, “Why is this happening to me?”
***
Even within the seemingly most unacceptable and painful situation is concealed a
deeper good, and within every disaster is contained the seed of grace.
Throughout history, there have been women and men who, in the face of great loss,
illness, imprisonment , or impending death, accepted the seemingly unacceptable
and thus found “the peace that passeth all understanding.”
Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.
***
There are situations where all answers and explanations fail. Life does not make
sense anymore. Or someone in distress comes to you for help, and you don't know
what to do or say.
When you fully accept that you don't know, you give up struggling to find answers
with the limited thinking mind , and that is when a greater intelligence can operate
through you. And even thought can then benefit from that, since the greater
intelligence can flow into it and inspire it.
Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming
comfortable with not knowing.
* **
Do you know of someone whose main function in life seems to be to make
themselves and others miserable, to spread unhappiness? Forgive them, for they too
are part of the awakening of humanity. The role they play represents an
intensification of the nightmare of egoic consciousness, the state of non-surrender.
There is nothing personal in all this. It is not who they are.
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Surrender, one could say, is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from
“no” to “ yes.” When you surrender, your sense of self shifts from being identified
with a reaction or mental judgment to being the space around the reaction or
judgment. It is a shift from identification with form–the thought or the emotion–to
being and recognizing yourself as that which has no form–spacious awareness.
***
Whatever you accept completely will take you to peace, including the acceptance
that you cannot accept, that you are in resistance.
***
Leave Life alone. Let it be.
摘自：Stillness Speaks
翻譯：遊由
轉自：http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4fd2f38b0100u93v.html
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