is a very active process there's nothing passive about it

是一項非常主動的練習,它不是被動的

it's not passive resignation

它不是被動的放棄

but it's an active recognition that things are actually the way they are.

它是主動認知事情本來就是那個樣子

sometimes they're not the way we want them to be

有時它們不是我們所想要的樣子

so acceptance doesn't mean that we can't work to change the world

所以接納並不是指我們不去努力改變世界

to change circumstances of one kind or another

不去改變一些情況

but it means that unless we accept things as they are

它是指如果我們不能接納事情本來的樣子

we will try to force things to be as they are not

就會試著強迫讓事情變成別的樣子

and that can create enormous amount of difficulty

於是就會產生很大 很多的困難

if we recognize the actuality of things

如果我們認同事情的現狀

then we have the potential to apply wisdom in that situation

在那狀況下,我們就有可能運用智慧

to actually shift our own relationship to what is occurring in ways that might be

去改變我們與正在發生的事情的關係

profoundly healing and transformative

帶來深刻的治癒力,以及改變能力

but without acceptance of one situation then it's very difficult to know where to stand

但是,如果不接納事情的情況,就很難找到立足點

without knowing where to stand

不知道立足點的話

it's very difficult to take the first step

就很難跨出第一步

so some things are very hard to accept

有些事情真的是難以接受

like a when something

例如

when you experience pain for instance in your body and you don't know what it's from

例如當你經驗到身體的痛苦,但不知道它是從哪裡來的

it's very very difficult to accept it

就很難去接受它

because

因為

first we wanna know what its coming from

我們想先知道痛苦是從哪裡來的

and if we don't have any answer for what is causing the pain

如果我們得不到答案,無法得知引起痛苦的原因

and it can be very very difficult to accepted

就會很難接納它

but we find working with chronic pain patients

但是,當與慢性病人合作之後,我們發現到

is that before you can actually work with pain and suffering

在你能真正與痛苦共處之前

you need to actually put out the welcome mat for it

你必須先放一個歡迎墊(迎客墊)給它

and accepted as it is, because

然後接納它就是那個樣子

whatever has been done medically that could be done, has been done

因為經過了醫療措施－－不論是已經做過了，或者可以做了的醫療

and you're still living with a certain degree of pain when

但是你仍然會感到某種程度的疼痛

people with chronic pain come to our clinic

慢性病人來到我們的診所

experiences that there's a lot of different ways to actually work with pain

他們用了許多不同的方法與痛苦相處

but the first step

但是首先你要做的第一步 是放一個歡迎墊(迎客墊)給它

it actually put out the welcome mat for it, it's very hard to do

當你痛苦時,這點真的很難做到

when you're suffering, but it's actually gateway into freedom from suffering

但是它是一個從痛苦中得到解脫的途徑

so that's one of the most powerful ways

它是最有力量的方法之一

in which acceptance can be brought to bear on healing

因為接納能帶來療癒

and transforming one's life is a very very powerful factor

並且能改變一個人的生命,它是很強大的心理要素

and is a very very powerful attitude in the cultivation of mindfulness

在培養正念方面,它是一種強有力的心態

Verbatim :Onishi Keisuke 英文聽打：大西啟介 中譯：牧行者

Verbatim :Onishi Keisuke 英文聽打：大西啟介 中譯：牧行者