當下
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麼生活。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。
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.
