佚名
每个人都在创造着自己的生活。拥有自己的生活是你的绝对权利。然而,人们总是否认自己拥有描绘所渴望的生活的能力,他们忽视了这样一个最根本的真理:决定我们成败的不是外部环境,而是我们内心深处的自我信念和创造我们最想得到的生活的意愿。
显然,这里的挑战是创造和拥有你自己的真实生活。当你开始过着自己的生活,认识到怎样去营造完全取决于自己时,你就能根据自己的选择和渴望来设计生活。你会在这里学到一些东西,比如责任和无限,它们将会指引你打造自己想要的生活。这些启示将会赋予你打造生活所必需的基本工具。
承担责任意味着承担义务,并承认你对环境的影响和你在环境中的角色。它意味着你要对自己的行为负责,并完全接受你的行为所导致的一切后果。
承担责任将会促使你不断前进,直到实现更大的目标。我认识一个叫玛丽的女士,她对自己负责的故事一直鼓舞着我。玛丽出生在古巴,两岁时和全家一起搬到迈阿密。他们住在迈阿密最危险的贫困区,那里每天都充斥着犯罪和吸毒。然而,玛丽仅八岁时,就决定打造自己的生活,不走当女仆或在当地做超市收银员的老路。于是,她每天去上学,有时候不得不跨过门口的醉汉,只有这样她才能接受教育,过上更好的生活。
玛丽最终离开了迈阿密,受到了很好的教育,并开发了自身在音乐方面的潜力。她本可以屈从于生来注定的命运,或者一味埋怨她的父母和所处的环境;她也可以拒绝对当前的情形负责。但是,她却对自己负责,打造了能引以为豪的生活。
责任是成年人的主修课,如果你还没有学会这堂课,现在还不晚。记住,生活会赐予你足够多的机会让你完全学懂。
无限,你最后必须学会的课程是无限,它是一种你去成就自我或创造生活时没有任何束缚的感觉。当你懂得自己的发展永无止境、潜能无穷无尽时,便学会了这门课。
你生下来便知道自己的潜能。可是,当你长大成为社会中的一员,你可能会开始相信,有太多的限定阻碍你实现最高的精神、情感或智力进展。然而,限定只存在于你的心里。当你能超越它们的时候,你就学会了无限这一课。
我孩提时的一位老师深谙无限的重要性。她每天都提醒我们,无论多么艰难,只要用心,我们就能成就任何事。我衷心地希望世界上的每一个学校都有一位像卡波恩夫人这样的老师,那样,我们的孩子就能知道自身的潜力,并努力去挖掘。世界上,无数的人都证明了这个道理:世上无难事,只怕有心人。
心灵小语
当你开始过属于自己的生活,认识到怎样去营造完全取决于自己时,你就能根据自己的选择和渴望来设计生活。自己的生活要靠自己来创造,没有人可以替代我们去做自己想做的事。我们是独一无二的,无可替代的,我们要用自己的独特性,打造属于自己的生活。
How+to+Build+Your+Life
Anonymous
Every+person+creates+his+or+her+own+reality.+Authorship+of+your+life+is+one+of+your+absolute+rights+yet+so+often+people+deny+that+they+have+the+ability+to+script+the+life+they+desire.+They+look+past+the+fundamental+truth+that+it+is+not+our+external+resources+that+determine+our+success+or+failure,+but+rather+our+own+belief+in+ourselves+and+our+willingness+to+create+a+life+according+to+our+highest+aspirations.
Clearly,+the+challenge+here+is+to+create+and+own+your+own+reality.+When+you+begin+to+live+your+life+understanding+that+what+you+make+of+it+is+up+to+you,+you+are+able+to+design+it+according+to+your+authentic+choices+and+desires.+You+will+learn+lessons+here,+such+as+responsibility+and+limitlessness,+which+will+lead+you+to+the+life+you+were+meant+to+live.+These+lessons+provide+you+with+the+essential+tools+you+need+in+order+to+take+command+of+your+life.
To+take+responsibility+means+you+admit+your+accountability+and+acknowledge+your+influence+and+role+in+the+circumstances+in+which+you+find+yourself.+It+means+you+are+answerable+for+your+behavior+and+you+fully+accept+any+consequences+created+by+your+actions.
To+take+responsibility+will+propel+you+forward+and+onward+to+your+greater+good.+I+know+of+a+woman+named+Mary+whose+story+of+personal+responsibility+has+always+inspired+me.+Mary+was+born+in+Cuba+and+moved+to+Miami+with+her+family+when+she+was+two+years+old.+They+lived+in+terrible+poverty+in+a+dangerous+part+of+the+city,+where+crime+and+drugs+were+part+of+everyday+life.+Mary+was+determined,+however,+even+at+the+young+age+of+eight,+to+make+something+of+her+life+other+than+follow+the+expected+route+of+becoming+a+maid,+or+a+cashier+at+the+local+supermarket.+So+she+got+herself+to+school+each+and+every+day,+sometimes+having+to+step+over+drunks+passed+out+in+the+doorway,+just+so+she+could+get+education+and+give+herself+a+better+life.
