主動運用生命或者讓生命被動于感覺【中英對照】

　　大部分人在生活狀態(tài)中都會說“我感覺”，比如說“我感覺到我很難受……”，這實際是“被感覺”——業(yè)力讓人時刻活在感覺中。被動于感覺時產(chǎn)生——“我感覺到什么什么”；主動運用生命、主動鍛煉生命時——“我建立了什么感覺”。

　　One thing most of us love saying in daily life is “I’m feeling…”， say, “I’m feeling upset”， while actually a more precise way to put it is “I’m made to feel…。”。  It is karma that makes us subjected to one feeling or another at any given moment.

　　“This is how I feel” happens when we are subjected to our feelings, while “These are the feelings that I construct” takes place when we are able to rule Life and exercise it in a proactive manner. 

　　主動和被動都是生命的作為，但主動與被動是完全不一樣的。我們完全可以選擇這兩種取向——主動運用生命或者讓生命被動于感覺。這個選擇，是主動與被動的分水嶺。要是能選擇主動鍛煉，我們就有機會明白主動鍛煉的意義在于：主動運用生命。

　　Both dictated by Life as they are, being proactive is vastly different from being passive. It’s up to us to choose one way or the other: rule Life or subject Life to our feelings. This very act of choosing sets apart a proactive life and a passive one.  When we choose to exercise in a proactive manner, we will see that it is all about how to rule Life proactively. 

　　比如說一活動身體時，我們說這也疼、那也疼——這種感受很明確。但是被動于感覺呢，你的感受會不明確，會感受到似是而非的東西，因為這個感覺不是你建立的。主動鍛煉呢，好比說我們進行鍛煉活動的時候——“我這做得到”“我那做不到”，你是明確的；但你在被動于感覺的時候就不知道、不明確。因為在被動活動的狀態(tài)時，我們對生命的運用不清晰、不準(zhǔn)確。

　　Here is an example.  As we practice some physical exercise, we may experience pains here and there in our body, pains that are easily detectable.  However, when we are subjected to our feelings, we become less sure of how we actually feel and the differences between feelings become much less discernible, for they are not constructed by us.  If we exercise in a proactive way, we know what we “are capable of” and what we “are incapable of” with great certainty.  But if we just stay put and try to make sense of all these feelings, we won’t be as certain. This explains why we cannot rule Life with certainty and clarity when we are in a passive state of being.

　　“我感覺怎樣怎樣”，就是被動于業(yè)力了。大部分人談?wù)摰摹㈥P(guān)心的基本上是感覺。關(guān)心別人時也是，我們會問“你感覺怎么樣？”而不是說“你建立得怎么樣？”或者“你怎么運用的？”

　　When we say “I’m feeling…”， we are subjected to the power of Karma.  Most of us spend our day thinking and talking about how we feel or, in case of caring for others, about how others feel, rather than how they “are constructing” or how they “are ruling”。 

　　一般醫(yī)生會說“你鍛煉鍛煉身體”“你活動活動”；生活中人們也會說“你缺乏鍛煉”“你運動太少了”。實際這都是給你一個鼓勵——主動起來的鼓勵。

　　Therefore, we often hear doctors say “do some exercise!” or “go exercising!”， or others tell you that “you need some exercise” or “you need to exercise more”。  All of these remarks are kind reminders of the fact you need to be more proactive.

　　有些人根本不知道自己是被動的，病來了才知道。被動越大，對人的制約越厲害，往往這時人們已經(jīng)沒法主動重新建立一個東西了。因為這個過程很漫長，被動的人不明確自己生命的狀態(tài)，已經(jīng)讓被動的業(yè)力成為一種生命習(xí)慣了。主動運用生命，是明確的狀態(tài)，這樣對比很簡單。

　　There are people who never realize that they are passive until illness knocks at their door.  The more passive they are, the more constraints they will have in their lives. Unfortunately, most of the time, this realization almost always comes when it is too late to construct something proactively, for it usually takes a long while for passive people to notice their state of being with some clarity.  Passive Karma has become a life’s habit. Ruling your life in a proactive way brings clarity.  What a sharp contrast!

　　病沒來、身體正常時，我們感覺不到自己的生命有什么問題。障礙來了，難受了，馬上會說“我感覺到了，我這痛，我那痛”——這是被動的。主動與被動的特質(zhì)，就差這一絲，就這么一線之隔！我們可以觀察，有太多這樣的例子。

　　We tend to ignore what is wrong in life when we are enjoying good health.  Yet when difficult time comes, we exclaim without hesitation,  “Oh, I feel pain!  I feel it!”  This is an example of our passiveness. Being passive or proactive can be just a hair apart!  Observe your life and you will know what I mean.

　　大部分的醫(yī)生都會跟我們提出，“你鍛煉鍛煉”“你缺乏鍛煉”，實際就是我們普遍缺乏自我建立、自我測試、自我運用的東西。一般情況下，我們就活在這樣一個對生命狀態(tài)的不明確中——病來了，“哦，我頭痛了”“哦，我腰疼了”——這時我們才有感覺了！主動鍛煉，是主動建立感覺并運用這種感覺。感受來了，已經(jīng)有果了，那我們主動就行，心念隨時自我測試，重新建立感覺，不相續(xù)舊業(yè)就行了！被動于感覺，不改變自己，就是舊業(yè)相續(xù)。

　　Most doctors would suggest that we do more exercises.  It is an indicator of the fact of that far too often we have done very little to construct, examine and rule our life in a proactive way.  In general, we live our lives with little clarity - illness catches up and we go “alas, my head aches” or “alas, my hip aches” - we start to feel only when problems arrive!  To exercise in an active way is to take the initiative to construct and rule your feelings.  Your feeling is your effect.  Why don’t we instead take the initiative, examine our minds as we go, reconstruct our feelings and put an end to our previous karma?  Remaining passive with our feelings and unchanged with yourself, you are only going to continue your previous karma.

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　　當(dāng)然有人就是愿意等！等病了，才感覺“哎呀，我不行了”。這個時候說“不行”的人，你一定要去行，要活動去、跑去、玩去、吃去、喝去、鬧騰去！實際這就是重新建立生命的感覺，不沉浸在舊業(yè)上。反過來，如果說“我不行了啊”“我要看病去啊”，這樣就加深、加強了舊業(yè)，滯留在舊業(yè)上了。

　　Well, there will always be people who would rather wait whatsoever.  They will wait until they are sick and only then they will start to admit that they “cannot go on like this”。  Once you realize you “cannot go on”， you must go and practice - exercise, jog, have fun, wine and dine, simply have a life!  All of these actions are going to help you reconnect to Life’s feelings and stop dwelling on old karma.  On the contrary, if you keep saying “I’m done” or “I need a doctor”， you are only going to dwell deeper on your old karma, which in turn will grow stronger and harder.

　　主動建立就是重新來，不復(fù)雜！——“我已經(jīng)這樣子了”，那我一定試著主動鍛煉生命，重新建立感覺——沒問題，這是完全做得到的！

　　To construct proactively is to do it all over again.  It’s as simple as that!  Say no to ‘I am done’， say yes to proactive exercise and to reconstruction of feelings.  Yes, we all can do it.

來自慈法法師的『生命之光 · 陽光早餐』

The Light of Life Sunshine Breakfast

2018年2月

原標(biāo)題：主動鍛煉 | 中英文

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