《无声胜有声》——第四章 《当下》

Stillness Speaks -- Chapter four The Now 

Thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions,

思想，情感，感知，

and whatever you experience makes up the content of your life.

以及你所经历的一切都组成了你的生活内容。

"My life" is what you derive your sense of self from,

“你的生活”是你自我意识的衍生，

and "my life" is content,

“我的生活是令人满意的”，

or so you believe.

至少你是这么告诉自己的

You continuously overlook the most obvious fact:

而一直你忽略了一个最明显的事实：

your innermost sense of I AM 

在你内心深处“我是谁”的答案

has nothing to do what happens in your life, 

与生活中发生的事情无关，

nothing to do with content.

与满足与否也无关。

That sense of I Am is one with the Now.

那个关于“我是谁”的感知与当下相关。

It always remains the same.

它是恒久不变的。

In childhood and old age,

不论年幼或年老，

in health or sickness,

不论健康或疾病，

in success or failure,

不论成功或失败，

the I Am—the space of Now

“我是谁”在当下的时空

—remains unchanged at its deepest level.

都保持着它最富有深意的含义。

It usually gets confused with content,

人们总将它与满足感混为一谈，

and so you experience I Am

因此你对于“我是谁”

or the Now only faintly and indirectly,

或者当下的经历，

through the content of your life.

总是模糊而又间接的。

In other words:

换句话说，

your sense of Being becomes obscured by circumstances, 

你对于“存在” 的感知因周遭环境而变得模糊，

your stream of thinking,

你的万分思绪，

and the many things of this world.

以及这个世界上很多其他的东西。

The Now becomes obscured by time.

当下在岁月流逝中变得模糊不清。

And so you forget your rootedness in Being,

你也因此忘记了自己存在的根本，

your divine reality,

忘记了自己拥有的美好现实，

and lose yourself in the world.

你在世界中迷失了自我。

Confusion, anger, depression, violence, and conflict

困惑、愤怒、沮丧、暴力和冲突

arise when humans forget who they are.

在人们忘却自我时伺机产生。

Yet how easy it is to remember the truth

然而要回忆起真相

and thus return home:

要重返家园又是多么的容易：

I am not my thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, and experiences.

你不是你的思想、情感、感知和经历。

I am not the content of my life.

你不是你生活中的内容。

I am life.

你就是生活。

I am the space in which all things happen.

你是一切事情发生的空间。

I am consciousness.

你是你的意识。

I am the Now.

你是当下。

I am.

你是。