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灵魂也要一席之地
我思故我在IThinkThereforeIAm
世界源于你的思想TheWorldaReflexofMentalStates
詹姆斯·艾伦JamesAllen
Whatyouare,soisyourworld.Everythingintheuniverseisresolvedintoyourowninwardexperience.Itmatterslittlewhatiswithout,foritisallareflectionsofyourownstateofconsciousness.
Itmatterseverythingwhatyouarewithin,foreverythingwithoutwillbemirroredandcoloredaccordingly.
Allthatyoupositivelyknowiscontainedinyourownexperience;allthatyoueverwillknowmustpassthroughthegatewayofexperience,andsobecomepartofyourself.
Yourownthoughts,desires,andaspirationscompriseyourworld,and,toyou,allthatthereisintheuniverseofbeautyandjoyandbliss,orofuglinessandsorrowandpain,iscontainedwithinyourself.
Byyourownthoughtsyoumakeormaryourlife,yourworld,youruniverse,asyoubuildwithinbythepowerofthought,sowillyouroutwardlifeandcircumstancesshapethemselvesaccordingly.
Whatsoeveryouharborintheinmostchambersofyourheartwill,soonerorlaterbytheinevitablelawofreaction,shapeitselfinyouroutwardlife.
Thesoulthatisimpure,sordidandselfish,isgravitatingwithunerringprecessiontowardmisfortuneandcatastrophe1;thesoulthatispure,unselfish,andnobleisgravitatingwithequalprecisiontowardhappinessandprosperity.
Everysoulattractsitsown,andnothingcanpossiblycometoitthatdoesnotbelongtoit.
Theincidentsofeveryhumanlife,whichbothmakeandmar,aredrawntoitbythequalityandpowerofitsowninnerthought-life.Everysoulisacomplexcombinationofgatheredexperiencesandthoughts,andthebodyisbutanimprovisedvehicle2foritsmanifestation.
What,therefore,yourthoughtsare,thatisyourrealself;andtheworldaround,bothanimateandinanimate,wearstheaspectwithwhichyourthoughtsclotheit.
Whetheronebefearfulorfearless,foolishorwise,troubledorserene,withinthatsoulliesthecauseofitsownstateorstates,andneverwithout.AndnowIseemtohearachorusofvoicesexclaim,“Butdoyoureallymeantosaythatoutwardcircumstancesdonotaffectourminds?
”Idonotsaythat,butIsaythis,andknowittobeaninfallible3truth,thatcircumstancescanonlyaffectyouinsofarasyouallowthemtodoso.
Youareswayedbycircumstancesbecauseyouhavenotarightunderstandingofthenature,use,andpowerofthought.
Youbelieve(anduponthislittlewordbeliefhangalloursorrowsandjoys)thatoutwardthingshavethepowertomakeormaryourlife;bysodoingyousubmittothoseoutwardthings,confessthatyouaretheirslave,andtheyyourunconditionalmaster;bysodoing,youinvestthemwithapowerwhichtheydonot,ofthemselves,possess,andyousuccumb,inreality,nottothemerecircumstances,buttothegloomorgladness,thefearorhope,thestrengthorweakness,whichyourthought-spherehasthrownaroundthem.
Iknewtwomenwho,atanearlyage,lostthehard-earnedsavingsofyears.Onewasverydeeplytroubled,andgavewaytochagrin,worry,anddespondency.
Theother,onreadinginhismorningpaperthatthebankinwhichhismoneywasdepositedhadhopelesslyfailed,andthathehadlostall,quietlyandfirmlyremarked,“Well,it’sgone,andtroubleandworrywon’tbringitback,buthardworkwill.”
Hewenttoworkwithrenewedvigor,andrapidlybecameprosperous,whiletheformerman,continuingtomournthelossofhismoney,andtogrumbleathis“badluck,”remainedthesportandtoolofadversecircumstances,inrealityofhisownweakandslavishthoughts.
Thelossofmoneywasacursetotheonebecauseheclothedtheeventwithdarkanddrearythoughts;itwasablessingtotheother,becausehethrewarounditthoughtsofstrength,ofhope,andrenewedendeavor.
Ifcircumstanceshadthepowertoblessorharm,theywouldblessandharmallmenalike,butthefactthatthesamecircumstanceswillbealikegoodandbadtodifferentsoulsprovesthatthegoodorbadisnotinthecircumstance,butonlyinthemindofhimthatencountersit.
