Back to yourself. Observe yourself.

This is why I said earlier that self-observation is a particularly interesting and extraordinary thing.

After doing this for a while,

You can continue without any difficulty,

For, when illusions begin to shatter,

You begin to know things that cannot be described in words,

It's called joy.

Everything changes, you become "addicted" to awareness.

There is a story that says——

A disciple went to the master and asked, "Concerning wisdom, can you give me a piece of advice that can guide me all day long?"

That day was Master's silent day, so he picked up a post-it note and wrote: "Awareness".

The apprentice looked at it and said, "This is too brief. Can you say more?"

So the master took back the note paper and wrote: "Awareness, awareness, awareness."

The apprentice said, "Yes, but what does it mean?"

Master took back the sticky note and wrote: "Awareness, awareness, awareness means—awareness."

This is what self-observation means. No one can show you how to do it. If someone can show you a trick, they are programming you.

observe yourself

When you talk to someone, are you aware of the conversation or are you just stuck in the conversation?

When you get mad at someone, are you aware that you are mad or do you just identify with your anger?

When you have time, do you study what you've been through and try to understand it? Where did that come from? What does it bring out?

I don't know any other way of awareness, you just change your understanding. What you do not understand and what you are not aware of is what you are repressing. You haven't changed. But when you understand, the whole scenario changes.

Sometimes people ask me, "Is this growth in awareness gradual? Or does it happen like a 'wow'?" Some lucky people catch it in a flash, and they start to realize.

There are others who have been growing in it, slowly, gradually increasing awareness. They begin to see the essence of things. Illusions come off, dreams are stripped away, and they come into contact with the truth. There are no hard and fast rules.

Let out your "lion's roar"

There is a famous story about a lion approaching a herd of sheep, and was surprised to find a lion among the sheep. That lion was raised by sheep since he was a child. It bleats like a sheep and runs like a sheep.

The lion went straight to it, and when the sheep-lion stood in front of the real lion, it was trembling all over.

The lion said to it, "Why are you hanging out with the sheep?"

The sheep and lion said, "I am a sheep."

The Lion said, "Oh, you are not. Come with me!"

So it took the sheep and lion to the pond and said, "Look!"

When the sheep-lion saw its own reflection in the water, it let out a roar, and it was transformed in an instant. It will never be the same again.

If you are lucky and God is kind, or you are blessed with divine grace (express it in any theological way you want), you may suddenly understand who "I" is, and you will It's not the same you anymore, never will be.

Nothing can touch you, no one can hurt you, and you will no longer be afraid of anyone or anything. That's really unusual, isn't it? You will live like a king, like a queen. That's what it's like to live like royalty, not some crap with your picture in the paper or lots of money.

You are not afraid of anyone, because even if you are nobody, you are completely content. You don't care about success or failure, that means nothing; honor, disgrace, they mean nothing...

Awareness makes you more powerful! Some people reach this goal painstakingly, step by step, through years of self-awareness.

But I will assure you this: I have never seen a person spend weeks on awareness and fail to be different.

The quality of their lives has changed, so they don't have to rely on faith alone to believe in the power of awareness. They see themselves differently.

In fact, they acted less reflexively and more proactively. You see things you've never seen before. You will become vastly more energetic, alive.

People usually think that if they don't have lust anymore, they will become like rotten wood, but in fact they just lost their tension. Remove the fear of failure, the tension of success, and you will be who you really are.

back to yourself. Observe yourself. This is why I said earlier that self-observation is a particularly interesting and extraordinary thing. After doing this for a while you can continue effortlessly, because, as the illusion begins to shatter, you begin to know things that cannot be described in words. It's called joy. Everything changes, you become addicted to awareness.

There is a story about a disciple who went to the master and asked, "About wisdom, can you give me a piece of advice that can guide me all day?" That day was the master's silent day, so he picked up a post-it note and wrote: " perceive". The apprentice looked at it and said, "This is too brief. Can you say more?" So the master took back the note and wrote: "Awareness, awareness, awareness." The apprentice said, "Yes, but what does it mean? The master took back the note and wrote: "Awareness, awareness, awareness means—awareness."

This is what self-observation means. No one can show you how to do it, and if they can show you a trick, they are programming you. Observe yourself: when you talk to someone, are you aware of the conversation or are you just stuck in the conversation?

