我們不僅僅依靠大自然提供生存所需。我們也需要大自然引領我們回家的路，帶領我們走出自身頭腦的牢籠。我們迷失在行動、思考、回憶、期待之中– 迷失在復雜事物的迷宮裡，迷失在一個充滿問題的世界之中。
岩石、草木、動物們都依然知曉的，我們卻已忘記。我們忘記瞭如何存在– 如何安靜、如何只是做我們自己、如何安住於生命所在的：此時此地。
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無論何時，當你注意到任何自然的事物，任何沒有被人們干涉而自然來到存在中的事物，你就走出了概念性思考的牢籠，而且，在一定程度上，你就進入了與本體連接的狀態，所有自然的事物都依然存在於這種狀態之中。
去注意一粒石頭、一棵樹，或一隻動物並不是說去思考它，而只是簡單地去感知它，讓你的意識環繞它。
接著，它本性裡的某些東西就經由它傳遞給你。你可以感受到它是多麼寧靜，經由這樣做，同樣的寧靜也在你的內在升起。你感受到它是如此安住於本體之中– 完全與當下發生的一切合一，與當下所在之處合一。藉著意識到這一點，你也來到了內在深處的休憩之地。
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當你在大自然中散步或休息的時候，以你的全然存在來向這場域表示敬意吧。安靜下來。看。聽。每一隻動物，每一棵樹木都是那麼地安然自在。與人類不同，它們沒有將自己分裂成兩半。它們不是靠著頭腦中的自我形象而活，所以它們不需要總是試著保護或加強這些形象。麋鹿是它自己。水仙是它自己。
大自然中的萬物不但與它們自己合一，也與整體合一。它們沒有令自己脫離整體的網，沒有宣稱一個分離的存在：“我”和除我之外的宇宙。
對大自然的凝思可以使你從“我”- 這個大麻煩製造者- 之中解脫出來。
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留意大自然眾多細微的聲音– 風中的樹葉沙沙、雨滴叮咚落下、蟲兒嗡嗡地叫著、拂曉時分鳥兒的初啼。讓自己投入地去傾聽。在這些聲音之下有某種更偉大的東西：一種無法通過思考理解的神聖。
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你並沒有創造你的身體，你也無法控制身體的機能。一個比人類頭腦更偉大的智性在運作著。正是這同一個智性在支撐著整個大自然。通過覺知你的內在能量場– 感受這活力，這身體裡面活生生的臨在，你與這智性不再有距離。
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狗的頑皮、歡樂，它的無條件的愛和時時刻刻準備歡慶生命的狀態，常常與這隻狗的主人的內在狀態形成鮮明的對比– 沮喪、焦慮、憂心忡忡、迷失在思考中、總是無法生活在唯一真實存在的時間和地點：此時此地。人們不禁好奇：成天與這樣一個人生活在一起，這隻狗如何還能保持如此健全，如此喜悅？
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當你僅僅通過頭腦，通過思考來感知大自然，你無法感受到它的活力，它的存在。你只看到形式，而對形式內在的生命- 那個神聖的秘密- 一無所知。思維將大自然貶低為在追逐利潤、獲取知識，或追求其他功利性的目的的過程中，可以利用的商品。古老的森林變成木材，小鳥成了一個研究項目，山脈成了供人開採或征服的東西。
當你感知大自然，要使那裡成為沒有思維，沒有頭腦的空間。當你這樣接近大自然時，它會給你回應，並參與到人類的進化和行星意識的覺醒中來。
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留心看看一朵花兒是多麼臨在，多麼對生命臣服。
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那株你在家中養的植物– 你是否曾經真正看過它？你是否曾經讓這既熟悉又神秘的存在，這被我們稱為植物的東西，教導你關於它的秘密？你是否曾經留意它是多麼地安詳？是否曾經留意它是如何被一個寧靜的場域所圍繞？在你意識到一株植物所散發的寧靜與安詳的那一刻，它就成為了你的老師。
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觀察一隻動物、一朵花、一棵樹，看看它是如何安住於本體之中。它就是它自己。它擁有無上的尊嚴，純淨，和神聖。然而，你要看到這些，必須超越頭腦喜愛命名和貼標籤的習慣。在你看穿頭腦的標籤的那一刻，你感受到大自然那不可言說的向度，這不是思維可以理解的，也無法通過感官來感知。這是一種和諧，一種神聖，它不僅瀰漫整個大自然，也滲透在你之內。
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你呼吸的空氣是自然的，正如你的呼吸過程一樣自然。
關注你的呼吸，意識到你並沒有在做它。它是自然的呼吸。如果你必須記得去呼吸，你很快就會死去，如果你試圖停止呼吸，自然會勝過你。
藉著覺知你的呼吸，學習將注意力停留在呼吸上，你以最親密和有力的方式與大自然重新聯結。這樣做深具療愈作用，並能給予你極大的力量。它帶來一個意識的轉移，從思維的概念世界，轉移到無限的意識的內在領域。
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你需要大自然作為老師來幫助你與本體重新聯結。但不僅僅是你需要大自然，大自然也同樣需要你。
你並不是與大自然分離的。我們都是這個合一生命的一部分，這個生命在整個宇宙顯化出無數的有形之物，每一個有形之物都彼此緊密相連。當你在一朵花或一棵樹的所在之處，認出這神聖，這美麗，這不可思議的寧靜與尊嚴時，你給這朵花或這棵樹賦予了一些東西。經由你的認出，你的覺知，大自然也知道了它自己。它通過你，知道了它自己的美麗與神聖！