Whenyoubegintorealizethisyouwillbegintocontrolyourthoughts,toregulateanddisciplineyourmind,andtorebuildtheinwardtempleofyoursoul,eliminatingalluselessandsuperfluousmaterial,andincorporatingintoyourbeingthoughtsaloneofjoyandserenity,ofstrengthandlife,ofcompassionandlove.
Tothemany,theoceanisbutadrearyexpanseofwateronwhichshipssailandaresometimeswrecked;tothesoulofthemusicianitisalivingthing,andhehears,inallitschangingmoods,divineharmonies.
Wheretheordinarymindseesdisasterandconfusion,themindofthephilosopher4seesthemostperfectsequenceofcauseandeffect,andwherethematerialistseesnothingbutendlessdeath,themysticseespulsatingandeternallife.
你的内心世界如何决定着你生活的好坏。
宇宙中的一切事物都源于你的内心体验。
外界的影响微乎其微,因为这完全是你内心意识的一种反应。
你的思想影响着所有错综复杂的关系,因为外界的事物会如实、具体地反映着你的内心世界。
同样的道理,你所掌握的知识都是从以前的经历中得来。
你每一点知识的积累,一定要经历时间的验证,最终才造就了如今的你。
你的世界是由你自己的思想、愿望和热情塑造的,对你来说,这个世界是环境优美,到处欢声笑语、祝福不断,还是丑陋破旧,周围唉声叹气、痛苦不堪。
这些早已印刻在你的思想中了。
你可以用自己的思想改变或毁灭你的生活,你的世界,甚至你的宇宙。
正是因为你用自己的思想塑造了自我,你周围的生活与环境也会相应地变化。
在无法阻挡的自然规律下,无论如何,你的内心深处都要坚持梦想,那么总有一天你会美梦成真。
动机不纯、肮脏、自私的灵魂一直与不幸和灾难藕断丝连;而真诚、无私、高贵的灵魂则与幸福和美好息息相关。
每个人的灵魂都是与众不同的,没有什么其他的灵魂能够与之为伍。
创造也好,毁灭也罢,个人内心世界的品质和力量决定了人生所经历的每一件事情。
每个人的灵魂都是个人的经验积累与思想的复杂结合体。
我们的身体仅仅是为实现思想而时刻准备着的工具而已。
所以你心中的所思所想,才是一个真实的自我。
无论是一片欣欣向荣,还是郁郁寡欢,你周围的世界都是穿着你思想的外衣。
一个人懦弱还是英勇,愚蠢还是聪明,烦躁还是平静,内心决定了他的精神状态,与外界没有丝毫关联。
现在我似乎听见很多人提出异议:
“可是,你真的是想说外部的环境不会影响你的内心世界吗?
”我绝对没有这个意思,我所强调的是客观存在的真理,环境对你的影响取决于你对环境的控制程度。
你的心情由于环境的变化而摇摆不定,那是因为你没有正确地理解思想的本性、用途和力量。
你相信周围的环境拥有成就或毁坏你生活的力量(这简单的词汇决定了你的快乐与悲伤),那样的话,你便会屈服于环境的支配;那样的话,你便会承认自己是环境的奴隶,你成了绝对服从的人;那样的话,你便赋予了环境原本不属于它的权利。
实际上,你不仅屈从了环境,更重要的是放弃了自己思想的出发点,放弃了选择悲伤或快乐、恐惧或希望、优点或弱点。
我有两个朋友,他们曾在多年前失去了含辛茹苦而积攒的储蓄。
面对这样的困境,其中一个人从此一蹶不振,并陷入了无尽的愤懑、担忧与失望之中。
而另外一个人在读早报时,才发现存钱的那家银行倒闭了,而自己将分文皆无。
他只是稍微镇定了一会儿,便语气坚定地说道:
“既然已经没了,烦恼与忧愁也不会有什么用处,还是继续努力工作挽回损失吧!