When you get mad at someone, are you aware that you are mad or do you just identify with your anger?

When you have time, do you study what you've been through and try to understand it?

Where did that come from?

What does it bring out?

I don't know any other method of awareness. You just change your understanding. What you do not understand and what you are not aware of is what you are repressing. You haven't changed. But when you understand, the whole scenario changes.

I am sometimes asked, "Is this growth in awareness gradual, or does it happen like a 'wow'?" Some lucky people figure it out in a flash, and they begin to realize. There are others who have been growing in it, slowly, gradually, increasing awareness. They begin to see the essence of things. The illusion comes off, the dream is stripped away, and they come into contact with the truth. There are no hard and fast rules.

There is a famous story about a lion who approaches a herd of sheep and is surprised to find a lion among the sheep. The lion was raised by sheep since he was a child. It bleats like a sheep and runs like a sheep. The lion went straight to it, and when the sheep-lion stood in front of the real lion, it was trembling all over. The lion said to it, "What are you doing with the sheep?" The sheep and the lion said, "I am a sheep." The lion said, "Oh, you are not. Come with me." So he took the sheep and the lion to the The side of the pond said, "Look!" When the sheep and lion saw its own reflection in the water, it let out a lifelong roar, and it was transformed in an instant. He was never the same again.

You will no longer be afraid of anyone or anything. That's really unusual, isn't it? You will live like a king, like a queen. That's what it's like to live like royalty, not some crap with your picture in the paper or lots of money. You are not afraid of anyone, because even if you are nobody, you are completely content. You don't care about success or failure, that's meaningless; honor, shame, they're meaningless... Some people get there painstakingly, step by step, through years of self-awareness. But I will assure you this: I have never seen a person spend weeks on awareness and fail to be different. The quality of their lives has changed, so they don't have to rely on faith alone to believe in the power of awareness. They see themselves differently. In fact, they acted less reflexively and more proactively. You see things you've never seen before.

You will become vastly more energetic, alive. People usually think that if they don't have greed anymore, they will become like rotten wood. But in fact they just lose their tension, take away the fear of failure, the tension of success, and you will be who you really are. You can't drive with the brakes on.

A great sage in China, Master Tanxu, said a very wonderful sentence, which I took great pains to remember. Here's what he said: "When an archer is practicing for no reward, he is at his best; when he is shooting for a brass hat button, he is nervous; He was blinded when he shot the arrow with the gold medal, saw two targets, and was confused. His skill did not change, but the prize divided him. He cared about winning or losing! He thought more about winning than about shooting arrows, and The need to win drained his energy." Isn't that the image of most people? When you're not living for anything, you have all your skills, you have all your energy, you're relaxed, you don't care, it doesn't matter if you win or lose.

In awareness you will understand that honor is meaningless. It is a social convention, nothing more. That's why theologians and prophets don't pay any attention to it. Honor and shame meant nothing to them. They live in another world, in the awakened world. Success or failure means nothing to them. Their attitude is, "I'm shit, and you're shit, so what's the problem?"

The hardest things for man are not physical feats or intellectual feats. Rather, love the hate you receive; embrace the rejects; admit you were wrong...

These are the easiest things to do in a world where you no longer identify with yourself as "me." You can say "I was wrong! If you knew me better, you'd see how fallible I am. What do you expect from a shit?" Initially, the old limitations still beat you, and you get frustrated and Anxiety, you will be sad, cry, etc. "Before enlightenment, I was depressed; after enlightenment, I continued to be depressed." But the difference is: I don't identify with it anymore. Do you know what a huge difference that is?

Come out of your ego and stop calling it your own

You don't do anything to make it go; you are perfectly willing to move on with your life and it will pass you by and disappear. If you don't understand what that means, you can really expect something. When anxiety comes, you don't bother about it. How strange! You are anxious but you are not troubled.

Does that contradict itself? You will be willing to let this fog get closer, because the more you fight it, the more energy you give it. You will want to watch it go by. You can be joyful in your anxiety. Is that crazy? You can rejoice in your depression. But you cannot have the wrong idea of joy. Do you think joy is excitement or excitement? That's what causes depression. Has no one ever told you this? You're excited, that's fine, but you're setting yourself up for the next depression. Your excitement also carries the anxiety behind it: How can I keep this feeling going? That's not joy, that's addiction.