Mary+eventually+left+Miami,+obtained+a+good+education,+and+fostered+her+natural+musicability.+Mary+could+have+given+in+to+the+life+she+was+born+into,+or+remained+mired+in+blaming+her+parents+and+culture+for+her+circumstances.+She+could+have+refused+to+take+responsibility+for+the+situation.+Instead,+however,+Mary+took+responsibility+for+herself+and+created+a+life+of+which+she+can+be+proud.+
Responsibility+is+a+major+lesson+of+adulthood.+If+you+still+haven’t+learned+the+lesson+of+responsibility,+it’s+not+too+late.+Remember,+life+will+provide+you+with+plenty+of+opportunities+to+get+it+right.
Limitlessness,+the+final+lesson+you+must+learn+is+limitlessness,+it+is+the+sense+that+there+are+no+boundaries+to+what+you+can+become+or+do.+You+learn+it+when+you+know+that+your+evolution+is+neverending+and+your+potential+for+growth+reaches+to+infinity.
You+were+born+knowing+your+limitlessness.+As+you+grew+and+became+socialized+in+this+world,+however,+you+might+have+come+to+believe+that+there+are+boundaries+that+prevent+you+from+reaching+the+highest+levels+of+spiritual,+emotional,+or+mental+evolution.+However,+boundaries+exist+only+in+your+mind.+When+you+are+able+to+transcend+them,+you+learn+the+lesson+of+limitlessness.
When+I+was+young,+I+had+a+teacher+who+understood+the+importance+of+this+lesson.+She+reminded+us+every+day+that+we+could+do+anything+we+set+our+minds+to,+no+matter+how+impossible+it+might+seem+or+how+strong+the+opposition+is.+It+is+my+sincere+hope+that+there+is+a+teacher+like+Mrs.+Carbene+in+every+school+around+the+world,+so+that+our+children+can+know+the+wonder+and+power+they+have+within+themselves+and+will+strive+to+access+it.+In+this+world,+we+have+countless+people+who+have+proven+that+a+person+can+do+whatever+he+or+she+strives+to+do.
第四卷
品味现在
Relish+the+Moment
在我们内心深处,总隐藏着一片诗情画意的风景。我们觉得自己正处于一次跨越大陆的漫长旅行中。
让心中充满阳光
奥里森?马登
美国作家詹姆斯?巴克海姆曾这样回忆一个人:“有一个老人十分有趣,每天早晨,他都会乘8点30分的火车去小镇。我不知道他叫什么,可我是镇上最了解他的人。只要老人进入你的视线,他就会向你传达快乐。老人总是一副笑意融融的样子,我几乎没有听过他说话,可一旦开口,他的语气肯定十分和蔼、谦逊、慈祥。路过的人都会向老人点头打招呼,甚至陌生人也是一样;老人也向所有人点头回敬,但从未显现出丝毫的做作或不敬之意。在阳光灿烂的日子,他那令人欢快的问候声会使天气愈加明媚;换作是雨天的话,他提到天气时的乐观语气则如同彩虹一样美丽。”+
美国医学家惠普尔说:“有些与生俱来的亲切感本身就是一种财富。”有一些人,不管身在何处,阳光都会跟随着他们的步履;这里的阳光意味着对穷人的怜悯、对痛苦者的同情、对不幸者的帮助以及对所有人的仁慈。
每个人都喜欢阳光乐观的人:他的笑脸就是万能的护照,所有的大门都为他开启;他能送走骄傲与妒忌,因为他赋予每一个人好心情;所有家庭像喜欢阳光一样喜欢他。
在自己的回忆录里,英国作家卡莱尔曾关注过苏格兰宗教改革运动领袖爱德华?欧文乐观向上的性格:“他十分沉静、乐观、亲切。他的心灵仿佛镜子一般平滑、清亮,他真心地爱他人,也被他人所爱;欧文的话语在我的耳中就是满怀希望和幸福感的声音。”
对于废奴先驱威廉?威尔伯福斯,英国著名诗人骚塞曾这样表达自己的敬佩之情:“除了他,我从未见过其他任何人享受精神上永恒的平静和快乐。”
在佛兰德斯期间,英国作家戈德史密斯遇到了一个他所见过的最快乐的人。虽然日夜不息地埋头干活,他却总是欢歌笑语不断。这个阳光向上的人却是一个奴隶,而且身体残废、面貌丑陋,还戴着镣铐。他很好地解释了那句令我们深省的话——假如看不到光明的一面,就去驱除阴暗的一面吧!