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一個巨大的靜默的空間將整個大自然擁在它的懷抱裡。它同樣也擁抱著你。
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只有當你內在充滿寧靜的時候，你才能進入那岩石、草木和動物所棲身的寧靜的場域。只有當你的嘈雜的頭腦平息下來的時候，你才能與大自然在一個更深的層面上聯結，你才能超越那過度的思考製造的分離感。
思考是生命進化的一個進程。在思維出現之前，大自然存在於純粹的寧靜之中。樹木、花朵、小鳥、岩石對它們的美麗與神聖毫無覺知。當人類開始變得寧靜，他們超越了思想。在超越思想的寧靜之中，增添了一個知曉的向度，一個覺知的向度。
大自然可以將你帶入寧靜。這是它給你的禮物。當你在大自然寧靜的場域之中感知它，走進它時，這個寧靜的場域遍布著你的覺知。這是你給大自然的禮物。
通過你，大自然開始知道它自己。大自然一直都在等著你，正如過去一樣，它已經等了你千百萬年。
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~~~原文如下~~~
Chapter 7
Nature
We depend on nature not only for our physical survival. We also need nature to
show us the way home, the way out of the prison of our own minds. We got lost in
doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating–lost in a maze of complexity and a
world of problems.
We have forgotten what rocks, plants, and animals still know. We have forgotten
how to be–to be still, to be ourselves, to be where life is: Here and Now.
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Whenever you bring your attention to anything natural, anything that has come into
existence without human intervention, you step out of the prison of conceptualized
thinking and, to some extent, participate in the state of connectedness with Being in
which everything natural still exists.
To bring your attention to a stone, a tree, or an animal does not mean to think about
it, but simply to perceive it, to hold it in your awareness.
Something of its essence then transmits itself to you. You can sense how still it is,
and in doing so the same stillness arises within you. You sense how deeply it rests
in Being–completely at one with what it is and where it is. In realizing this, you too
come to a place of rest deep within yourself .
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When walking or resting in nature, honor that realm by being there fully. Be still.
Look. Listen. See how every animal and every plant is completely itself. Unlike
humans, they have not split themselves in two. They do not live through mental
images of themselves, so they do not need to be concerned with trying to protect
and enhance those images. The deer is itself. The daffodil is itself.
All things in nature are not only one with themselves but also one with the totality.
They haven't removed themselves from the fabric of the whole by claiming a
separate existence: “me” and the rest of the universe.
