心智的净化，从单纯的观察开始

Now, is it possible to see, to observe, to be aware of the beautiful and the ugly things of life, and not say "I must have" or "I must not have"? Have you ever just observed anything? Do you understand, sirs? Have you ever observed your wife, your children, your friends, just looked at them? 看、观察和觉察到生活中美好和丑陋的事物而不说“我应该拥有”或“我不应该拥有”，是可能的吗？你曾经单纯地观察过事物吗？——你们理解吗，先生们？——你曾观察过你的妻子、你的孩子、你的朋友，仅仅看着他们吗？

Have you ever looked at a flower without calling it a rose, without wanting to put it in your buttonhole, or take it home and give it to somebody? If you are capable of so observing, without all the values attributed by the mind, then you will find that desire is not such a monstrous thing. You can look at a car, see the beauty of it, and not be caught in the turmoil or contradiction of desire. 你曾经看过一朵花而没有称它为玫瑰，没有想着将它别在你的扣眼中或带回家给某个人吗？如果你能够不带着所有属于心智的价值观念进行这样的观察，那么你会发现，欲望不是这样一种怪异的东西：你可以看一辆轿车，看到它的美，而不被束缚在欲望的混乱或矛盾中。

But that requires an immense intensity of observation, not just a casual glance. It is not that you have no desire, but simply that the mind is capable of looking without describing. It can look at the moon and not immediately say, "That is the moon, how beautiful it is; so there is no chattering of the mind coming in between. If you can do this, you will find that in the intensity of observation, of feeling, of real affection, love has its own action, which is not the contradictory action of desire. 但那需要一种观察的巨大热情，不是仅仅随便的一瞥；那不意味着你没有欲望，而仅仅是心智能够不带有描述地看：它能看月亮而不立即说，“那就是月亮，它多么漂亮，”因此，中间没有心智的唠叨出现。如果你能够做到这一点，你会发现，在观察、感觉和真正慈悲的热情中，爱有其自身的行动，这种行动不是充满矛盾的欲望的行动。

Experiment with this and you will see how difficult it is for the mind to observe without chattering about what it observes. But surely, love is of that nature, is it not? How can you love if your mind is never silent, if you are always thinking about yourself? To love a person with your whole being with your mind, heart and body, requires great intensity; and when love is intense, desire soon disappears. 试验一下这种情况你会看到，心智观察而不伴随着对它所观察之物的喋喋不休，是多么困难。但是毫无疑问，爱也是那种性质，不是吗？如果你的心智从来没有寂静过，如果你总是在考虑你自己的话，你怎么能够爱呢？用你的整个存在——你的头脑、心灵和身体——爱一个人，需要巨大的热情；当爱非常强烈时，欲望立刻就消失了。

But most of us have never had this intensity about anything, except about our own profit, conscious or unconscious; we never feel for anything without seeking something else out of it. 但我们大多数人从来没有对任何事情——除了有关我们自身的利益，有意识的或无意识的——有过这种热情；我们从来没有感受任何事物而不从中寻求某种东西。

But only the mind that has this intense energy is capable of following the swift movement of truth. Truth is not static, it is swifter than thought, and the mind cannot possibly conceive of it. To understand truth, there must be this immense energy which cannot be conserved or cultivated. This energy does not come through self-denial, through suppression. On the contrary, it demands complete abandonment; and you cannot abandon yourself, or abandon everything that you have, if you merely want a result. 但只有拥有这种强烈能量的心智，才能够密切注意真相的迅速运动。真相不是静止的，它比思想更迅速，从而心智不可能设想它。要理解真相，必须存在这种强烈的能量；这种能量不能够被保存或培养；这种能量不是通过自我否定、通过压抑而产生，正好相反，它需要完全的舍弃。而如果你仅仅想要某种结果，那么你就无法舍弃你自己或者舍弃你所拥有的一切。

It is possible to live without envy in this world which is based on envy, on acquisitiveness and the pursuit of power, position; but that requires an extraordinary intensity, a clarity of thought, of understanding. You cannot be free of envy without understanding yourself, so the beginning is here, not somewhere else. Unless you begin with yourself, do what you will, you will never find the end of sorrow. The purification of the mind is meditation. You have to understand yourself, and you can play with it a little bit every day. A man who plays with the understanding of himself will perceive far more than he who preaches to others. 不带着嫉妒生活在这个基于嫉妒、基于占有和追求权力、地位的世界上，是可能的；但那需要一种非凡的热情，一种思想和理解的清明。没有对你自己的了解你就不可能摆脱嫉妒，所以起点就在这里，不在其他某个地方。除非你从你自己开始，否则你永远不会发现悲伤的结束。心智的净化——就是冥想。你必须理解你自己，并且你可以每天像玩耍一样去了解自己。一个以“理解自己”为乐的人，会远比向其他人说教的人觉察更多。

Choiceless Awareness, Bombay, February 10, 1957

《心智的力量》，“冥想与安静的心智”