在一次花展上,一个苍白、瘦弱的小女孩儿夺得了第一名。她的家在伦敦东区一个拥挤、阴暗的庭院里;评委问她如何能在这样一个阴暗、缺少光照的地方,培育出如此美丽的花。小女孩的答案是:庭院内只有一缕阳光,每天早上只要太阳出来,她就让花接触这缕阳光,然后随着光线的改变,不断地挪动花盆,这样,花就一整天都在阳光的照射下。
“水、空气和阳光,是最有益于健康的三种能量,而且可以任意索取,触手可及。”沃尔特?惠特曼说,“十二年前,我打算去坎登等待死亡。意想不到的事情发生了,因为每天在乡村里散步,在阳光里沐浴,与鸟儿和松鼠为伴,在水中与鱼儿嬉戏,这一切让我精神焕发。大自然又让我重新拥有了健康。”
“从我照顾病人的所有经验来看,”弗洛伦斯?南丁格尔说,“有人说除了对新鲜空气的需要,病人最需要的是灯光,这种观点是不正确的。在一个密闭的房间里,阴暗对病人伤害最大;他们需要的不只是灯光,更重要的是直接晒太阳。”
太阳促使万物生长,同时也展现着最令人快乐的影响,人们才得以精神焕发、心情愉悦。假如一个人心中拥有阳光,他就会踏上幸福之路:在压力重重时也乐意向前看,就算有片刻沮丧,也不会丧失丝毫的精神力量或希望;不管自己现状如何,都因所拥有的一切而骄傲;就算衣衫褴褛,也感激不已;不但自己快乐,也把快乐传递给他人。
心灵小语
世上有两种人,他们拥有着同样的健康、财富和生活。然而,一种人快乐,另一种人却烦恼。快乐也是一天,不快乐也是一天,那何不快乐地度过每一天呢?只要我们心中充满阳光,快乐就会围绕在我们身边;而你也会犹如温暖的阳光,把快乐播洒给每个人。
The+Sunshineman
Orison+Marden
“There’s+the+dearest+little+old+gentleman,”+says+James+Buckram,+“who+goes+into+town+every+morning+on+the+8:30+train.+I+don’t+know+his+name,+and+yet+I+know+him+better+than+anybody+else+in+town.+He+just+radiates+cheerfulness+as+far+as+you+can+see+him.+There+is+always+a+smile+on+his+face,+and+I+never+heard+him+open+his+mouth+except+to+say+something+kind,+courteous,+or+good+natured.+Everybody+bows+to+him,+even+strangers,+and+he+bows+to+everybody,+yet+never+with+the+slightest+hint+of+presumption1+or+familiarity.+If+the+weather+is+fine,+his+jokily+compliments+make+it+seem+finer+and+if+it+is+raining,+the+merry+way+in+which+he+speaks+of+it+is+as+good+as+a+rainbow.”
“The+inborn+geniality2+of+some+people,”+says+Whipple,“amounts+to+genius.”+There+are+those+whose+very+presence+carries+sunshine+with+them+wherever+they+go+a+sunshine+which+means+pity+for+the+poor,+sympathy+for+the+suffering,+help+for+the+unfortunate,+and+benignity+toward+all.+
Everybody+loves+the+sunny+soul.+His+very+face+is+a+passport+anywhere.+All+doors+fly+open+to+him.+He+disarms+prejudice+and+envy,+for+he+bears+good+will+to+everybody.+He+is+as+welcome+in+every+household+as+the+sunshine.+
“He+was+quiet,+cheerful,+genial,”+says+Carlyle+in+his+“Reminiscences”+concerning+Edward+Irving’s+sunny+helpfulness.+“His+soul+unruffled,+clear+as+a+mirror,+honestly+loving+and+loved,+Irving’s+voice+was+to+me+one+of+blessedness+and+new+hope.”
And+to+William+Wilberforce+the+poet+Soothey+paid+this+tribute,+“I+never+saw+any+other+man+who+seemed+to+enjoy+such+perpetual+serenity3+and+sunshine+of+spirit.”
When+Goldsmith+was+in+Flanders+he+discovered+the+happiest+man+he+had+ever+seen.+At+his+toil,+from+morning+till+night,+he+was+full+of+song+and+laughter.+Yet+this+sunnyhearted+being+was+a+slave,+maimed,+deformed,+and+wearing+a+chain.+How+well+he+illustrated+that+saying+which+bids+us,+if+there+is+no+bright+side,+to+polish+up+the+dark+one!
The+first+prize+at+a+flowershow+was+taken+by+a+pale,+sickly+little+girl,+who+lived+in+a+close,+dark+court+in+the+east+of+London.+The+judges+asked+how+she+could+grow+it+in+such+a+dingy+and+sunless+place.+She+replied+that+a+little+ray+of+sunlight+came+into+the+court+as+soon+as+it+appeared+in+the+morning,+she+put+her+flower+beneath+it,+and,+as+it+moved,+moved+the+flower,+so+that+she+kept+it+in+the+sunlight+all+day.+
“Water,+air,+and+sunshine,+the+three+greatest+hygienic+agents,+are+free,+and+within+the+reach+of+all.+Twelve+years+ago,”+says+Walt+Whitman,“I+came+to+Camden+to+die.+But+every+day+I+went+into+the+country,+and+bathed+in+the+sunshine,+lived+with+the+birds+and+squirrels,+and+played+in+the+water+with+the+fishes.+I+received+my+health+from+nature.”