I wonder how many people are not addicted? If you're anything like everyone else, the chances of you not being addicted are very, very small. Don't turn your nose up at people who are addicted to alcohol or drugs: maybe you are just as addicted as they are. When I got my first glimpse of this new world, it was terrifying. I understand that to mean being alone, with no place to rest your head, leaving everyone free and free yourself, treating no one in particular and loving everyone - because that's what love is. It shines on both good and bad; it rains on saints and sinners alike.

You focus on what you don't have, ignoring all that is in the present moment that allows you to have bliss

These are always there, looking at us in our faces from the scriptures, even though we never cared to see it, because we are so addicted to what our culture calls love in love songs and poems— — that is not love at all, that is the opposite of love. That is the desire to control and possess; that is manipulation, fear, anxiety -- that is not love. Joy, we are told, is a comfortable plot, a sanctuary. And real joy is none of these things, but we have all sorts of subtle ways of making our joy depend on something else, inside or outside of us. There is only one reason why you haven't experienced that which in India we call ANAND (Bliss) until now, and that is because your thoughts are always around what you don't have.

You can't drive with the brakes on.

回到你自己。观察你自己。

这也是为什么我早先说过，自我观察是一件特别有趣、非同寻常的事。

这样去做一段时间之后，

你就能毫不费力地继续了，

因为，当幻相开始破碎，

你开始了知那些无法用语言描述的事，

它被称为喜悦。

每件事都变了，你开始对觉察“上瘾”。

有一个故事说——

一个弟子到师父那里去问：“关于智慧，您能给我一个可以整日指引我的建议吗？”

那一天是师父的静默日，所以他拿起便签纸，写到：“觉察”。

徒弟看了说：“这太简略了。您能再多说点吗？”

于是师父拿回便签纸写到：“觉察、觉察、觉察。”

徒弟说：“对，可是它是什么意思呢？”

师父拿回便签纸写到：“觉察、觉察、觉察意味着——觉察。”

这就是自我观察的含义。没人能显示给你如何去做。如果他人能给你个技巧的话，就在对你编程操控。

01 观察你自己

当你和某人讲话的时候，你是觉察到这个谈话还是你仅仅是陷在对话中？

当你对某人发火时，你觉察到了自己在发火还是你仅仅是认同了你的生气？

当你有时间的时候，你会研究你所经历的并尝试去理解吗？那从哪里来？它带出了什么？

我不知道任何其他的觉察的方法，你只是改变你的理解。那些你不理解以及没有觉察到的，是你在压抑。你没有变。但是当你理解的时候，整个情景就变了。

有时候有人问我，“这种觉察的成长是渐变的？还是向‘哇喔’一样发生的？”有些幸运的人是电光火石间明白的，他们就开始觉悟了。

也有其他的人是一直在其中成长，慢慢地、渐渐地增长觉察。他们开始能看见事物的本质了。幻相脱落，剥离了梦幻，他们开始和真相接触。没有什么一定之规。

02 发出你的“狮子吼”

有个著名的故事说到一只狮子靠近一群羊，然后惊讶地发现在羊群中有头狮子。那个狮子自小是被羊养大的，它像羊一样咩咩叫，也像羊一样跑。

狮子径直走向了它，当那只羊狮子站在了真狮子面前的时候，它浑身都在颤抖。

狮子对它说：“你跟羊混在一起干嘛？”

羊狮子说：“我是一只羊啊。”

狮子说：“噢，你可不是。跟我来！”

于是它带着羊狮子走到水塘边，说：“看！”

当羊狮子看见了它自己在水里的倒影，它发出了一声嘶吼，那一瞬间它就转化了。它和以前再也不一样了。

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如果你很幸运而且上帝也很和蔼的话，或者你被赐予了神性的恩典（你可以用你要的任何神学方式来表达），你可能会突然理解了“我”是谁，而你也将不再是同样的你了，永远不会。

没有任何东西能够触碰到你，也没有任何一个人能再伤害到你，你将不会再恐惧任何人、任何事了。那可真是不同寻常吧？你将像国王、像女王一样活着。那就是像皇族一样生活的涵义，而不是你的照片上了报纸或是有很多钱的那种垃圾。

你不惧怕任何人，因为即便你谁也不是，你也完全地满足了。你对成功或是失败毫不关心，那毫无意义；荣誉、耻辱，它们毫无意义......

