第二十六章  巩固你的目的，以便完全拥有你所想要的

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX  STRENGTHENING YOUR INTENTION

HAVE IT ALL

 

（译者注：本章中“目的”、“意向”、“目标”、“意图”、“期待”基本都指一个词Intention啦~不同语境下翻成不同的中文，大家注意）

 

“你在追寻某些东西，但更多情况下是它们在寻找你。”——莱斯特·利文森

"That which you are seeking is seeking you more so."--Lester Levenson

 

这一章，我想回顾一下。翻到16、17页，看看你开始学习丰盛课程之前写下的目的，你现在是否已经开始实现它们了呢？

目的是生活中很重要的一个部分。多数人的感觉是无意识、全自动的，他们并不清楚自己在做什么。只不过他们没有选择无动于衷，而是选择了被动反应而已。我建议你养成以下习惯：在你去某个地方做某件事之前，请坐下来，制定一个目的。制定一个目的，决定要享受一段美好时光，决定要把东西整理好，决定要玩乐，等等。一旦你确定了你的目的，就把自己从全自动模式下解放出来了，也就不必再被动承受被动反应。因此，如果你要去一个派对，但是你又对此有所抗拒，一部分的你觉得不该去，一部分的你又觉得不得不去的话，就请先坐下来，做一次参加这个派对的好处坏处练习，然后确认一下你对于这个派对的意向，制定一个目的。也许你最终还是决定不去了，但是因为你已经释放了自己的感受，所以不管你接下来要做什么，都会是最有利于你自己的，都会让你享受到一段好时光。多数人处于这种情况下只会想着他们要损失的，一二三四。他们觉得自己不想去，但是即使他们因为照顾朋友的感情而去了那个派对，也不大可能会享受其中（损失一）。如果你决定去了，但是你又没有释放对此的种种感受，当你到达那里时就几乎已经注定会有一个难熬的晚上了，又是一个只得到损失的案例啊。之所以会发生这种事，就是因为你搞不清自己的意向和目的。

 

In this chapter, I'd like to take a look back. Turn to pages 16-17 and look at the intention(s) you had before starting The Abundance Course. Now see where you are in connection to achieving that intention.

 

Intention is a very important part of life. Most people's feelings are on automatic. They're not clear about what they're doing. They are reactive rather than being quiet. One of the things I suggest that you get in the habit of doing is the following: Before you go somewhere, sit down and decide an intention. Have an intention to have a good time, to get the order, to have fun. Once you decide on an intention, you take yourself off automatic so you don't get reactive. Therefore, if you go to a party, if you have resistance and part of you feels like you shouldn't go, part of you feels that you have to go, sit down and do an advantage and disadvantage session toward going. Then set an intention for the party. You may decide not to go, but because you released on your feelings, whatever you're going to do will be done to the best of your abilities and you'll have a great time. Most people are playing "A: They lose, B: They lose" in life. They have a feeling they shouldn't go, but if they go because their friend wanted them to go, then they have a bad time (A: You lose). If you decide to go, but you didn't release on the feelings when you get there and have a bad time, then it's a case of B: You lose. This occurs because you aren't clear on the intention.

 

给你生命中的每一天都定下一个大致的目标。在你开会之前，在你赴人约会之前，在你参加派对之前，制定一个目标。如果你漫无目的、不知道要往哪里走的话，是不可能到达目的地的。通过制定目标，你就能把自己从全自动模式下解放出来，搞明白你自己到底要往哪个方向前进。这不禁让我想起了我曾经讲给别人听的一个飞行员的故事……

这个飞行员为了起飞，他决定：“我要行动了！”我们可以看出他是在此时有了起飞的意图的。然后他开始让飞机滑行几圈，冲向跑道，他抓住了油门杆猛推向前。当飞机积攒了足够的动能时，就会飞起来。如果飞机得不到充分的动能，就只能在地面上滑行，不会飞起来，或者会撞毁。但是不管怎么说，这架飞机到不了任何地方。

 

Have a general intention for your life every day. Before you go to a meeting, before you go on a date and/or before you go to a party, have an intention. If you don't know where you're going, you can't get there. By having intentions, it takes you off automatic and allows you to be clear about which direction you want to go. This reminds me of a story I tell about a pilot:

 

In order for a pilot to take off from the ground, he makes a decision: "I'm going." It is here that he has the intention to take off. And then he rolls the plane around, pointing it in the direction he's going down the runway. He then takes the throttle and pushes it forward. When the plane has enough momentum, it takes off. If the plane doesn't get enough momentum, it just rolls around on the ground and never takes off--or it might just crash. Either way, the plane goes nowhere.