“It+is+the+unqualified+result+of+all+my+experience+with+the+sick,”+said+Florence+Nightingale,“that+second+only+to+their+need+of+fresh+air,is+their+need+of+light+that,+after+a+close+room,+what+most+hurts+them+is+a+dark+room+and+that+it+is+not+only+light,+but+direct+sunshine+they+want.”
The+sun,+making+all+living+things+to+grow,+exerts+its+happiest+influence+in+cheering+the+mind+of+man+and+making+his+heart+glad,+and+if+a+man+has+sunshine+in+his+soul+he+will+go+on+his+way+rejoicing+content+to+look+forward+if+under+a+cloud,+not+bating+one+jot+of+heart+or+hope+if+for+a+moment+cast+down+honoring+his+occupation,+whatever+it+be+rendering+even+rags+respectable+by+the+way+he+wears+them+and+not+only+happy+himself,+but+giving+happiness+to+others.
世界源于你的思想
詹姆斯?艾伦
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映。
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,那么它应该一视同仁。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!
The+World+a+Reflex+of+Mental+States
James+Allen
What+you+are,+so+is+your+world.+Everything+in+the+universe+is+resolved+into+your+own+inward+experience.+It+matters+little+what+is+without,+for+it+is+all+a+reflections+of+your+own+state+of+consciousness.+
It+matters+everything+what+you+are+within,+for+everything+without+will+be+mirrored+and+colored+accordingly.+
All+that+you+positively+know+is+contained+in+your+own+experience+all+that+you+ever+will+know+must+pass+through+the+gateway+of+experience,+and+so+become+part+of+yourself.+
Your+own+thoughts,+desires,+and+aspirations1+comprise+your+world,+and,+to+you,+all+that+there+is+in+the+universe+of+beauty+and+joy+and+bliss,+or+of+ugliness+and+sorrow+and+pain,+is+contained+within+yourself.+
By+your+own+thoughts+you+make+or+mar+your+life,+your+world,+your+universe,+as+you+build+within+by+the+power+of+thought,+so+will+your+outward+life+and+circumstances+shape+themselves+accordingly.+
Whatsoever+you+harbor+in+the+inmost+chambers+of+your+heart+will,+sooner+or+later+by+the+inevitable+law+of+reaction,+shape+itself+in+your+outward+life.+
The+soul+that+is+impure,+sordid+and+selfish,+is+gravitating+with+unerring+precession+toward+misfortune+and+catastrophe2+the+soul+that+is+pure,+unselfish,+and+noble+is+gravitating+with+equal+precision+toward+happiness+and+prosperity.+
Every+soul+attracts+its+own,+and+nothing+can+possibly+come+to+it+that+does+not+belong+to+it.+
The+incidents+of+every+human+life,+which+both+make+and+mar,+are+drawn+to+it+by+the+quality+and+power+of+its+own+inner+thoughtlife.+Every+soul+is+a+compleombination+of+gathered+experiences+and+thoughts,+and+the+body+is+but+an+improvised+vehicle3+for+its+manifestation.
What,+therefore,+your+thoughts+are,+that+is+your+real+self+and+the+world+around,+both+animate+and+inanimate,+wears+the+aspect+with+which+your+thoughts+clothe+it.+
Whether+one+be+fearful+or+fearless,+foolish+or+wise,+troubled+or+serene,+within+that+soul+lies+the+cause+of+its+own+state+or+states,+and+never+without.+And+now+I+seem+to+hear+a+chorus+of+voices+exclaim,“But+do+you+really+mean+to+say+that+outward+circumstances+do+not+affect+our+minds?”+I+do+not+say+that,+but+I+say+this,+and+know+it+to+be+an+infallible4+truth,+that+circumstances+can+only+affect+you+in+so+far+as+you+allow+them+to+do+so.+
You+are+swayed+by+circumstances+because+you+have+not+a+right+understanding+of+the+nature,+use,+and+power+of+thought.+
You+believe(and+upon+this+little+word+belief+hang+all+our+sorrows+and+joys)+that+outward+things+have+the+power+to+make+or+mar+your+life+by+so+doing+you+submit+to+those+outward+things,+confess+that+you+are+their+slave,+and+they+your+unconditional+master+by+so+doing,+you+invest+them+with+a+power+which+they+do+not,+of+themselves,+possess,+and+you+succumb,+in+reality,+not+to+the+mere+circumstances,+but+to+the+gloom+or+gladness,+the+fear+or+hope,+the+strength+or+weakness,+which+your+thoughtsphere+has+thrown+around+them.+
I+knew+two+men+who,+at+an+early+age,+lost+the+hardearned+savings+of+years.+One+was+very+deeply+troubled,+and+gave+way+to+chagrin,+worry,+and+despondency.+
The+other,+on+reading+in+his+morning+paper+that+the+bank+in+which+his+money+was+deposited+had+hopelessly+failed,+and+that+he+had+lost+all,+quietly+and+firmly+remarked,+“Well,+it’s+gone,+and+trouble+and+worry+won’t+bring+it+back,+but+hard+work+will.”