”
精神焕发的他再次全身心地投入到工作中去,不久以后便又成了有钱人。
而前者还在为失去的钱而悲痛不已,并不停地抱怨自己的坏运气。
他依然迷失在艰难的处境里,而这都是自己软弱而卑微的思想造成的。
对前者来说,失去全部金钱意味着最恶毒的诅咒,因为他会用阴暗、悲观的情绪去对待这件事情;不过,对后者而言失去了全部金钱却无异于一种恩赐,因为他从中学到了坚强,拥有了希望与重新焕发的力量。
假如环境拥有足够的力量去祝福或摧毁我们的生活,那么他应该一视同仁。
然而现实生活中,相同的境遇却产生了两种截然相反的思想——积极的思想和消极的思想。
由此可知,在遇到某种境遇后,一个人心境好坏不在于环境,而仅仅在于人们内心不同的反应。
当你认识到这个道理,你就可以掌握自己的思想,调节并训练自己的思想。
最终重新塑造灵魂的宫殿,彻底驱除所有华而不实、没有价值的思想,并让快乐与平静、生命与活力、爱心和怜悯围绕在你的身边。
在大多数人看来,广阔无垠的大海不过是既可以让船只航行,又可以让其颠覆而已。
然而在音乐家的眼中,大海却是活生生的,他可以倾听大海变化多端的情绪,还有一种美妙和谐的韵律。
普通人只看得到灾难与不幸,而哲人头脑中却预见了理想的因果关系;相同的道理,实物主义者的眼中除了无尽的死亡,别无他物,神秘主义者却能体会到永恒跳动的生命。
心灵小语
美好的世界就掌握在你的手中。
带着肮脏而自私的灵魂看世界,世界将是一片阴郁灰暗;而载着快乐和美丽的心灵,眼里的世界将是五彩斑斓。
用积极的思想改变你的生活,打造你的美好人生!
1.Allthatyoupositivelyiscontainedinyourownexperience;allthatyou
willknowmustpassthroughthegatewayofexperience,andbecomepartofyourself.
2.Byyourthoughtsyoumakeormaryourlife,your,youruniverse,asyoubuildwithinbytheofthought,sowillyouroutwardandcircumstancesshapethemselvesaccordingly.
3.Thelossofwasacursetotheonebecauseheclothedtheeventwithdarkanddrearythoughts;itablessingtotheother,becausehethrewitthoughtsofstrength,ofhope,renewedendeavor.
1.你的内心世界如何决定着你生活的好坏。
2.无论是一片欣欣向荣,还是郁郁寡欢,你周围的世界都是穿着你思想的外衣。
3.假如环境拥有足够的力量去祝福或摧毁我们的生活,那么他应该一视同仁。
暮年之时HowtoGrowOld
伯特兰·罗素/BertrandRussell
Psychologicallytherearetwodangerstobeguardedagainstinoldage.Oneoftheseisundueabsorptioninthepast.Itdoesnotdotoliveinmemories,inregretsforthegoodolddays,orinsadnessaboutfriendswhoaredead.One'sthoughtsmustbedirectedtothefuture,andtothingsaboutwhichthereissomethingtobedone.Thisisnotalwayseasy;one'sownpastisagraduallyincreasingweight.Itiseasytothinktooneselfthatone'semotionsusedtobemorevividthantheyare,andone'smindmorekeen.Ifthisistrueitshouldbeforgotten,andifitisforgottenitwillprobablynotbetrue.
Theotherthingtobeavoidedisclingingtoyouthinthehopeofsuckingvigourfromitsvitality.Whenyourchildrenaregrownuptheywanttolivetheirownlives,andifyoucontinuetobeasinterestedinthemasyouwerewhentheywereyoung,youarelikelytobecomeaburdentothem,unlesstheyareunusuallycallous.
Idonotmeanthatoneshouldbewithoutinterestinthem,butone'sinterestshouldbecontemplativeand,ifpossible,philanthropic,butnotundulyemotional.Animalsbecomeindifferenttotheiryoungassoonastheiryoungcanlookafterthemselves,buthumanbeings,owingtothelengthofinfancy,findthisdifficult.
Ithinkthatasuccessfuloldageiseasiestforthosewhohavestrongimpersonalinterestsinvolvingappropriateactivities.Itisinthisspherethatlongexperienceisreallyfruitful,anditisinthisspherethatthewisdombornofexperiencecanbeexercisedwithoutbeingoppressive.Itisnousetellinggrown-upchildrennottomakemistakes,bothbecausetheywillnotbelieveyou,andbecausemistakesareanessentialpartofeducation.Butifyouareoneofthosewhoareincapableofimpersonalinterests,youmayfindthatyourlifewillbeemptyunlessyouconcernyourselfwithyourchildrenandgrandchildren.Inthatcaseyoumustrealizethatwhileyoucanstillrenderthemmaterialservices,suchasmakingthemanallowanceorknittingthemjumpers,youmustnotexpectthattheywillenjoyyourcompany.
Someoldpeopleareoppressedbythefearofdeath.Intheyoungthereisajustificationforthisfeeling.Youngmenwhohavereasontofearthattheywillbekilledinbattlemayjustifiablyfeelbitterinthethoughtthattheyhavebeencheatedofthebestthingsthatlifehastooffer.Butinanoldmanwhohasknownhumanjoysandsorrows,andhasachievedwhateverworkitwasinhimtodo,thefearofdeathissomewhatabjectandignoble.
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