 

我们大多数人的生活是没有目标的，我们只是无意识、全自动的。你生活的目的是什么呢？你想要获得丰盛吗？你想要变得健康吗？你想要变得快乐吗？你想要获得平和吗？这都需要你单方面的一个决定——一个目标。检查一下，看看你对自己生活的期待、意图，你的目的现在到底有多强烈。你想要解决头脑中的喧嚣与骚动、让它变得安静，从而让自己始终安乐愉快吗？你单方面能做的，就是制定一个目标。你对自己做过的这些练习抱有怎样的期待呢？你的目的是释放，还是在知道如何释放的情况下仍然拒绝行动？聪明点吧，做出正确的选择。你能把那种自以为是的固执放下、允许事情不向着你所设想的的方向发展而是自然发生吗？解决头脑中喧嚣与骚动的好方法就是辨别出你的负面想法。你能否把自以为是的固执放下、允许事情自然发生而不是如你所设想地发生吗？这样能够很好地中和你的负面想法，让它失效。

现在我们来看看56页提到的六步，即整个释放法的基础所在。这六步是对我们在整个丰盛课程中所做过的练习的总结。

 

Most of us just don't have an intention in life. We're on automatic. What intention do you have for your life? Do you want to have abundance? Do you want to have health? Do you want to be happy? Do you want to be in peace? It takes a decision on your part--an intention. Take a look and see how strong your intention about your life is. Do you want to override this noisy mind and have it be quiet and happy all the time? What it takes on your part is to have an intention. What intention have you decided to exercise in all the things you've been practicing? Do you have an intention to let it go or do you have an intention to know about it but do nothing? Be smart. Could you let go of being so smart and allow it to be other than what you think it is? What's a good way of overriding this noisy mind that tells you negative thoughts. Could you let go of being so smart and allow it to be other than what you think it is? It's an excellent way of just neutralizing negative thoughts.

 

Now let's take a look at The Six Steps on page 56 which are the basis of The Method. It is the summary of all the work we've been doing in this course.

 

第一步：你一定要让自己对波澜不惊或者是自由的渴望超过想要被认同、想要控制和想要安全的欲望。如果你做不到、如果你仍然在某个情境下想要取得掌控，你就不会真正地释放——你会卡在那里。所以你必须下定决心：我一定要让自己对波澜不惊或者是自由的渴望超过想要被认同、想要控制和想要安全的欲望。然后你要把自己敞开，以便开启释放模式。我建议你把这六步贴在你的冰箱上或是镜子上，有些人把它写在小纸条上放进了钱包里，我把它写在了通讯簿的背面，这样我就能常常看到。我这样做了好多年了。

第二步：下定决心你要通过释放法来达到波澜不惊的状态（或是自由）。这真的就是个抉择问题，人生其实就是个抉择。我要开始释放了，你呢？你愿意吗？你能做到吗？那你准备什么时候去做呢？现在吗？看，这就是个抉择。我能把它放下吗？我愿意把它放下吗？那我要在什么时候把它放下呢？你要下定决心，通过释放法来达到波澜不惊的状态。把你的收获写下来能够帮助坚定继续释放的决心。每次你释放完毕，就记录下来。“我觉得好困扰呀，我去开了个会然后心情烂透了。但是我会释放法，所以我马上就又镇定下来了~”“我有些东西搞不明白，但是突然之间，我做了释放后就明白了呢~”每次像这样记下几笔，就能让自己坚定想要变得波澜不惊的决心，然后积极主动地去修炼释放法。因此，我强烈建议你继续制定目标，把攻克目标的过程记录下来。

 

STEP 1: You must want imperturbability or freedom more than you want approval, control and security. If that's off, if you want to control a situation, you're not going to release--you're going to be stuck. So you have to resolve: I must want imperturbability or freedom or the goal more than I want approval, control and security. And then you're leaving yourself open for releasing mode. I also would recommend that you take the six steps and hang them on your refrigerator or on your mirror. Some people reduce it into a small size and put it in their wallet. I've written it in the back of one of my address books so I have it all the time. I've had it for years.

 

STEP 2: Decide you can do The Method and be imperturbable (or free). It's just a decision. Life is a decision. I'm going to let go. Would you? Could you? When? Now? It's a decision. Could I let it go, would I let it go ... and when? Decide you can do The Method and be imperturbable. One of the things that helps you in your decision is to continue to write your gains down. Every time you release, write it down. I was disturbed, I went to a meeting and I got all upset. However, I was able to release on it and calm down instantaneously. I had a lack of clarity. All of a sudden, I released and I got clear. Things like that will help you discriminate and reinforce the decision to be imperturbable and practice The Method. And so I would highly recommend that you continue making goals and writing them down.

 

第三步：检视你所有的情绪感受，把它们上升归结为三大欲望：想要被认同，想要控制，以及想要安全、妥当、与生存。马上检视和归类一下，然后即刻就试着把那三大欲望放下。

第四步：让释放成为你的常规行为。如果你停止了释放，那套释放的“肌肉系统”也会随之关闭的。你会一朝回到解放前。所以一旦你开始了积蓄能量的过程，就像那个飞行员冲向跑道一样。他能够顺利起飞是因为他积攒了足够的动能，否则飞机根本就不能离地，只能在原地打转。所以一旦你开始释放了，一旦你开启了释放模式，就请让这释放持续下去吧，不要强行停止。持续释放，让它成为你的常规行为。

 

STEP 3: See all your feelings culminating into three wants: 1. The want of approval; 2. The want of control; 3. The want of security, safety and/or survival. See that immediately and immediately let go of the want of approval, want of control or the want of security, safety and/or survival.