He+went+to+work+with+renewed+vigor,+and+rapidly+became+prosperous,+while+the+former+man,+continuing+to+mourn+the+loss+of+his+money,+and+to+grumble+at+his“bad+luck”,+remained+the+sport+and+tool+of+adverse+circumstances,+in+reality+of+his+own+weak+and+slavish+thoughts.
The+loss+of+money+was+a+curse+to+the+one+because+he+clothed+the+event+with+dark+and+dreary+thoughts+it+was+a+blessing+to+the+other,+because+he+threw+around+it+thoughts+of+strength,+of+hope,+and+renewed+endeavor.+
If+circumstances+had+the+power+to+bless+or+harm,+they+would+bless+and+harm+all+men+alike,+but+the+fact+that+the+same+circumstances+will+be+alike+good+and+bad+to+different+souls+proves+that+the+good+or+bad+is+not+in+the+circumstance,+but+only+in+the+mind+of+him+that+encounters+it.+
When+you+begin+to+realize+this+you+will+begin+to+control+your+thoughts,+to+regulate+and+discipline+your+mind,+and+to+rebuild+the+inward+temple+of+your+soul,+eliminating+all+useless+and+superfluous+material,+and+incorporating+into+your+being+thoughts+alone+of+joy+and+serenity,+of+strength+and+life,+of+compassion+and+love.+
To+the+many,+the+ocean+is+but+a+dreary+expanse+of+water+on+which+ships+sail+and+are+sometimes+wrecked+to+the+soul+of+the+musician+it+is+a+living+thing,+and+he+hears,+in+all+its+changing+moods,+divine+harmonies.+
Where+the+ordinary+mind+sees+disaster+and+confusion,+the+mind+of+the+philosopher5+sees+the+most+perfect+sequence+of+cause+and+effect,+and+where+the+materialist+sees+nothing+but+endless+death,+the+mystic+sees+pulsating+and+eternal+life.
心中充满希望
查尔斯?汉尼尔
或许在“外部世界”中只有三件事是人们最渴望的,在“内心世界”,我们也可以找到它们的身影。而找到它们的秘诀就是,只需使用能让每个人都获得无穷力量的正确“途径”。
这三件事不仅是所有人都渴望的,也是人们最高表现和全面发展所必需的。它们就是健康、财富和爱。所有的人都承认健康是必需的,如果身体疼痛不适,谁还会觉得快乐?并非所有人都乐于承认财富是必不可少的,但不得不承认的是,至少要拥有足够的供给。如果一个人的需求无法得到满足,那他便会感到痛苦;正如大自然为我们提供的资源不仅仅是足够的,而且是极其丰富的,我们意识到所谓的缺乏和限制不过是人为的分配方式所造成的。大概每个人都会承认把爱排在第三位,但或许也会有人说爱是人类幸福最基本的需求;不管怎样,那些同时拥有健康、财富和爱的人,会发现他们幸福的杯盏已容不下更多。
我们发现,宇宙的宗旨就是“全部的健康”、“全部的财富”和“全部的爱”,而我们能够有意识与这种无限供给相连接的有效途径,就存在于我们的思维方式中。正确的思考,就能进入这“最高境界的秘密之地”。
什么才是我们应该思考的?如果知道了这一点,就相当于发现了联系我们与“我们渴望的一切事物”的正确途径。当我告诉你这个途径时,你会觉得它似乎很简单,然而请继续读下去,你会发现它就像现实中的“万能钥匙”、“阿拉丁神灯”,如果你愿意的话,你会发现它是幸福安康的基础、必要条件以及绝对的准则。
只有了解“真实”,我们才能恰当、正确地思考。此处的真实指的是在所有事务和社交联系中的潜在规则。它是每一项正确行为的先决条件,是充满怀疑、斗争和危险的世界中唯一的坚实之地。
既然如此,为了掌握与无限资源之间的连接途径,我们应如何了解这种真实呢?
