How do you define yourself? As a mother, daughter, wife, friend, husband, son, teacher, student, lawyer, accountant, or any one a myriad different titles? Or do you define yourself by others' perception of you? Do any of these come close to your own knowledge, your personal experience and the concept of whom you really are?
是怎樣定義你自己的?一位母親、女兒、妻子、朋友、丈夫、兒子、老師、學生、律師、會計師,還是其他什麼頭銜呢?或者你是根據別人對你的看法給自己下定義的?這些定義的依據與你的學識、個人經歷和本質有何相似之處嗎?
In your quiet moments, and in times of inexplicable joy, have you had the overwhelming and yet clear and lucid feeling of total invincibility-a feeling that nothing can hold you down, that you can accomplish anything and everything if you put your mind to it? Well, that feeling is not a randome one.
在你靜心獨處之時,在無法言說的快樂之中,你是否有一種無法抵抗的神勇之感-那是一種戰無不勝、攻無不克的感覺-倘若你傾心投入,可以完成任何事情的感覺.這種感覺並不是隨意就能產生的.
What is it that gets in the way of your exquisite power?
是什麼妨礙了你神聖力量的發揮呢?
Consider for a moment an iron bar that has magnetic power in herently in it. It will attract or repel things based on it's own intrinsic magnetism. Over time, if this bar begins to rust, its power will begin to diminish. The oxidative damage from the environment that the magnet has not been able to resist, will render it ineffective, eventually. This in no way means the iron bar is not capable of its latent, original power. All it needs to do is shed its rust. Or, consider if you will, a light bulb that is lit, but covered with soot. As long as the soot remains, it will be unable to fulfill the very purpose it was meant to serve to radiate light.
試想一下,一個有天然磁性的鐵棒,其固有磁性能使其對別的物體產生吸引或排斥.但時間久了,鐵棒就會生鏽,磁力便開始逐漸消失.磁體無法抵制外界環境對其的氧化作用,磁力最終失效.這並不意味著鐵棒不具有潛在的原始磁力,這隻需要將鏽漬除掉而已.或者你也可以將其想象成一個亮著的燈泡.上面罩了一層煤灰.只要煤灰不除,燈泡就永遠無法實現其照明的功能.
According to ancient Vedic texts, this is in effect what happens to the human experience. The infinite power that is naturally present in each and every one of us by virtue of our own consciousness, can be rendered ineffective if not tended to properly. The stress of our lifestyle, the pollution of our environment, and the collective stress of our world keeps us from functioning at our full potential.
根據古代吠陀梵文記載,類似的現象也曾出現在人類的歷程中.一種天生的無窮能量蘊含在每個人的身上,若進行錯誤的引導,就不能淋漓盡致地將其發揮出來.生活方式、環境汙染和各方面的壓力都妨礙了我們潛能的發揮.
But there are remedies: incorporate modalities in your lifestyle that effectively combat stress and help keep you centered. Some of these options are: be aware of what you eat, and what you use-both on yourself, and in your environment. Choose natural, organic products.
其挽救的方法是：調節生活方式,有效地應對壓力,使生活有所側重.其措施包括：熟悉你的飲食和生活方式對自己及環境的影響.選擇使用自然的有機產品.
Live a life of kindness, compassion, and charity-it keeps you connected to your center, your source, that infinite reservoir within you that is your powerhouse.
對生活要懷有善意、關懷和慈善之心,這有利於維持你在生活中的中心位置,保持與源極的感應.你心中的無盡源泉就是你的發電機.
Don't judge people, or situations-approach each moment with the knowledge that it contains within it the potential of any number of any number of possibilities.
不要妄加評論他人和環境,要理性地擁抱生活的每一時刻,因為一切都可能蘊藏其中.
To connect with your real nature that is unbounded and invincible, practice yoga and meditation.
你的真實本性是強大無敵的,要在練習瑜伽和沉思默想中去感悟.
Once you are in touch with your true nature, then nothing is beyond your means-you are truly empowered. And that is an accurate definition of you!
一旦觸及到了自己的真實本性,你就將無所不能-因為你確切地定義了自己,也就將擁有真正的力量.