 

STEP 4: Make releasing constant. If you stop releasing, the muscle shuts down. You'll go right back into your head. So once you start this momentum, it's like that pilot--heading down the runway. He's got enough momentum. If he doesn't have enough momentum, he won't take off. Instead, he'll just roll around on the ground. So once you continue the releasing and open up the releasing mode, just allow this releasing to continue and don't stop. And continue to release. Make releasing constant.

 

第五步：如果你真的在哪里卡住了，把想要控制这种被卡住的局面的想法释放掉。你要把你神奇的小管子向下插进那股无用能量里，然后把那种紧抓感或是抗拒感放下，让那股能量上浮离开。这样你就能把想要改变困境的想法放下了，就是在心上开一扇窗户，或者插根管子。那股能量卡在哪里，不管是哪里，就把窗户开在哪里，也不一定非得在胸腹之间，只要管用就行。毕竟你的目的是释放啊。

第六步：每次你释放完，就会变得更快乐、更轻松。如果你持续释放，就会越来越快乐、越来越轻松。这一步十分关键。莱斯特就是通过这一步进入那种完全波澜不惊的状态的。他决定在他从自己所做的事中得到全部好处之前，绝不停下来。他是这样描述的，他因为持续释放而得到了那么多高级能量、那么多愉悦感，多得都让他觉得不适了。他不得不在凌晨三点在曼哈顿街头暴走，就为了宣泄那些能量。最终他再也受不了了。他心中有如此多的喜悦，以至于他忍不住窥视了一下它们背后——是平和。于是他把那些喜悦都释放掉了，扑进了平和的怀抱，再也没离开。

 

STEP 5: If you are stuck, let go of wanting to control the stuckness. You put the tube down into the energy and you just let go of clutching, let go of resisting and allow the energy to come up and pass through. That's the way you let go of changing the stuckness. Just create a window. If you can't, then release with the tube. Create a window where you got the energy stuck. It doesn't have to be in your stomach or chest area. Whatever works for you, just let it go.

 

STEP 6: Each time you release, you are happier and lighter. If you release continually, you will continually be happier and lighter. This step is very important. It's the step that took Lester all the way to total imperturbability. He decided that he wasn't stopping until he got all the goodness of what he was doing. The way he described it: He got so much high energy and so much joy by releasing continually that it became uncomfortable. He had to walk it off in Manhattan for hours at three o'clock in the morning, just letting that energy go. And finally he couldn't stand it anymore. He had so much joy that he took a "look-see" behind it--and there was peace. He let the joy go and fell into this peace--and it never left him.

 

现在，你也要开始留心了。每次你因释放而情绪高涨的时候，不要停下来。请你问问自己，这件事有没有可能变得更棒？然后继续释放那些高涨的情绪。还能再好一些吗？再释放。你要下定决心，在你从你所做的事中获得所有的好处之前不要停下来。这样就会让自己探索地更深入。只要不停地问自己，还能再好一些吗？然后释放。这样会直接引领你进入波澜不惊的状态的。

如果你觉得什么东西是好的，你就会停止释放它。你会陶醉其中，无所作为——你实际上是在压抑它，即使你自己也没有意识到。如果你觉得什么东西是坏的，就会想要藏起它。这是你已经了解到的。所以，继续问自己，还能再好一些吗？然后就放手让那些能量离去吧。

 

Now, you keep looking for it. Every time you get high, don't stop. Just say to yourself, "Could it get any better?" Then let it go. And could it get any better? And let it go. And decide you're not stopping until you get all the goodness of what we're doing. This is that profound. Just continue to say, "Could it get any better?" and let it go. That'll take you all the way.

 

If you hold on to something that's good, you're going to stop releasing. You're going to coast--and you're actually practicing suppression without realizing it. And if something's bad, you're going to stuff it. You already know that. So, keep asking yourself, "Could it get any better?" and just allow the energy to pass through.

 

回到前面查看一下行动量表，看看自己现在所处的位置。确定之后问问自己，还能有所进步吗？然后释放。看着自己在那个表格上一路上升，然后看着自己所处的位置问问自己，我还能再有所进步吗？然后释放，然后继续上升。等待奇迹的发生。你将会一直上升，一直上升，一直上升……

真的，这六步就是一切的关键。

 

Take the Scale of Action chart on page 46. Take a look as to where you're at. Decide where you're at and then ask yourself, "Could it get any better?" Let it go. Watch yourself move up the chart. And then, when you see where you are, ask yourself again, "Could it get any better?" Release and move up. Watch what happens. You'll just keep moving up and up and up and up.

 

Again, the Six Steps are a key to everything.