03 觉察，让你变得更有力量！有些人是煞费苦心才达到这个目标的，一步一步、透过经年累月的自我觉察。

但是我将向你这样保证：我从来没有见过一个人在花了几周的时间在觉察上而未能变得不同的。

他们生活的质量变了，他们也因此不用只凭信仰而相信觉察的力量了。他们看见自己不一样了。
事实上，他们更少去反射行事而更多地主动行动。你看见了你从未见过的东西。你会变得极大地更加有能量、活力。

人们通常认为如果他们不再有贪欲了，他们会变得像朽木一般，但是事实上他们只是丢掉了他们的紧张。去除掉对于失败的恐惧、对于成功的紧张，你将成为真正的自己。

回到你自己。观察你自己。这也是为什么我早先说过自我观察是一件特别有趣、非同寻常的事。这样去做一段时间之后你就能毫不费力地继续了，因为，当幻象开始破碎，你开始了知那些无法用语言描述的事。它被称为喜悦。每件事都变了，你开始对觉察上瘾。

有一个故事说一个弟子到师父那里去问：“关于智慧，您能给我一个可以整日指引我的建议吗？”那一天是师父的静默日，所以他拿起便签纸，写道：“觉察”。徒弟看了说，“这太简略了。您能再多说点吗？”于是师父拿回便签纸写到：“觉察、觉察、觉察。”徒弟说：“对，可是它是什么意思呢？”师父拿回便签纸写到：“觉察、觉察、觉察意味着——觉察。”

这就是自我观察的含义。没人能显示给你如何去做，如果他人能给你个技巧的话，就在对你编程操控。观察你自己：当你和某人讲话的时候，你是觉察到这个谈话还是你仅仅是陷在对话中？

当你对某人发火时，你觉察到了自己在发火还是你仅仅是认同了你的生气？

当你有时间的时候，你会研究你所经历的并尝试去理解吗？

那从哪里来？

它带出了什么？

我不知道任何其他的觉察的方法。你只是改变你的理解。那些你不理解以及没有觉察到的，是你在压抑。你没有变。但是当你理解的时候，整个情景就变了。

有时候有人问我，“这种觉察的成长是渐变的，还是向‘哇喔’一样发生的？”有些幸运的人是电光火石间明白的，他们就开始觉悟了。也有其他的人是一直在其中成长，慢慢地、渐渐地、增长觉察。他们开始能看见事物的本质了。幻象脱落、剥离了梦幻，他们开始和真相接触。没有什么一定之规。

有个著名的故事说到一只狮子靠近一群羊然后惊讶地发现在羊群中有头狮子。那个狮子自小是被羊养大的。它像羊一样咩咩叫，也像羊一样跑。狮子径直走向了它，当那只羊狮子站在了真狮子面前的时候，它浑身都在颤抖。狮子对它说，“你跟羊混在一起干嘛？”羊狮子说，“我是一只羊啊。”狮子说，“噢，你可不是。跟我来”于是他带着羊狮子走到水塘边说，“看！”当羊狮子看见了它自己在水里的倒影，它发出了一生嘶吼，那一瞬间它就转化了。他和以前再也不一样了。

如果你很幸运而且上帝也很和蔼的话，或者你被赐予了神性的恩典（你可以用你要的任何神学方式来表达），你可能会突然理解了“我”是谁，而你也将不再是同样的你了，永远不会。没有任何东西能够触碰到你，也没有任何一个人能再伤害到你。

你将不会再恐惧任何人、任何事了。那可真是不同寻常吧？你将像国王、像女王一样活着。那就是像皇族一样生活的涵义，而不是你的照片上了报纸或是有很多钱的那种垃圾。你不惧怕任何人，因为即便你谁也不是，你也完全的满足了。你对成功或是失败毫不关心，那毫无意义；荣誉、耻辱，它们毫无意义......有些人是煞费苦心才达到这个目标的，一步一步、透过经年累月的自我觉察。但是我将向你这样保证：我从来没有见过一个人在花了几周的时间在觉察上而未能变得不同的。他们生活的质量变了，他们也因此不用只凭信仰而相信觉察的力量了。他们看见自己不一样了。事实上，他们更少去反射行事而更多地主动行动。你看见了你从未见过的东西。