倘若我们认识到真实就是普遍思想的必要原则,是无处不在的,那我们对它的了解便毫无差错。举例来说,如果你需要健康,就应该明白这样的事实:你的“自我”是精神上的,而且所有的精神皆为一体;无论在任何情况下,部分都与整体共存,这将会使你处于健康的状态。因为当你了解这一事实时,身体内的每一个细胞都必须把它表现出来。如果你看到的是疾病,它们就会显现为疾病;如果你看到完美,它们必然会显现出完美。“我完整、完美、坚强、强大、充满爱心、和谐并快乐”,这样肯定的说法会让你的状态趋于和谐。原因就是,这样的肯定与真实保持严格的一致,当真实出现,任何形式的错误与不和谐都必将烟消云散。如果一个人学会将这些伟大的精神原理与所谓的生活琐事相联系,那他就已发现了解决自身问题的秘诀。
当一个人接近伟大的思想、伟大的事件、伟大的目标以及伟大的人时,总能受到鼓舞,思想也会更为深刻。很多人都说,当他们走近林肯,总会有一种面临高山的感觉。
确实有人已经将真实付诸行动,也有人在自己的生活中证实了它们。偶尔听说这些,也是一种鼓舞。下面是来自弗雷德里克?安德鲁斯的一封信,信中是这样说的:
“我大约十三岁时,现已过世的玛西先生曾对我母亲说:‘安德鲁斯夫人,恐怕没有治愈的机会。我的小儿子也得过同样的病,任何可能的努力我都试过了,但最终还是失去了他。对于这些病例,我做过专门的研究,因此我明白几乎没有治愈的可能。’
“母亲转向他,说:‘医生,假如他是你的孩子,你会怎样?’他回答说:‘只要有一线希望,我都会努力坚持下去,决不放手。’
“那只是一场持久战役的开始,前方的道路充满了曲折与坎坷。虽然医生们一直尽最大的努力鼓舞激励着我们,但他们依然认为没有治愈的可能。
“然而我们最终迎来了胜利,曾经那个瘦小病弱、手与膝盖饱受病痛的我,如今已经长成一个强壮、挺直、健康的大男人了。”
现在,我明白你很想知道这个秘诀,我会尽可能简洁、快速地告诉你。
我为自己制定了一句口号,其中包含了我最需要的品质,然后一遍遍肯定地告诉自己:“我完整、完美、坚强、强大、充满爱心、和谐并快乐。”我坚持着这一口号,从未改变过,甚至夜里醒来我也会发现自己在重复着这句话:“我完整、完美、坚强、强大、充满爱心、和谐并快乐。”这已经成为我每晚睡觉之前和早晨起床之后必做的功课。
心灵小语
一颗残缺、虚弱、痛苦的心,表现出来的必将是疾病和无奈;而一颗完美、强大、快乐的心,展现的则是健康和幸福。因此,只要我们怀揣梦想,把伟大的思想和目标装进口袋,并持之以恒、不懈努力,成功一定是属于我们的!
Full+of+Desires+
Charles+F.++Haanel
There+are+only+three+things+which+can+possibly+be+desired+in+the“world+without”+and+each+of+them+can+be+found+in+the“world+within”.+The+secret+of+finding+them+is+simply+to+apply+the+proper+“mechanism1”+of+attachment+to+the+omnipotent+power+to+which+each+individual+has+access.+
The+three+things+which+all+mankind+desires+and+which+are+necessary+for+his+highest+expression+and+complete+development+are+Health,+Wealth+and+Love.+All+will+admit+that+health+is+absolutely+essential2+no+one+can+be+happy+if+the+physical+body+is+in+pain.+All+will+not+so+readily+admit+that+Wealth+is+necessary,+but+all+must+admit+that+a+sufficient+supply+at+least+is+necessary,+and+what+would+be+considered+sufficient+for+one,+would+be+considered+absolute+and+painful+lack+for+another++and+as+Nature+provides+not+only+enough+but+abundantly,+wastefully,+lavishly,+we+realize+that+any+lack+or+limitation+is+only+the+limitation+which+has+been+made+by+an+artificial+method+of+distribution.+All+will+probably+admit+that+Love+is+the+third,+or+maybe+some+will+say+the+first+essential+necessary+to+the+happiness+of+mankind+at+any+rate,+those+who+possess+all+three,+Health,+Wealth,+and+Love,+find+nothing+else+which+can+be+added+to+their+cup+of+happiness.+
We+have+found+that+the+Universal+substance+is“All+Health”,“All+Substance”+and+“All+Love”+and+that+the+mechanism+of+attachment+whereby+we+can+consciously+connect+with+this+Infinite+supply+is+in+our+method+of+thinking.+To+think+correctly+is+therefore+to+enter+into+the+“Secret+Place+of+the+Most+High.”
What+shall+we+think?+If+we+know+this+we+shall+have+found+the+proper+mechanism+of+attachment+which+will+relate+us+to“Whatsoever+things+we+desire”.+This+mechanism+may+seem+very+simple+when+I+give+it+to+you,+but+read+on+you+will+find+that+it+is+in+reality+the+“MasterKey”,+the“Aladdin’s+tamp”,+if+you+please+you+will+find+that+it+is+the+foundation,+the+imperative+condition,+the+absolute+law+of+welldoing,+which+means,+wellbeing.+
To+think+correctly,+accurately,+we+must+know+the+“Truth”.+The+truth+then+is+the+underlying+principle+in+every+business+or+social+relation.+It+is+a+condition+precedent+to+every+right+action.+It+is+the+only+solid+ground+in+a+world+of+doubt,+conflict+and+danger.+m.bīQikμ.ИěΤ
How+then+are+we+to+know+the+truth+in+order+to+attach+this+mechanism+which+will+relate+us+to+the+Infinite?