The contemplation of nature can free you of that “me,” the great troublemaker.
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Bring awareness to the many subtle sounds of nature–the rustling of leaves in the
wind, raindrops falling, the humming of an insect, the first birdsong at dawn. Give
yourself completely to the act of listening. Beyond the sounds there is something
greater: a sacredness that cannot be understood through thought.
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You didn't create your body, nor are you able to control the body's functions. An
intelligence greater than the human mind is at work. It is the same intelligence that
sustains all of nature. You cannot get any closer to that intelligence than by being
aware of your own inner energy field–by feeling the aliveness, the animating
presence within the body.
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The playfulness and joy of a dog, its unconditional love and readiness to celebrate
life at any moment often contrast sharply with the inner state of the dog's owner–
depressed, anxious, burdened by problems, lost in thought, not present in the only
place and only time there is: Here and Now. One wonders: living with this person,
how does the dog manage to remain so sane, so joyous?
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When you perceive nature only through the mind, through thinking, you cannot
sense its aliveness, its beingness. You see the form only and are unaware of the life
within the form–the sacred mystery. Thought reduces nature to a commodity to be
used in the pursuit of profit or knowledge or some other utilitarian purpose. The
ancient forest becomes timber, the bird a research project, the mountain something
to be mined or conquered.
When you perceive nature, let there be spaces of no thought, no mind. When you
approach nature in this way, it will respond to you and participate in the evolution
of human and planetary consciousness.
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Notice how present a flower is, how surrendered to life.
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The plant that you have in your home–have you ever truly looked at it? Have you
allowed that familiar yet mysterious being we call plant to teach you its secrets?
Have you noticed how deeply peaceful it is? How it is surrounded by a field of
stillness? The moment you become aware of a plant's emanation of stillness and
peace, that plant becomes your teacher.
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Watch an animal, a flower, a tree, and see how it rests in Being. It is itself. It has
enormous dignity, innocence, and holiness. However, for you to see that, you need
to go beyond the mental habit of naming and labeling. The moment you look
beyond mental labels, you feel that ineffable dimension of nature that cannot be
understood by thought or perceived through the senses. It is a harmony, a
sacredness that permeates not only the whole of nature but is also within you.
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The air that you breathe is nature, as is the breathing process itself.
Bring your attention to your breathing and realize that you are not doing it. It is the
breath of nature. If you had to remember to breathe, you would soon die, and if you
tried to stop breathing, nature would prevail.
You reconnect with nature in the most intimate and powerful way by becoming
aware of your breathing and learning to hold your attention there. This is a healing
and deeply empowering thing to do. It brings about a shift in consciousness from
the conceptual world of thought to the inner realm of unconditioned consciousness.
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You need nature as your teacher to help you re-connect with Being. But not only do
you need nature, it also needs you.
You are not separate from nature. We are all part of the One Life that manifests
itself in countless forms throughout the universe, forms that are all completely
interconnected. When you recognize the sacredness, the beauty, the incredible
stillness and dignity in which a flower or a tree exists, you add something to the
flower or the tree. Through your recognition, your awareness, nature too comes to
know itself. It comes to know its own beauty and sacredness through you!
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A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you .
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Only when you are still inside do you have access to the realm of stillness that
rocks, plants, and animals inhabit. Only when your noisy mind subsides can you
connect with nature at a deep level and go beyond the sense of separation created
by excessive thinking.
Thinking is a stage in the evolution of life. Nature exists in innocent stillness that is
prior to the arising of thought. The tree, the flower, the bird, the rock are unaware
of their own beauty and sacredness. When human beings become still, they go
beyond thought. There is an added dimension of knowing, of awareness, in the
stillness that is beyond thought.
Nature can bring you to stillness. That is its gift to you. When you perceive and
join with nature in the field of stillness, that field becomes permeated with your
awareness. That is your gift to nature.
Through you nature becomes aware of itself. Nature has been waiting for you, as it
were, for millions of years.
摘自：<<寧靜在說話>> Stillness Speaks
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