你会变得极大地更加有能量、活力。人们通常认为如果他们不再有贪欲了，他们会变得像朽木一般。但是事实上他们只是丢掉了他们的紧张，去除掉对于失败的恐惧，对于成功的紧张，你将成为真正的自己。你是无法踩着刹车行驶的。

中国的一位伟大的圣者倓虚大师说过一段很妙的话，我费了很大劲记住的。他是这么说的：“当射手不为任何奖赏而习射时，他能发挥出所有的本领；当他射箭是为了赢得一枚铜帽扣时，他就已经紧张了；当他为了一枚金牌而射箭时，他就瞎了，看到了两个靶子，心神已乱。他的本领并无改变，但是奖赏分裂了他。他在意输赢！他想的更多的是赢而不是射箭，而那要赢的需求榨干了他的能量。”这难道不是大多数人的形象吗？当你不为任何事而活时，你有你的一切技能，你有你的一切精力，你是放松的，你不用在意，无论你是输是赢都没关系。

在觉察中你会理解荣誉是没有意义的。它是个社会习俗，仅此而已。那就是为何神学家和先知们一丁点儿也不会去关注的东西。荣誉和耻辱对他们毫无意义。他们活在另一个世界里，活在觉醒的世界里。成功或是失败对他们毫无关系。他们的态度是：“我是狗屁，你也是狗屁，因此有什么问题呢？”

人最难做到的不是身体上的特技或是智力上的成就。而是，收到仇恨回之以爱；包容拒绝者；承认你错了...

这些在那个你不再认同自己为“我”的世界中是最容易做到的事。你可以说“我错了！如果你了解我更多，你会看到我有多容易犯错。你对一个狗屁期待些什么呢？”最初，老旧的局限还会敲打你，你会沮丧和焦虑、你会悲伤、哭泣，等等。“在开悟之前，我是抑郁的；在开悟之后，我继续抑郁着。”但是不一样的是：我不再认同它了。你知道这是多么巨大的不同吗？

从你的自我中走了出来，并且不再认它为己

你不去做什么事情让它走开；你完全地愿意继续你的生活，它会经过你并消失。如果你不明白这是什么意思，那你真的可以有所期待。当焦虑来临，而你并不为之烦恼。多么奇怪！你是焦虑的但是你并无烦恼。

那是否自相矛盾？你会愿意让这团迷雾走近，因为你越是和它抗争，你就给了它越大的能量。你会愿意观察它的经过。你可以在你的焦虑中依然喜悦。那是否很疯狂？你可以在你的抑郁中喜悦。但是你不能对喜悦有错误的见解。你认为喜悦是兴奋或是激动吗？那正是引起抑郁的原因。没人告诉过你这点吗？你激动了，没问题，但你正好是为下一次抑郁在做准备。你激动的同时也就承担了它背后的焦虑：我怎样才能让这感觉持续？那不是喜悦，那是上瘾。

我怀疑有多少人是没有上瘾症的？如果你和大家差不多的话，那你没有上瘾症的可能性是非常、非常小的。别对那些酒瘾或是毒瘾的人嗤之以鼻：也许你正像他们一样有瘾好。当我第一次瞥见这个新世界的时候，那太可怕了。我理解那意味着独处，没有任何地方能安放头颅休息，让每个人自由地离开也让自己自由，不特别地对待任何人并爱每一个人——因为爱正是如此。它同时照耀着好的和坏的；它让雨滴同时落在圣人和罪人身上。

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这些一直都在，从经典中对着我们的脸看着我们，即使我们从来也不关心去看到它，因为我们如此沉迷在我们的文化中、在爱情歌曲和诗篇中所称为的爱——那完全不是爱，那是和爱相反的。那是控制和占有的欲望；那是操控、恐惧、焦虑——那不是爱。我们被告之的喜悦是一种舒服的情节，一个度假圣地。而真正的喜悦不是这些东西，但是我们却有各种微妙的手段让我们的喜悦依赖在别的东西上，在我们之内或是之外的。你之所以到现在还没有体验到那个在印度我们称为ANAND（极乐）的原因只有一个，那是因为你的想法总是围绕在你没有的东西上。

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