We+can+make+no+mistake+about+this+if+we+realize+that+truth+is+the+vital+principle+of+the+Universal+Mind+and+is+Omnipresent.+For+instance,+if+you+require+health,+a+realization+of+the+fact+that+the“I”+in+you+is+spiritual+and+that+all+spirit+is+one+that+wherever+a+part+is+the+whole+must+be,+will+bring+about+a+condition+of+health,+because+every+cell+in+the+body+must+manifest+the+truth+as+you+see+it.+If+you+see+sickness,+they+will+manifest3+sickness+if+you+see+perfection+they+must+manifest+perfection.+The+affirmation,+“I+am+whole,+perfect,+strong,+powerful,+loving,+harmonious+and+happy”,+will+bring+about+harmonious+conditions.+The+reason+for+this+is+because+the+affirmation+is+in+strict+accordance+with+the+truth,+and+when+truth+appears+every+form+of+error+or+discord+must+necessarily+disappear.+He+who+has+learned+to+bring+the+greatest+spiritual+truths+into+touch+with+the+socalled+lesser+things+of+life+has+discovered+the+secret+of+the+solution+of+his+problem.+
One+is+always+quickened,+made+more+thoughtful,+by+his+nearness+of+approach+to+great+ideas,+great+events,+great+natural+objects,+and+great+men.+Lincoln+is+said+to+have+begotten+in+all+who+came+near+him+the+feeling+awakened+when+one+approaches+a+mountain.+
It+is+sometimes+an+inspiration+to+hear+from+someone+who+has+actually+put+these+principles+to+the+test,+someone+who+has+demonstrated+them+in+their+own+life.+A+letter+from+Frederick+Andrews+offers+the+following+insight:
“I+was+about+thirteen+years+old+when+Dr.+T.+W.++Marsee,+since+passed+over,+said+to+my+mother:+‘There+is+no+possible+chance,+Mrs.+Andrews.+I+lost+my+little+boy+the+same+way,+after+doing+everything+for+him+that+it+was+possible+to+do.+I+have+made+a+special+study+of+these+cases,+and+I+know+there+is+no+possible+chance+for+him+to+get+well.’
“She+turned+to+him+and+said:+‘Doctor,+what+would+you+do+if+he+were+your+boy?’+and+he+answered,+‘I+would+fight,+fight,+as+long+as+there+is+a+breath+of+life+to+fight+for.’
“That+was+the+beginning+of+a+long+drawnout+battle,+with+many+ups+and+downs,+the+doctors+all+agreeing+that+there+was+no+chance+for+a+cure,+though+they+encouraged+and+cheered+us+the+best+they+could.+
“But+at+last+the+victory+came,+and+I+have+grown+from+a+little,+crooked,+twisted,+cripple,+going+about+on+my+hands+and+knees,+to+a+strong,+straight,+well+formed+man.”
Now,+I+know+you+want+the+formula4,+and+I+will+give+it+to+you+as+briefly+and+quickly+as+I+can.+
I+built+up+an+affirmation+for+myself,+taking+the+qualities+I+most+needed,+and+affirming+for+myself+over+and+over+again,“I+am+whole,+perfect,+strong,+powerful,+loving,+harmonious+and+happy.”+I+kept+up+this+affirmation,+always+the+same,+never+varying,+till+I+could+wake+up+in+the+night+and+find+myself+repeating,“I+am+whole,+perfect,+strong,+powerful,+loving,+harmonious+and+happy.”+It+was+the+last+thing+on+my+lips+at+night+and+the+first+thing+in+the+morning.
品味现在
佚名
在我们内心深处,总隐藏着一片诗情画意的风景。我们觉得自己正处于一次跨越大陆的漫长旅行中。坐在火车上,窗外流动的风景在我们面前一掠而过:附近高速公路上驰骋的汽车;十字路口挥手的孩童;远处山坡上放牧的牛群;电厂排放的袅袅烟尘;成片的玉米地和小麦地;还有,平原、峡谷、山脉和丘陵;城市的轮廓和乡间的农舍。+
可是,我们想的最多的还是目的地。某天的某一刻,我们抵达站点,会有乐队演奏,欢迎旗帜飘扬。一旦我们到达了目的地,梦想就会变成现实,而我们破碎的生活会像一幅拼好的画图,变得完美。我们焦躁不安地在车厢里踱来踱去,诅咒火车的迟缓——等啊等,等待进站的那一刻。
“进站时,一切都好了!”我们呼喊着。“我满18岁时。”“我买了一辆新的450SL奔驰轿车时!”“当我供最小的孩子读完大学。”“当我还了所有的贷款。”“当我退休的时候,就从此过上了幸福的生活!”
