如是說999

Question: Namaskaram, Sadhguru. You said that we should take away this calculation of “what about me” from our lives, but every action I undertake in life is for my benefit, directly or indirectly. Even if I try to remove the calculation, it will be because it is essential for me in order to live better. So how do I go about this? 

问：萨古鲁，您说过，我们应该从我们的生活中拿走“我能得到什么”的算计，但我在生活中所做的每一个行为不论是直接还是间接都是为了自身的益处。即使我试着移除这个算计，本质上也是为了自己生活得更好。我该怎么做呢?

Sadhguru: This is a very calculated question! You said you want to live better. I have seen a lady, who I knew very well at one time, wanting to go somewhere one evening, and standing in front of her elaborate wardrobe, crying and biting her nails because she is confused as to what she should wear that day. I told her, “It is very simple. You must give away all these clothes and just keep seven. Sunday this, Monday this, Tuesday this…” 

萨古鲁：这正是一个算计的问题！你说你想过得更好。我曾经见过一位女士，我很了解她，有天晚上，她想去某个地方，她站在自己精心设计的衣橱前，哭着咬着她的指甲，因为她对自己那天应该穿什么感到困惑。我对她说：“这很简单。你必须把所有的衣服都捐掉，只留下七件。这件星期日穿，这件星期一穿，这件星期二穿……”

I am not saying everyone should have only seven pairs of clothes. All I am saying is that if you can gracefully walk through the material in the world, it is fine. But if you are going to carry the material world on your head, possessing everything that you touch, you are not going to live better. 

我并不是说每个人都该只有七件衣服。我想说的是，如果你能优雅地穿行于物质的世界，这很好。但如果你要把物质世界扛在你的脑袋上，试图拥有一切你所接触的东西，你并不会活得更好。

How Are You?

你怎么样？

There is substantial scientific evidence for this. In the evolutionary process itself, only those creatures flourished that learned how to cooperate and think of each other’s wellbeing. Those which only thought, “I must survive at any cost,” did not survive. Over a period of time, they perished. If you look around, you will see, people who are thinking, “I must get this, I must get that,” they may be getting a lot of things, but you will not see joy on their faces.

有大量的科学证据证明这一点。在进化过程中，只有那些学会如何合作和考虑彼此幸福的生物才能繁荣兴旺。那些只想着“我必须不惜一切代价活下来”的生物没有存活下来。一段时间后，他们灭亡了。如果你环顾四周，你会发现，那些总在想着“我必须得到这个，我必须得到那个”的人，他们可能会得到很多东西，但你不会在他们脸上看到喜悦。

You can have a thousand things and be confused about what to wear or use today. Or, even if you have just one thing or nothing, you can be blissed out within yourself. Which is a better way to live?

你可以拥有上千件东西，但仍会对今天该穿什么以及该用什么感到困惑。或者，即便你只有一件东西或什么都没有，你仍可以发自内在地充满喜悦。哪一种生活方式更好呢?

Everything you possess is dug out of the planet. Unfortunately, in today’s world, most people think living better means they have to dig up everything in the planet and carry it on their heads, where if someone breaks one window in the house their heart will break. Living better is not about digging up the planet and heaping it on your head. That happens when you go to the grave. People will put mud on your head when you are dead. When you are alive you are supposed to walk upon the planet, not carry it on your head. 

你所拥有的一切都是从这个星球上挖掘出来的。不幸的是，当今世界，大多数人认为更好的生活意味着他们必须从地球上挖掘出所有的东西，然后带在他们的头上，而如果有人打破他们房子里的一扇窗户，他们的心就会破碎。活得更好并不是关于挖掘这个星球，然后把挖掘出来的东西堆在你的头上。当你进入坟墓时，这才会发生。当你死的时候，人们会把泥土放在你的头上。当你活着的时候，你应该在这个星球上行走，而不是把它带在你的头上。

Evolving for Our Sake and the Planet’s Sake

为了我们和地球而进化

Our ideas of living better have to evolve, for our sake and the sake of the planet. To save the planet, people are saying you must use this kind of fuel, drive an electric car and all kinds of things. These are minor adjustments. If you really want an ecological transformation on the planet in this generation, you must turn the whole population into spiritual seekers. 

为了我们也为了地球，我们关于更好生活的观念必须进化。为了拯救地球，人们说你必须使用这种燃料，开电动汽车以及各种各样的事情。这些都只是小的调整。如果你真的想要在这一代进行生态改造，你必须要把所有人都转变为灵性的追求者。

They must understand that living better is not about what they possess but about how they are. If they understand this much and start living that way, there is no problem. Even if ten billion people live on this planet, which we are expecting by 2050, there will be no problem if people understand that better living is about how you are within yourself, not about the things that you possess. 

他们必须明白，生活得更好并不在于他们拥有什么，而在于他们自身如何。如果他们能很好地理解这点并开始这样生活，那就不会有问题了。预计到2050年人口会达到100亿，如果人们明白更好的生活是关于你内在是如何的，而不是关于你所拥有的东西，那么即使有100亿人生活在这个星球上，也不会有问题。

Love&Grace

Sadhguru

爱与恩典

萨古鲁

原文链接：

isha.sadhguru.org/blog/lifestyle/success/live-better-life