迟早,我们会意识到人生没有终点站,没有什么地方真正完美。生命的真正乐趣在于旅行的过程。终点站只是一个梦,它永远在我们的前方。
“品味现在”本身就是一句很好的箴言,再加上《圣经?诗篇》第118章第24行的这样一句话,使得它更显特别:“主创造了今天,我们为活在今日而欢欣雀跃。”导致人们疯狂的往往不是今日的沉重,而是对昨日的懊悔和对明日的畏惧。懊悔和畏惧如同一对孪生的窃贼,偷走了我们的今天。
因此,别再在车厢内徘徊,不要计算着余下的行程吧!让我们攀登更多的高山,吃冰激凌,赤脚漫步,游泳,欣赏日落,多点儿欢笑,少些泪水吧。让生命活在我们前进的脚步中,那么车站很快就会到达。
Relish+the+Moment
Anonymous
Tucked+away+in+our+subconsciousness+is+an+idyllic+vision.+We+see+ourselves+on+a+long+trip+that+spans+the+continent.+We+are+traveling+by+train.+Out+the+windows,+we+drink+in+the+passing+scene+of+cars+on+nearby+highways,+of+children+waving+at+a+crossing,+of+cattle+grazing+on+a+distant+hillside,+of+smoke+pouring+from+a+power+plant,+of+row+upon+row+of+corn+and+wheat,+of+flatlands+and+valleys,+of+mountains+and+rolling+hillsides,+of+city+skylines+and+village+halls.
But+uppermost+in+our+minds+is+the+final+destination.+On+a+certain+day+at+a+certain+hour,+we+will+pull+into+the+station.+Bands+will+be+playing+and+flags+waving.+Once+we+get+there,+so+many+wonderful+dreams+will+come+true+and+the+pieces+of+our+lives+will+fit+together+like+a+completed+jigsaw+puzzle.+How+restlessly+we+pace+the+aisles,+damning+the+minutes+for+loitering+—waiting,+waiting,+waiting+for+the+station.
“When+we+reach+the+station,+that+will+be+it!”+we+cry.+“When+I’m+18.”+“When+I+buy+a+new+450SL+Mercedes+Benz!”“When+I+put+the+last+kid+through+college.”“When+I+have+paid+off+the+mortgage!”+“When+I+get+a+promotion.”+“When+I+reach+the+age+of+retirement,+I+shall+live+happily+ever+after!”
Sooner+or+later,+we+must+realize+there+is+no+station,+no+one+place+to+arrive+at+once+and+for+all.+The+true+joy+of+life+is+the+trip.+The+station+is+only+a+dream.+It+constantly+outdistances+us.
“Relish+the+moment”+is+a+good+motto,+especially+when+coupled+with+Psalm+118:24,+“This+is+the+day+which+the+Lord+hath+made+we+will+rejoice+and+be+glad+in+it.”+It+isn’t+the+burdens+of+today+that+drive+men+mad.+It+is+the+regrets+over+yesterday+and+the+fear+of+tomorrow.+Regret+and+fear+are+twin+thieves+who+rob+us+of+today.
So+stop+pacing+the+aisles+and+counting+the+miles.+Instead,+climb+more+mountains,+eat+more+ice+creams,+go+barefoot+more+often,+swim+more+rivers,+watch+more+sunsets,+laugh+more,+cry+less.+Life+must+be+lived+as+we+go+along.+The+station+will+come+soon+enough.+ 无尽的昏迷过后,时宇猛地从床上起身。想要看最新章节内容,请下载星星阅读app,无广告免费阅读最新章节内容。网站已经不更新最新章节内容,已经星星阅读小说APP更新最新章节内容。
他大口的呼吸起新鲜的空气,胸口一颤一颤。
迷茫、不解,各种情绪涌上心头。
这是哪?
随后,时宇下意识观察四周,然后更茫然了。
一个单人宿舍?
就算他成功得到救援,现在也应该在病房才对。
还有自己的身体……怎么会一点伤也没有。
带着疑惑,时宇的视线快速从房间扫过,最终目光停留在了床头的一面镜子上。
镜子照出他现在的模样,大约十七八岁的年龄,外貌很帅。
可问题是,这不是他!下载星星阅读app,阅读最新章节内容无广告免费
之前的自己,是一位二十多岁气宇不凡的帅气青年,工作有段时间了。
而现在,这相貌怎么看都只是高中生的年纪……
这个变化,让时宇发愣很久。
千万别告诉他,手术很成功……
身体、面貌都变了,这根本不是手术不手术的问题了,而是仙术。
他竟完全变成了另外一个人!
难道……是自己穿越了?
除了床头那摆放位置明显风水不好的镜子,时宇还在旁边发现了三本书。
时宇拿起一看,书名瞬间让他沉默。
《新手饲养员必备育兽手册》
《宠兽产后的护理》
《异种族兽耳娘评鉴指南》
时宇:???
前两本书的名字还算正常,最后一本你是怎么回事?
“咳。”
时宇目光一肃,伸出手来,不过很快手臂一僵。
就在他想翻开第三本书,看看这究竟是个什么东西时,他的大脑猛地一阵刺痛,大量的记忆如潮水般涌现。
冰原市。
宠兽饲养基地。
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